Category: News

Addleshaw Goddard boosts London junior lawyer pay by 5%
Trainees and those in the regions also handed extra cash

Privately-educated lawyers more likely to earn higher salaries
And by some margin

Sixty paralegals to join Clifford Chance as firm snaps up Carillion’s low-cost legal hub in Newcastle
Construction giant went into liquidation last month

Look at these Lady Hale cupcakes
Gowns, tribunal fees and a thesis on fraud also make appearances in Great Legal Bake

Top academics and law firm innovators come together for the Future of Legal Education and Training Conference
Big names from Russell Group, magic circle and tech start-up world among headliners at May event

Rule-breaking barrister avoids suspension after telling tribunal her printer broke down
She represented a client in court without a valid practising certificate

London law firm partner among Grand Canyon helicopter crash survivors
Another solicitor on board has sadly died

Don’t ditch dining! Inns of Court give wannabe barristers opportunity to mingle, says Bar Council
But BSB proposals could call time on compulsory qualifying sessions

Research: Far more private school kids at corporate firms than in crime
State school educated underrepresented across the board

Security guard suspended from LSE after video emerges of altercation with law student outside property lecture
Student claims staff member stopped her from praying then 'forcibly pushed' her

Shoosmiths solicitor among three Britons dead in Grand Canyon helicopter crash
He joined the firm as a trainee

Liverpool law student petitions university to reimburse tuition fees over four-week strike action
First year's calls for £1,000 compensation backed by thousands

Revealed: 2,089 wannabe barristers submit 14,516 applications for just 224 pupillage spots
'May the odds be ever in your favour'

Decision to approve or reject solicitor super-exam delayed
Legal Services Board gives itself more time to consider LPC and GDL's demise

Dentons partner leaves firm following allegations of sexual misconduct
But global outfit says it found no evidence of harassment

Top QC expresses fear over waning influence of British lawyers in development of EU law
Media doesn't help by ignoring contribution by UK advocates, says Baroness Helena Kennedy

SRA appeals tribunal’s decision to show mercy on junior lawyer whose hair fell out as she struggled to meet billing targets
Received a suspended ban for faking documents

Tort textbooks set for update as new Supreme Court judgment changes law of negligence
Donoghue v Stevenson, Caparo v Dickman and Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police all get a mention

High Court showdown on the cards as SRA confirms Leigh Day tribunal appeal
Two partners and junior solicitor previously cleared in Iraqi torture case

Ex-Clifford Chance trainee LOSES bid to sue Oxford University over ‘inadequate’ teaching
Faiz Siddiqui was seeking £1 million for lost legal dream