Category: News

Gove calls make-or-break meeting in bid to resolve crime legal aid dispute

Four lawyer lobbying groups will meet Justice Secretary -- but Law Society and Bar Council are in the cold

Jul 22 2015 12:27pm

Financial Conduct Authority trainee flogs top City law firm training contract application answers

Exclusive: Graduate offers students an "unfair advantage" in return for cash

Jul 22 2015 10:28am

Latest advocacy row — bar leaders slam solicitors for poor family court work

Top silks call on Ministry of Justice to launch a review of courtroom standards as public is in “danger”

Jul 21 2015 2:15pm

Solicitors are rubbish at the ‘art’ of Crown Court advocacy, says top Tory QC

Silk who defended the Krays also aggrieved by modern law firm tendency to "tie papers with rubber bands instead of tape"

Jul 20 2015 3:43pm

Allen & Overy ups junior lawyer pay by A QUARTER to blow away rest of magic circle

English firm now paying close to US levels for rookies -- but bonuses are slashed

Jul 20 2015 8:41am

Junior lawyers’ biggest complaints: rubbish bonuses and poor partnership chances

Survey of City and regional commercial firms reveals young solicitors still aspire to the big money

Jul 17 2015 1:46pm

Norton Rose Fulbright boosts junior lawyer pay to match magic circle competition

Exclusive: Transatlantic player overtakes some big names in the salary league tables

Jul 16 2015 2:50pm

Four trainees say no to Slaughter and May as firm records 89% autumn retention

Blue-blood City player today revealed that 33 of its 37 September qualifiers will remain at the firm

Jul 16 2015 2:33pm

Appeal to continue search for BPP LPC grad missing while on diving holiday

London church launches petition to encourage Canadian authorities to find Timothy Chu, who was set to start training contract this September

Jul 16 2015 12:01pm

A new law school is being built in a bunker under Lincoln’s Inn to deliver a not-for-profit BPTC

Exclusive: Inns of Court fight back against private law schools

Jul 16 2015 10:48am

Two City firms back latest bid to ease law firm recruitment path for socially underprivileged

Herbert Smith Freehills and Travers Smith join three magic circle players in mentoring and advice scheme

Jul 16 2015 9:18am

Oi lawyers — do more free work, demands think tank

A leading political thinker-cum-Anglican theologian reckons the legal profession should spend up to 10% of time on pro bono

Jul 15 2015 3:37pm

Telly quiz show barrister allegedly ‘smelled of cannabis’ as he advised client

Exclusive: The Chase’s general knowledge genius denies improper behaviour following pasting in Court of Appeal hearing

Jul 15 2015 10:58am

Courts set to grind to a juddering halt as criminal bar votes to stop taking new work

Breaking: Rank and file barristers rebel against QCs' wishes

Jul 15 2015 9:54am

Arts students work harder than law students, stats reveal

A leading education think tank suggests wannabe lawyers might not have it as tough as they make out to counterparts in other disciplines

Jul 14 2015 12:14pm

Bar student from failed judicial review advertises himself as an ‘employment lawyer’

Exclusive: Religious minister and former car-worker-turned BPTC student caught up in ongoing row over barrister title

Jul 14 2015 9:58am

Jones Day and Taylor Wessing continue strong autumn retention trend for City firms

London office of US giant hangs onto all qualifiers; Anglo-German firm keeps 87%

Jul 13 2015 2:04pm

Anger and confusion as hundreds of students unexpectedly fail the BPTC ethics module

Exclusive: Litigation is in the air as the Bar Standards Board refuses to review the marks

Jul 13 2015 12:23pm

Uni of Law tight-lipped over its bid to take on business school market

Europe’s biggest law school launches De Broc; but silent on student numbers

Jul 13 2015 10:04am

Mills & Reeve reveals strong autumn retention figure of 88%

The 14 new lawyers will be spread across the firm’s Cambridge, Norwich and Birmingham offices

Jul 10 2015 3:01pm