Category: News

City law chiefs want all future trainees to sit super-exam from 2022

Despite SRA suggesting transitional period could run into 2030s

Jan 12 2018 1:57pm

New female law students outnumber males two to one for first time ever

Exclusive: 17,565 women compared to 8,510 men

Jan 12 2018 9:10am

Don’t leave trainees in retention limbo, Law Society tells firms

Rookies should know whether they're hired or fired at least eight weeks before qualification

Jan 11 2018 11:15am

City Law School in BPTC exam row over laptop policy that ‘favours wealthy students’

Exclusive: Computers must meet university's specifications

Jan 11 2018 10:14am

Solicitor whose firm went under owing £200,000 in barrister fees struck off

His actions were ‘deliberate, calculated and repeated’

Jan 10 2018 2:56pm

West Country’s answer to Square Mile increases clout as Simmons & Simmons doubles its Bristol office

But outfit confirms there's no increase in training contracts

Jan 10 2018 11:25am

The most impressive law firm offices — 2018 edition

Where spectacular views and top-notch facilities are part and parcel

Jan 10 2018 9:34am

Hertfordshire University relaunches LPC following super-exam suspension

Law school had pressed pause over concerns course would soon be redundant

Jan 9 2018 4:07pm

Solicitor hit with £54,000 costs bill after failing to overturn £2,000 SRA fine

Family lawyer behind 'incompetent idiot' emails had ‘lost perspective’, tribunal says

Jan 9 2018 1:40pm

A copyright law partner shares his Radiohead vs Lana del Rey predictions

Songs do sound similar, Bristows’ lawyer Simon Clark concedes

Jan 9 2018 11:49am

Former Macfarlanes solicitor is the new Lord Chancellor

Top government legal post occupied by a lawyer again

Jan 8 2018 5:43pm

‘Arrogant and led by his ego’: Feminist campaigner slams The Secret Barrister over John Worboys article

Star law blogger defends position, amid strong support from legal profession

Jan 8 2018 1:59pm

Law Society abandons plan for exclusive solicitor training deal

Another embarrassment for Chancery Lane bigwigs

Jan 8 2018 11:18am

Law on driving with mobile phones a ‘confusing mess’, top criminal barrister says

The rules are tricky for lawyers even to find, let alone understand

Jan 5 2018 12:29pm

Young solicitor who faked documents to hide mistake is struck off

She’d only been qualified for three years

Jan 5 2018 11:23am

Bar student multiple choice fears prove unfounded

A slight dip on last year, but disaster exam produces far-from-disaster results

Jan 5 2018 9:08am