Category: News
‘Struggling immigrants should go back to their country’: Nigerian-born ex-Shoosmiths employee awarded £1,000 for PA’s remark
Further claims of discrimination and victimisation dismissed
Serjeants’ Inn Chambers bumps pupillage award by 22% to £55,000
Exclusive: Clinical negligence specialist throws extra £10,000 at its baby barristers
Morning round-up: Tuesday 30 January
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
BLP partner ‘deeply regrets’ Presidents Club attendance as City law firm dismisses ‘main legal adviser’ claims
Outfit distances itself from scandal-hit charity
Over before it’s even began: Two trainee solicitors removed from profession
One was a fraudster, the other lied about storing firm documents
BLP remains tightlipped over claims it was the ‘main legal adviser’ to the scandal-hit Presidents Club
One partner even served on committee, event brochure suggests
Female partners in London earn £165,000 less than male counterparts
Gender bias and nepotism still present, partners think
UK sixth most human rights-friendly country in Europe
Nordic countries more ECHR-compliant, but UK beats Germany, Italy, Spain and 38 others
Privately-educated kids continue to dominate bar despite two thirds of barristers snubbing regulator’s request for schooling info
Overrepresented among pupils, barristers and QCs
Slaughter and May trainees and junior lawyers offered ‘recovery time’ following big deals
As elite magic circle outfit ditches performance-scoring system
Only a barrister could describe a man sneezing on the Tube like this
Ironically, it went viral
Morning round-up: Friday 26 January
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Presidents Club latest: BLP, Kingsley Napley and Fried Frank lawyers named on exclusive guest list
Just hours after Mishcon de Reya confirmed one of its partners had attended the scandal-ridden dinner
‘He is embarrassed’: Mishcon de Reya confirms one of its top lawyers DID attend Presidents Club dinner
City outfit distances itself from scandal-hit gala
City solicitor placed on sex offenders register after assault conviction avoids being struck off
He was also found guilty of racist assault
No reason why solicitors can’t operate like chambers, says regulator
Rallying cry for law firm innovation
Scathing judgment that saw ex-Tower Hamlets mayor struck off for election corruption published
Family law solicitor Lutfur Rahman was 'motivated by power and status'
Academics to tackle research desert with first of its kind study on disabled lawyers
What barriers do these lawyers face and how do they overcome them?
Exeter law grad reveals Lord Neuberger is a huge Game of Thrones fan as he presents ex-Supreme Court president with honorary degree
Exclusive: He's into Breaking Bad too