Author: aishah-hussain

Will office returns boost junior lawyer morale?

Mental Health Awareness Week: Heavy workloads coupled with lockdown isolation has left many trainees and associates struggling to cope

May 13 2021 9:02am

UCL law student joins cast of Made in Chelsea

Robbie Mullett made his debut on the reality show last night

May 11 2021 12:38pm

Supreme Court embargo-breaking barrister avoids prison

Tim Crosland slapped with £5k fine for leaking Heathrow judgment

May 10 2021 4:45pm

Notorious RBG’s law school textbook set to fetch over £7k at auction

Has scores of handwritten notes in the margins

May 7 2021 9:18am

City firms cut secretary support as lawyers prepare to return to the office

Dechert joins the likes of Clifford Chance and Linklaters in reducing secretarial roles in London

May 6 2021 9:21am

London law graduate strangled and shot on visit to Pakistan

Mayra Zulfiqar, 26, found dead after 'two men fought to marry her’

May 5 2021 11:40am

New report reveals practice areas most and least impacted by pandemic

Downturn in areas including litigation, property and immigration, while employment, commercial, tax, and risk & compliance thrive

May 5 2021 9:36am

FT editors attack government plans to restrict judicial review

March consultation is 'yet more evidence of the Conservative government’s contempt for the separation of powers'

May 4 2021 12:00pm

DLA Piper launches solicitor apprenticeship for school-leavers

Six-year programme starts in September from firm's Manchester office

May 4 2021 9:28am

Bird & Bird thanks lawyers and staff with Covid bonus

Rewarded €1,000 for 'hard work and extraordinary contributions'

Apr 30 2021 10:25am

City law firms take nine spots in ‘Top 50 Employers for Women’ list

Recognised for paving the way towards gender-equal workplaces

Apr 30 2021 9:05am

KFC’s top lawyer swaps fried chicken for pizza

Lawrence Grabau moves across to Pizza Hut as its new chief legal officer

Apr 28 2021 12:00pm

Google’s top lawyer raked in $51 million last year — out earning music superstars Drake, J-Lo and Pink

Majority of Kent Walker's monster 2020 compensation comes from stock awards

Apr 27 2021 1:03pm

Squire Patton Boggs targets 25% UK female partners by 2026

Firm sets diversity targets for first time

Apr 26 2021 3:54pm

Shoosmiths launches Belfast training contract

First trainee to start in September 2021

Apr 26 2021 9:30am

Shearman ups NQ lawyer pay to £135,000

Trainees also awarded pay rises

Apr 23 2021 11:00am

Listed trailblazer snaps up London firm in £30m deal

Rosenblatt 🤝 Memery Crystal

Apr 22 2021 10:34am

Lawyer made false rape claim and arranged to be stabbed in ‘evil’ plot to destroy married barrister lover she met on LinkedIn

Anisah Ahmed, 33, handed discretionary life sentence after framing Iqbal Mohammed, 38, for rape, kidnap and stabbing

Apr 21 2021 12:30pm

City law firms push ahead with return to office plans

Legal life slowly returns to (a new) normal

Apr 20 2021 11:44am