Category: News

Top QC who didn’t pay tax for 12 years is struck off

Commercial silk Rohan Pershad QC was "extremely poor at paperwork"

Sep 30 2015 11:12am

‘Cambridge-educated Weil Gotshal trainee’ flogs training contract advice for £45 an hour

When you're on £97k a year, is this really necessary?

Sep 30 2015 9:58am

Lawyers back magistrate suspended for paying asylum seeker’s court charge

Axe this "laughably unfair" charge, urge members of legal profession

Sep 29 2015 12:28pm

Inner Temple awards top scholarship to bencher’s daughter

Exclusive: £22,000 BPTC prize goes to student with very close family connection to Inn

Sep 29 2015 9:55am

Solicitor who had SIX KIDS while at Slaughter and May — and made partner — reveals ‘best decision’: to quit law

Laura Carstensen, who had three kids in the first four years of career, speaks publicly about "structural sexism"

Sep 28 2015 3:14pm

Bar Council chief and Dechert’s Miriam González-Durántez latest to back Proudman feminist movement

LinkedIn row barrister now has support of Nick Clegg's City lawyer wife and a less enthusiastic Alistair MacDonald QC

Sep 28 2015 11:23am

US firm that pays London newly qualified lawyers £101k boosts trainee intake by 20%

Latham & Watkins now offering more training contracts than many mid-tier City outfits

Sep 28 2015 9:44am

Lord Harley to face Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal

"Harry Potter" lawyer will have initial case management hearing in early November

Sep 25 2015 12:01pm

Legal aid lawyer’s Facebook status about feeding client’s cat goes viral

Crumbling justice system sees solicitor forced to take on pet-sitting duties

Sep 25 2015 9:55am

Former Freshfields junior lawyer, 31, shot dead in Berlin

Luke Holland, who was with magic circle firm until 2013, killed outside nightclub

Sep 25 2015 9:03am

At last, Lord Sumption has a friend! Top female QC comes out in support of under-fire Supreme Court judge

Sarah Forshaw QC backs Sumption over women judges comments; as shadow Lord Chancellor is latest to put boot in

Sep 24 2015 5:15pm

Now it’s Proudman versus Sumption: LinkedIn row barrister slams Supreme Court judge

27-year old is seizing new role is unofficial spokesperson for nation's female lawyers

Sep 24 2015 10:01am

Donald Trump’s lawyer’s cease & desist letter wins critical acclaim

Missive by Alan Garten, the Trump Organisation's general counsel, is an internet hit

Sep 23 2015 5:08pm

Mishcon de Reya and Addleshaw Goddard post encouraging autumn retention results

Duo both keep 85% of new-qualifiers -- hanging onto a combined 34 trainees out of 40

Sep 23 2015 12:04pm

Jeremy Corbyn launches immediate review into Tory ‘assault’ on legal aid

Left-winger sends clear signal that he's a friend to lawyers

Sep 22 2015 4:16pm

Olswang and Osborne Clarke hit by trainee exodus

Mid-tier pair bid adios to high proportion of new qualifiers

Sep 22 2015 2:37pm