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New plastic bag legislation is a triumph of pedantic drafting
The Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order 2015 deserves wider recognition As carrier bag hysteria swept the UK today, the law surrounding the 5p charge has taken pedantic drafting to a whole...
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A motorbike accident transformed me from junior lawyer coaster to driven CEO
Ahead of ‘Why the legal profession needs people who see the world differently’, Fletchers chief Ed Fletcher recalls how a spinal cord injury gave him a clarity that would change the course of his...
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What, no lawyers on this year’s The Apprentice!?
Lawyer-loathing Lord Sugar snubs legal sector as new contestants are revealed The 18 new contestants who make up series 11 of BBC hit TV show The Apprentice have been revealed — and there is no...
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Wince & Co? Rumours swirl that Ince & Co is to merge with Watson Farley &...
City middleweights could be getting hitched Rumours are swirling legal London that City middleweights Ince & Co and Watson Farley & Williams are set to tie the knot — creating a firm that one...
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Students handed £2.5k for each year of their law degree by City firm in...
CMS Cameron McKenna scheme one of the first to assist undergrads International law firm CMS has revealed the winners of a law bursary scheme that sees disadvantaged state school students pocket £2,500...
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The Legal Aid Agency did a really weird tweet — and no one seems to know why
“Mmmmmmmmmmmmm” There is bafflement among lawyers after the Legal Aid Agency’s official Twitter account did this weird tweet yesterday in response to an enquiry about the government’s tender for new...
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Clyde & Co’s trainee retention rate plunges from 98% to 76%
Firm which has grown rapidly through mergers retains fewer trainees than in 2011 Megafirm Clyde & Co has revealed a sharp drop in its trainee retention figure — which is 22 percentage points down...
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Twitter’s top lawyer sees £10 million wiped off value of her shares
Tough times for one of world’s richest general counsel Anyone who got a job with Twitter before its 2013 initial public offering (IPO) is basically a lottery winner. So it goes without saying that the...
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Lawyers wanted to stem rise of crime in schools
Engaging students in society is key, says project manager of Citizenship Foundation’s Lawyers in Schools programme The Citizenship Foundation’s acclaimed Lawyers in Schools project is looking to expand...
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Lawyer attempts to secure date by serving woman with subpoena
Could lengthy legal document be route to love? An unnamed California lawyer has attempted to secure a date with a woman by serving her with a subpoena. The American legal document — which usually...
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Full transcript: Incredible Peter Andre High Court judgment lifts lid on mad...
Mr Justice Flaux’s ruling is a must-read for fans of celeb gossip An explosive judgment involving former 90s heartthrob Peter Andre has lifted the lid on just how unpleasant the life of C-list...
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Over 340 lawyers and former judges blast UK refugee policy in full-page...
Top lawyers use The Times to lambast government over “deeply inadequate” Syrian refugee policy More than 340 former judges and lawyers have purchased a full-page advertisement in a national newspaper...
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How waitressing helped me succeed as an international competition lawyer
Herbert Smith Freehills’ Veronica Roberts — who’ll be speaking on Thursday at ‘Why the legal profession needs people who see the world differently: Legal Cheek live, with Lord Neuberger’ — on her...
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1920s cartoon predicts that first women barristers would hilariously modify...
Horsehair extensions and evening wear-style gowns yet to materialise A cartoon dating back the 1920s has surfaced on Twitter that ridicules the idea of female barristers, suggesting that they would...
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The Charlotte Proudman generation backs quotas, but Lord Justice Leveson says...
Top judge wades into gender diversity row Sir Brian Leveson has put his stake in the legal profession sexism debate, dismissing workplace quotas as the “antithesis of appointment on merit”. Speaking at...
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Sheffield IP solicitors bid farewell to office with three storey high spiral slide Lawyers at the Sheffield outpost of intellectual property outfit Withers & Rogers have waved goodbye to their...
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A major law firm has been dramatically shut down by the Solicitors Regulation...
Move comes after Legal Aid Agency referred Blavo & Co to the police A national law firm that is notorious for its huge fake social media following has been shut down by the Solicitors Regulation...
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Suing your 12 year-old nephew theoretically possible in England — but no...
US aunt v nephew birthday hug case would require a litigant-in-person on these shores … or an English Saul Goodman A top personal injury law firm has rejected the idea that a family member could sue...
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Hogan Lovells denies joining movement to allocate work blindly to junior lawyers
But the firm has made contact with the guru attempting to revolutionise working patterns at rivals The London office of global law firm Hogan Lovells has confirmed that it will not follow Ashurst and...
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Why wannabe lawyers shouldn’t feel they have to come across as from a certain...
“Your differences can become your strength,” says Hogan Lovells partner Tom Astle — who’ll be speaking this evening at ‘Why the legal profession needs people who see the world differently’ I was...
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