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Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

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

Pupil barrister numbers down nearly a third in 30 years
757 in 1991 ⤵️ 542 in 2020

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?

Male solicitors four times more likely to appear before disciplinary tribunal
Despite fairly even gender split in profession

Shearman offers lawyers 40% home-working option
New policy will see some support roles go fully remote

The burnout profession? Why City law culture needs to change
Ex-corporate lawyer Charlene Gisele reflects on her own mental health struggles while offering her top tips to prevent work-related exhaustion before it starts

Dominic Cummings brands legal Twitter royalty as ‘charlatans’
Former Downing Street adviser lashes leading lawyers over Brexit views

Norton Rose Fulbright ‘software error’ causes staff pronouns to change in emails
'He/him' to 'she/her' and vice versa

Law Island? Ulster Uni grad becomes dating show’s latest legally-minded contestant
Matthew MacNabb joins Love Island as part of Casa Amor twist

What ancient Greek oracles warn us about predictive justice
Have we replaced the authority of God with algorithmic-decision-making?

Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend

Top judge slams BSB over ‘injustice’ to student wrongly kicked off bar training course
Ryan Eve vindicated in High Court after regulator's blunders

Solicitor apprenticeships jump 40% in one year
New pathway to qualification gains popularity as SQE roll-out nears

Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

Love Island welcomes its fifth law graduate
Brings a whole new meaning to a summer 'vacation' scheme! 🏝