Category: News

Legal helpline finds new home at Nottingham Law School
Students offer practical and emotional support

Milbank rewards lawyers with bonuses up to £90k
Early Xmas present 🎁

Former KWM London boss faces tribunal over allegedly ‘kissing’ colleague
'Inappropriate conduct' is not yet proven

HSF to merge with US law firm Kramer Levin
Subject to partner vote

‘A Barrister’ to appear before disciplinary tribunal
Anonymised listing on BTAS website 🤔

Judge criticises Fieldfisher for mishandling sexual misconduct claims leading to associate’s unfair dismissal
'We will take the time to reflect,' says firm

Over 70% of lawyers think AI is ‘force for good’
Concerns remain over accuracy and ethical issues

Former A&O Shearman partner rebuked by SRA following drink-driving conviction
Resigned from Magic Circle firm

Ex-City lawyer Robert Jenrick appointed shadow justice secretary
Accepts new role after missing out on Tory Party leadership

Swearing more common up North, claims judge
Comment made in ruling on employment dispute

Axiom Ince: SRA takes action over ‘improper’ £54 million transfer and ‘falsified’ bank statements
Muhammed Ali and Jayesh Anjaria slapped with section 43 orders

Russian court fines Google $20 decillion — more than world’s GDP
$20,000,000,000,000 (deep breath) 000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Solicitor fined for sending ‘threatening’ letters to nearly 250 schools about Covid measures
Not 'friendly warnings', tribunal finds

Research: Poor lawyer wellbeing costing big law firms £65 million a year
Staff working with mental health struggles

Super-regulator hammers SRA’s handling of Axiom Ince saga
LSB triggers unprecedented enforcement action against solicitors' regulator

Top tax barrister prosecuted for tax evasion
Old Square Tax Chambers’ Robert Venables KC denies the charges

Autumn budget: Further cuts to justice ‘untenable’, Law Society warns
The Chancery Lane body says MoJ needs essential funding to address courts backlog