Author: rhys-duncan
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Commercial bar mentorship scheme opens with record number of chambers
250 spots up for grabs
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Suspension for senior partner who had sex on office desk
Made inappropriate comments to female colleagues
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Former Team GB athlete swaps Taekwondo for a training contract
'I had the opportunity to live my dream, kicking people for a living,' Hassan Haider tells Legal Cheek
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Two former Supreme Court judges resign from Hong Kong court
Lords Sumption and Collins
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Only half the public think lawyers have positive impact on society
Negative stereotypes and press coverage partly to blame
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Barrister reprimanded for sending ‘grossly offensive’ Instagram messages to ex-partner
Tribunal described relationship as "toxic"
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BSB greenlights restart of Hertfordshire Uni bar course
Suspended last summer in 'interests of students'
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Goodwin boosts starting salary for newly qualified lawyers to £175k
Pay war intensifies
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A&O Shearman follows Magic Circle rivals in upping NQ lawyer salaries to £150k
Just Slaughters left to increase
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SRA eyes £66 million SQE income next year
More than double previous year
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Paralegal texted client urging them not to cooperate with firm investigation
Filed 'misleading' info with land registry
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Regulator hikes compensation levy by 300% following Axiom Ince fiasco
£90 per solicitor
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SQE2 pass rate climbs to 73%
Over 870 aspiring lawyers completed latest sitting
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Lawyers: it pays to be AI savvy
Tech skills linked to higher salaries for legal professionals
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Land law update: seabed is not land
High Court ruling
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Receptionist who couldn’t pronounce firm’s name loses employment case
Employed eight days
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BSB granted extra powers to tackle misbehaving barristers
Interim suspensions
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Trowers to take on solicitor apprentices from 2025
More firms embrace TC alternative