Category: News

Sheffield barrister who was jailed for teen sex attack after successful Crimewatch appeal booted out of profession

Criminal barrister Desmond Rosario was jailed for four years last summer

Apr 13 2016 3:09pm

Research: Medicine, economics and engineering grads earn more than those with law degrees

10 years on, male law graduates earn nearly 20% more than their female counterparts

Apr 13 2016 2:13pm

Reed Smith confirms merger talks with Philadelphia outfit Pepper Hamilton

Rumours circulate that Clyde & Co is eyeing up potential suitors in Miami

Apr 13 2016 11:26am

Solicitor General under pressure over blind trust disclosure

As students of equity & trusts will of course know, the arrangement allows Robert Buckland QC's financial affairs to remain secret

Apr 13 2016 9:40am

Research: top students from disadvantaged backgrounds less likely to apply for elite training contracts

'Contextual recruitment' needed to stop the privileged bagging all the jobs, says agency which developed method

Apr 12 2016 4:54pm

Legal academic granted permission to judicially review cancellation of controversial Southampton Law School conference

Exclusive: Freedom of speech row over cancelled "anti-Semitic" event to hit the courts

Apr 12 2016 2:07pm

Shearman & Sterling considers work from home option for its London lawyers

Now US firms are eyeing 'agile working'

Apr 12 2016 11:43am

Medical negligence solicitor’s angry speech to junior doctors goes viral

“The government has declared war on the people in this country," roars Simpson Millar's Peter Stefanovic

Apr 11 2016 11:57am

Official Solicitor to the Senior Courts appears as litigant-in-person in private dispute

Exclusive: Alastair Pitblado and his fiancée in High Court today -- acting for themselves in £150k planning row

Apr 11 2016 9:07am

Half of Allen & Overy’s new London partners are women

Internationally the figure is 29%, as firm homes in on rather low gender diversity target

Apr 8 2016 12:53pm

Scammers clone Burges Salmon’s website to create fake law firm

Maybe avoid applying for a training contract with 'Owen & Harvey Solicitors'

Apr 8 2016 11:46am

Man behind criminal law syllabus shake up to face retrial for murder

An appeal by Ameen Jogee saw the law on joint enterprise drastically changed, but his fate still hangs in the balance

Apr 7 2016 4:07pm

Ashurst keeps 15 out of 19 qualifying trainees

79% of rookies stay with firm

Apr 7 2016 3:25pm

Med neg giant combines with ULaw to launch solicitor apprenticeship with law degree

New Fletchers programme modelled on law school's scheme with Mayer Brown

Apr 6 2016 1:52pm

Norton Rose Fulbright racks up strong newly-qualified solicitor retention rate of 96%

All bar one spring qualifier will remain at the global giant

Apr 6 2016 1:13pm

Leaked Mossack Fonseca document leaves London law firm exposed

Eminent private client outfit remains tightlipped over dealings with Azerbaijan president's daughters

Apr 6 2016 11:43am