Category: News

Colston Four becomes Colston Three as victorious barrister is left off follow-up panel event

No spot for Liam Walker QC as rest of defence team prepare to discuss legal arguments in high-profile trial

Apr 11 2022 10:40am
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Mishcon teams up with UCL to fund lawtech PhD

Four-year fellowship will explore use of AI in legal sector

Apr 11 2022 9:50am

Hogan Lovells launches pro bono clinic to support public with rising living costs

City lawyers offer guidance on benefits and support funds as energy prices soar

Apr 8 2022 12:06pm
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Freshfields and Slaughters follow Clifford Chance in upping LPC maintenance grants by a quarter

Future trainees to receive £12,500 in financial support

Apr 8 2022 11:03am
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Justice minister hits back at Charlotte Proudman’s criticism of court procedure for rape victims

MoJ's David Wolfson rebuts Goldsmith barrister's tweet asserting rape victims 'sit alone, isolated, unable to see what is happening in court'

Apr 8 2022 10:23am
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Cleary Gottlieb criticised for charging out top lawyers at £1,131 an hour

‘No justification at all’ for eye-watering rate, rules Lord Justice Males

Apr 7 2022 4:50pm
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Hogan Lovells joins City pay war with improved £107.5k NQ rate

Potential to earn £145k+ with bonus

Apr 7 2022 11:32am
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Dentons and ULaw launch separate SQE pathways for paralegals

Law firm and law school giants to help legal workers qualify as solicitors

Apr 7 2022 9:15am
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WFW partner named as British man killed by landslide alongside youngest son

Firm says it will remember and honour 'dear friend and colleague' Mehraab Nazir, 49, who had been hiking in Australia

Apr 6 2022 11:01am
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SQE assessment fees to increase by £135

Cost rise comes despite delays and technical issues affecting January results day

Apr 6 2022 9:18am
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Gender pay gap narrows slightly at A&O

'Changes continue to be small', says magic circle player, 'but the overall trend is moving in the right direction'

Apr 5 2022 3:30pm
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Give pupillage seekers better feedback, urge rookie barristers

Respondents to Bar Council survey also call on chambers to ditch rejection by silence

Apr 5 2022 10:19am
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Lady Danbury dropped out of law school

Bridgerton star Adjoa Andoh left UWE Bristol after two years to pursue acting career, reports claim

Apr 4 2022 11:50am
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Clifford Chance reports ‘class pay gap’

Magic circle firm discloses average difference in pay for staff from working, intermediate and professional backgrounds for first time

Apr 4 2022 10:31am
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BSB ditches bar aptitude test

Regulator says entry exam no longer an effective filter of wannabe barristers who will likely fail the course

Apr 1 2022 9:52am
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EXCLUSIVE: Law firm launches ‘work bus’ (April fool!)

'Work from a bus is the new work from home', says Scott, Howard & Malone managing partner

Apr 1 2022 8:05am
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Future magic circle trainee pens 10,000 word dissertation inspired by Clueless

Glasgow Uni law student Toju Adelaja's essay on refugee status based around quote from 90s rom-com

Mar 31 2022 12:21pm
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