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The Lawyers’ Revolt is spreading
Legal aid solicitors and barristers in London, Leeds and Manchester latest to join insurgency Peasants’ Revolt leader Wat Tyler and Jack o’ Kent were potentially contemporaries — although, to be fair,...
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York Uni law grad lands training contract through Twitter direct message
Why bother with application forms when you can DM the boss? Training contract applications will no doubt be ruining the summer break of many law students right now. With endless form filling,...
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Sullivan & Cromwell keeps pace with strong job offer trend for US firms in...
City office of New York global player set to offer jobs to all four of its autumn 2015 qualifying lawyers Prestigious New York-based firm Sullivan & Cromwell will retain all four of its autumn 2015...
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Latham & Watkins vac schemer in Wolf of Wall Street-style drugs and...
Wannabe lawyer splurged firm’s cash on first-class travel and took a call girl to formal work dinner — quality performance! A “mature” summer vac schemer at arguably the world’s richest law firm has...
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Junior lawyer acquitted of drink-driving after being slumped over wheel in...
Scottish road traffic law specialist was simply trying to charge his phone — and keep warm A two-year-qualified Scottish solicitor has convinced a judge that while he had curled up in an advocate’s...
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Legal aid strike fractures amid scab claims
Only a few hours in and solicitors were already at each other throats — and the bar continues to shilly-shally Criminal law legal aid solicitors had been striking for only a few hours when allegations...
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Officialdom clears judge that slammed Lord Harley for dressing like Harry Potter
Lord Chancellor and top judges throw out complaint from Alan Blacker about behaviour of Crown Court judge in Cardiff The Crown Court judge who told solicitor-advocate Alan Blacker that he looked like...
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Garden Court Chambers barrister named as young legal aid lawyer of the year
Five-year-call housing specialist Connor Johnston joins Duggan family solicitor on podium along with 11 others at gala celebration A junior housing and community care specialist barrister has scooped...
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Herbert Smith Freehills takes on the magic circle as pay rise trend continues
Global City of London firm boosts junior level pay across the board with trainees now taking home £42,000 Herbert Smith Freehills is the latest firm to throw extra money at top young legal talent as...
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Struck off Ince & Co partner exits jail and launches a ‘legal services’ business
Regulators silent so far as Andrew Iyer’s new business looks and feels a lot like a law firm — but he’s careful in the fine print to say it isn’t A man convicted for “one of the worst cases of fraud”...
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Leaked memo from strikebreaker law firm says it’s too late to stop the cuts
Document underlines difficulty profession faces in presenting a united front against government legal aid policy A law firm that claims to be the biggest provider of publicly funded Crown Court work...
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Hogan Lovells boosts autumn retention of newbies to 79%
The Anglo-US firm has held on to 23 of 29 autumn qualifiers Transatlantic giant Hogan Lovells revealed last week that 23 of its 29 autumn 2015 qualifiers will remain at their London office....
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Mystery surrounds identity of HSBC ‘legal team’ involved in mock-execution video
Bank refuses to clarify status staff sacked for recreating an Isis-style beheading — but press reports claimed they had a legal function One of the world’s biggest banks has refused to clarify this...
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Bar launches direct access website to lure punters away from solicitors
Revamped portal is a glitzy marketing bid that is bound to raise temperatures across the profession Bar chiefs have backed the re-launch of an online direct access website aimed at the public in a move...
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Is this the real ‘Suits’ law firm?
Ok, so they’re in unfashionable Toronto and not NYC, but the airbrushed Henein Hutchison mob has nailed the look just in time for broadcast of series five Despite all modern life’s diversions — Xbox,...
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Solicitor promoted to highest-ranking female officer in army
A former high street law firm practitioner from Wales makes British armed forces history A state school-educated solicitor is set to become the the British Army’s highest-ranking woman officer, as the...
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A young advocate’s guide to the courtroom, featuring Michael Jackson’s...
Your Honour, are you OK? Not sure what to do with all the free time suddenly foisted on him, Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) graduate Munawar Sheikh has compiled a helpful courtroom guide that...
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Top regional law firms that pay newly qualified lawyers less than Tube drivers
As London’s Underground strike takes hold, Legal Cheek asks junior lawyers: fancy shouting mind the gap? London Underground drivers adopt a French approach to the summer months — they get a whiff of...
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Meet the traditional Law Society man on steps — and the garrotted wife
Weird rituals were enacted at yesterday’s annual meeting of the body that represents solicitors The 190-year old Law Society — the body that represents solicitors in England and Wales — is nothing if...
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Jones Day and Taylor Wessing continue strong autumn retention trend for City...
Anglo-German firm Taylor Wessing posts 87% retention figure, while London office of US giant Jones Day reveals it’s keeping all of its autumn qualifiers The strong autumn retention trend continued...
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