News
Mishcon de Reya signs 20-year lease for new Holborn HQ
Relocating in 2029
Debevoise analyst posed as firm lawyer in tenancy row
Barred from profession
Labour MP who called himself a ‘solicitor’ despite never qualifying lands top cabinet job in Burnham’s new government
Jonathan Reynolds back as Business Sec
K&L Gates to cut 10% of staff worldwide
Support roles
Baker McKenzie boosts NQ lawyer pay to £150k, matching Magic Circle
More summer rises
Linklaters defends hiring process after unknowingly awarding TC to one of its top boss’s children
Family connection unknown
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader lets London lawyers and staff WFH for 2 weeks due to aircon fail
Transatlantic firm goes into fully-remote mode
The SQE has made qualifying ‘much harder in this weird way that doesn’t reflect what it’s like to become a lawyer’
Ex-Hogan Lovells and Linklaters lawyers slam the SQE
A&O Shearman partners see pay climb to £2.2 million as revenue stalls
Profits return to pre-merger levels
Criminal barristers to get pay rise under new government plans
£34 million extra funding
Why Prince Harry’s lawfare was a BIG MISTAKE
Was it worth it?
