Author: thomas-connelly

"Harry Potter" lawyer receives written apology over lost file fiasco, but independent complaints body clears regulator of discrimination

The best from below the line

Contrasting retention fortunes between mid-tier and aristocrats

Global giant will keep six of its 11 September qualifying cohort, with a further lawyer remaining on temporary contract

The 31-year-old woman was found dead at a property in northwest London at the end of last week

Fee rebate scheme could see ULaw paying out more to students who fail to bag jobs after graduating

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

A 20 year-old Oxford law student gets nine-months' porridge after conviction for “sustained assault” on a young woman that left her with a broken nose

Anglo-German magic circle giant makes 43 offers -- and is snubbed by three new lawyers

Jacob Lewis was left sofa-surfing after a family fall-out -- now he's bagged a place at Cambridge University to study law

Social media was awash this morning with emotional teens celebrating their upgraded status

Elite magic-circle law firm Slaughter and May has a jukebox in its office

Bar Council in possible U-turn over centralised application switch

City of London firm will keep 15 of 19 UK trainees

City firm Ince & Co drop to bottom of retention table, with six NQs heading for the exit

Barristers uses misunderstanding to his advantage

Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co implements app-based tech that checks for stress in lawyer telephone voices

Exclusive: Students with part-time places told to head to London instead

20 Essex Street Chambers gets carried away on Twitter

Judge’s retirement party interrupted by scantily clad singing telegram dressed as a police officer

City firm ups junior lawyer pay to £66k