Author: Thomas Connelly
Ban for rookie solicitor who ‘misappropriated’ over £100k
Fabricated signatures
Clifford Chance and Slaughters confirm autumn retention scores of 70% and 82%
All on permanent deals
Skadden secures new skyscraper office featuring City’s first ‘sky-wall’ climbing window
Corporate perks reach new heights
Trainee solicitor barred over past stalking conviction
Offence occurred in 2016
Travers partner profits soar 21% to £1.2 million
Revenue up too 📈
Eversheds becomes latest City firm to target net zero emissions
By 2050 or sooner
Pinsent Masons keeps 63 of 72 autumn qualifying trainees
Womble Bond Dickinson and Watson Farley & Williams also record solid autumn results
Pupil barrister pay hits £75,000 as top London sets boost awards
Rises at One Essex Court, Monckton, Matrix, 7KBW, 39 Essex and Outer Temple
Taylor Wessing ups NQ lawyer pay to £81k and confirms 74% retention score
Rises for trainees too
Addleshaw Goddard, Clyde & Co and Osborne Clarke post solid 2021 financials
Revenues and profits on the rise
Mishcon to face disciplinary tribunal over alleged client account failures
Allegations are yet unproven
Goodwin ups London NQ pay to £147k — second rise this year
Up 7% from £137,500
UK law firms continue to post 2021 financials
Results in for Macfarlanes, Ince & Co, WFW and TLT
RPC retains 12 out of 14 NQ solicitors
Posts whopping 49.5% uptick in partner profits
Lawtech business gives staff Fridays off… forever
Could law firms follow?
Shearman offers lawyers 40% home-working option
New policy will see some support roles go fully remote
City firms continue to reveal 2021 financial results
Mixed fortunes for Ashurst, Simmons, Dentons, DWF and Gateley
Mayer Brown retains 8 out of 10 NQ solicitors
80% autumn result