News

Freshfields confirms it will no longer publish its financial results
Revenue and partner profits up in final figures to media

Quartet of top City law firms announce muted financial results
Everyone struggles to keep pace with inflation

CMS records 80% autumn trainee retention rate
48 out of 60 rookies take NQ roles

PEP ‘not helpful’, says Mishcon
London law firm confirms it will no longer publish profit per equity partner figure as it reveals latest set of financial results

Secret Barrister gives Taylor Swift the law treatment
🎵I think he did it but I just can’t prove it🎵

Linklaters becomes latest Magic Circle firm to post record revenues
Hits £1.9 billion -- but profits and PEP dip

Slaughter and May wants more working-class lawyers
Elite Magic Circle outfit sets series of new social mobility targets

Osborne Clarke ties bonuses to office attendance
60/40 split

DWF’s £342 million takeover edges closer
Listed giant receives all-cash offer from private equity firm

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

Law firm defends LPC-requirement for receptionist role
Sign of the times?

Eversheds Sutherland strikes ‘cooperation agreement’ with Asia’s KWM
Send legal work to each other

A bride apparently wants to namecheck top law school in her wedding vows
'Til death (or BigLaw) do us part...

CMS and Simmons raise NQ lawyer salaries
£105k and £107.5k

Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

Law-studying Lioness set to miss graduation for a second time
Bethany England swaps mortarboard for boots -- again

Don’t use dating apps to cheat on your partners, lawyers warned
Anonymous blogger tells solicitors to be mindful of online behaviour

Clifford Chance breaks £2 billion revenue threshold with eighth consecutive year of growth
Average partner profits remain flat at £2 million amid significant 'economic headwinds'

Trainee solicitor competes in Miss Universe GB comp
Challenges included walking over broken glass

Solicitor aims to become first ‘AI-powered MP’
Andrew Gray hopes tech-focused approach will lead to election success

How to survive the law conversion course as a career changer
PGDL graduate and future pupil barrister Charlotte Tosti shares ten pointers with readers