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Best of the blogs

Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

Aug 5 2022 8:11am

NRF boosts NQ lawyer pay by 11% to £105k

Top performers could earn as much as £147k with bonus

Aug 4 2022 1:17pm
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news SQE Hub

‘£250 goodwill payment’ for SQE students affected by exam ‘IT issue’

Compensation comes on top of refunds announced earlier this week

Aug 4 2022 12:00pm
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Fieldfisher launches training contracts in Belfast

First two rookie spots already filled

Aug 3 2022 10:43am
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Top barristers’ chambers raises pupillage award by over 40% to £100,000

Exclusive: Gray’s Inn Tax Chambers becomes first set to guarantee new graduates six figures in their first year

Aug 3 2022 8:43am
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Kaplan confirms refunds following SQE cancellations

Last month's 'IT issue' left some students unable to sit first assessments

Aug 2 2022 10:10am
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Jailed ex-City lawyer banned from the legal profession

Joshua Alexander Brien defrauded US law firm Cooley and the Commonwealth Secretariat out of £600k

Aug 2 2022 9:32am
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‘An open letter to my fellow lawyers — it’s time to be completely honest about mental health’

Lack of support coupled with poor work-life balance is creating a "perfect storm", warns doctor turned trainee solicitor Gavriel Sapir

Aug 1 2022 10:48am
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Newspapers

Monday morning round-up

The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend

Aug 1 2022 7:56am

The very human history of defamation from the Duke d’Orléans to Wagatha Christie

As the High Court finds in favour of Colleen Rooney, Legal Cheek’s Will Holmes explores defamation's murky past

Jul 29 2022 12:34pm
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Shoosmiths and ULaw join forces to offer pro bono support to businesses and charities

Monthly clinics staffed by trainees and students

Jul 29 2022 10:25am

Linklaters retains 47 of 51 NQ lawyers

City's top TC provider scores 92%

Jul 29 2022 9:34am
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Best of the blogs

Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

Jul 29 2022 8:20am

Ince share price plunges over 50% following stock exchange announcement

Listed firm unveils plans to raise cash through new shares and loan

Jul 28 2022 12:06pm
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Top judges use Wikipedia, research shows

Irish Supreme Court decisions with online encyclopedia entry 22% more likely to be cited in later judgments

Jul 28 2022 11:03am
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