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Shoosmiths distances itself as Angela Rayner tax row escalates
National law firm confirms it did not advise deputy PM on £800k flat stamp duty error

SRA slaps trainee with restrictions after assault conviction
Convicted earlier this year

Lawyers using AI to boost billable hours, report finds
Prioritising additional chargeable work over potential work–life balance benefits

HSF Kramer posts 94% trainee retention score
29 out of 31 🤝

Research reveals jump in junior lawyers quitting firms
Work-life balance and lack of career progression among key drivers

Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend

DLA Piper trainee shares her extraordinary journey from cleaning offices in London to starting City TC
Inês Pinheiro has launched TikTok, Instagram and LinkedIn pages to tell her story

Addleshaws freezes NQ pay at £100k to tackle salary bunching
Bigger bonus pool too

SQE2 pass rate hits record 82%
2,753 students sat latest assessment

Former Irwin Mitchell associate billed 23 hours in just one day
'Inflated' timesheets leads to strike off

Law students aren’t as sleep-deprived as you might think
Well-reseted compared to future doctors and nurses

Bank Holiday round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the long weekend

In-house lawyers turn on SQE
Loughborough Uni general counsel and AstraZeneca senior lawyer among those to publicly criticise new assessment regime

Irwin Mitchell records 91% trainee retention score
48 out of 53

A&O Shearman posts £2.9 billion revenue in first year post-merger
More financial results