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Stephenson Harwood boosts newly qualified pay packets to £65,000
An extra £500 chucked trainees’ way too Stephenson Harwood has become the latest City law firm to chuck extra cash at its young legal talent, boosting newly qualified (NQ) pay to £65,000. Up from...
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Research: Female solicitors are earning 20% less than their male colleagues
Latest Law Society stats suggest gender pay gap is still a problem within the profession Female solicitors are earning almost 20% less than their male colleagues, according to a profession-wide survey...
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Gowling WLG lifts post-Brexit vote pay freeze
International law firm suspended its annual pay review earlier this summer Gowling WLG appears to have recovered from its case of the post-Brexit jitters, revealing today it has lifted a pay freeze it...
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Baker & McKenzie retains 14 out of 16 newly qualifying solicitors
US-founded giant chalks up 88% autumn rate Baker & McKenzie has retained 14 out of 16 of its London-based newly qualifying (NQ) solicitors. The firm — which recently posted global revenues of...
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Bond Dickinson cites Brexit as it ‘defers’ solicitor pay increases
Having frozen pay last month Trowers & Hamlins confirms salary reviews will now go ahead “this year” National law firm Bond Dickinson has chosen to “defer” lawyer pay increases, citing Brexit as...
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Lawyer claims £2,375 in damages after being seated next to obese man during...
Nine-hour Emirates flight ruined due to “spillover” An Italian lawyer is taking airline giant Emirates to court after his long-haul flight was “ruined” by an obese passenger seated next to him....
View ArticleLegal Cheek talks… Lord Harley and Ntokozo Qwabe
A whistle stop tour of two of our more controversial characters, and what we think about them Over at Legal Cheek, we spend our days reading about, writing about and speaking about the biggest names in...
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Brangelina: Hollywood power couple enlist the help of top London media firms...
Pitt punts for Schillings as Harbottle & Lewis acts for Jolie Two of London’s finest media law firms have been chosen to act for their respective halves of Hollywood’s former power couple...
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Event: How to become a projects lawyer – with Burges Salmon
Commercial Awareness Question Time comes to Bristol. Apply to attend below. With Britain gearing up for a wave of infrastructure investment under Theresa May, Legal Cheek Careers is teaming up with...
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Burges Salmon teams up with BPP to launch earn-while-you-learn solicitor...
Bristol-headquartered outfit has taken on five new school-leavers National outfit Burges Salmon has teamed up with BPP Law School to launch an earn-while-you-learn route to qualification as a...
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Freshfields joins Clifford Chance and DLA Piper in embracing artificial...
AI bandwagon gathers pace Magic circle outfit Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has become the latest firm to embrace the strange and mysterious world of artificial intelligence (AI), signing a deal with...
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Poor Kirkland & Ellis associate ripped to shreds by judge who wanted to speak...
“I think it’s outrageous, irresponsible and insulting” A bewildered third-year associate at global mega-firm Kirkland & Ellis has discovered life as a corporate lawyer isn’t all long lunches and...
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Barrister handed £500 fine for turning up to court ‘under the influence’ of...
He also left his client unrepresented An experienced barrister has been handed a £500 fine by the regulator after turning up to court “under the influence” of alcohol. According to a Bar Standards...
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Language of the legal directory decoded: the 2016 edition
The venerable Wigapedia returns to make his annual translation of the Legal 500 Earlier this month the latest edition of the Legal 500 hit shelves, once again sparking a social media frenzy among...
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ULaw teams up with top European business school to create new ‘commercial...
LPC course receives optional business-focused bolt-on The University of Law (ULaw) has teamed up with one of Europe’s leading business schools to create a new programme that will help its wannabe...
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Slaughter and May completes magic circle retention season revealing 89% result
Four NQs seek pastures new Elite magic circle outfit Slaughter and May has revealed an autumn retention figure of 89%, hanging on to 32 of its newly qualified (NQ) lawyers. The London-headquartered...
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Photos of sweaty lawyers collapsed on the floor sweep social media as Tour de...
One firm even tried to start a #lawyersinlycra hashtag Law firms across the country have given the middle finger to solicitors’ stuffy stereotype this week, treating social media to some enchanting...
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More solicitor apprenticeships unveiled: this time it’s Dentons
The largest law firm in the world has leapt aboard the Trailblazer bandwagon Global super-giant Dentons has teamed up with BPP Law School to become the latest firm to offer solicitor apprenticeships....
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Triple merger: CMS Cameron McKenna, Nabarro and Olswang to create global...
Subject to a partner vote CMS Cameron McKenna, Nabarro and Olswang are poised to merge, creating a new global megafirm, according to reports this evening. Partners at all three firms — who are said to...
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Lawyers anticipate ‘public discussion’ on government’s defence to Article 50...
Government’s legal arguments have been disclosed following high court decision The government has been forced to disclose its legal defence in the Article 50 case following a ruling made this week. In...
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