Author: Thomas Connelly
Freeths partner fined £4,000 for asking derogatory question to gay trainee
Also breached accountancy rules
Groans all round as law firm describes receptionist as ‘beautiful’ in Facebook post
'This was a comment made about a woman by another woman', says Alexander Grace Law
RPC posts 92% autumn retention result
11 out of 12 stay on
Freshfields launches in Silicon Valley
Magic circle player moves into thriving San Fran tech hub
Use government cash to fund training contracts, says Law Society
Chancery Lane lays out coronavirus recovery plan
Ban for ex-law firm office worker who set up spy cam in Starbucks toilet
Antony Dines also said to have recorded colleagues at work
CMS posts 72% trainee retention score
44 out of 61
Allen & Overy reopens City HQ on ‘permission-only basis’
Distancing measures put in place
Dentons rolls out ‘track and trace’ system as it reopens London office
Will operate at 25% capacity with no movement between floors
Ban for rookie solicitor who ‘falsified’ LPC certificate to dupe regulator
Kulvinder Kooner was applying to be added to the roll
Ex-Baker McKenzie boss who attempted to kiss junior lawyer fined £55,000
Amounted to serious professional misconduct, tribunal finds
Junior lawyers call for super-exam delay as it warns MCQs may be too easy
War of words between JLD and regulator rumbles on
Stephenson Harwood embraces earn-while-you-learn solicitor apprenticeships
City player also launches £15k a year scholarship fund in diversity push
DLA Piper offers future trainees £10,000 to delay TC start dates by a year
Exclusive: Or £5,000 for six months
Reed Smith to cut London lawyer roles due to pandemic
‘Targeted redundancy process’ will impact 'small number' of associates and staff, global outfit says
A&O-O’Melveny mega-merger scuppered by plummeting pound, former magic circle managing partner reveals
Andrew Ballheimer was told bad news while holidaying in Spain
Law veteran who turned DLA Piper into a global giant takes over at DWF
Nigel Knowles -- the man behind DLA’s ascent from middling Yorkshire outfit to one of the biggest firms in the world -- takes over from DWF’s long serving leader Andrew Leaitherland
SRA defends decision to prosecute junior lawyer who lost work briefcase
Claire Louise Matthews has lodged appeal against strike off
Slaughter and May cuts NQ lawyer pay to £87,000
COVID-19: Move comes just weeks after magic circle player suspended partner distributions
Dentons four-day week gets go-ahead
Staff vote in favour of move to curb financial impact of pandemic