Category: News

‘The day the bar died’: Criminal barristers react to legal aid deal
Disappointment, frustration and calls for collective unity

Legal market to ‘cool substantially’ following post-lockdown boom
Decline in corporate work but uptick in competition matters, new report predicts

Pinsents’ plush pad lands role in BBC banking drama Industry
Not the first time London HQ has featured on TV

Imposter syndrome hits lawyers hardest, survey finds
One in three say their work dreams cause them anxiety

Ex-Jones Day partner fined £25k over ‘burn it’ order
Raymond McKeeve avoids prison over “spontaneous act of colossal stupidity”

Pay, stress and poor work-life balance among top reasons why lawyers are quitting
Research suggests almost a quarter said they wanted a career change

TLT picks BPP to put trainees through the SQE
Deal covers firm's apprentices too

Ban for ex-Skadden secretary who used firm’s air miles to book 80 flights
Also redeemed hotel vouchers

Top City law firms back pro-bono initiative for non-legal staff
Fifth Day encourages business professionals working in the legal sector to donate their time and skills

Taylor Wessing launches TC programme in Cambridge
Two spots up for grabs

UK law firms banned from doing transactional work for Russian clients
Latest escalation in response to Putin’s illegal annexation of Ukrainian regions

Ince to ‘consolidate’ UK legal practice
Listed outfit may also restructure operations in Europe and Asia, according to trading update

GDL student taken on as consultant solicitor’s ‘personal legal secretary’ after meeting at Playboy casino was not employee of firm, tribunal finds
Judge described lawyer's behaviour as "extraordinary"

Akin Gump caps salary exchange rate following drop in pound
London NQs continue to earn £179k

Striking criminal barristers to vote on government legal aid offer
£54 million pay package follows 'constructive talks'