Tag: Solicitors

Two Barclays lawyers killed in Italian avalanche

Colleagues 'devastated by the loss'

Feb 5 2019 12:00pm

Ayesha Vardag: From pregnant magic circle trainee to £845-an-hour Queen of Divorce

High-flying family lawyer reflects on incredible life in candid interview

Feb 5 2019 8:47am

My life as a lawyer advising on the online retail revolution

Ahead of ‘How tech is changing finance, retail and the law’ with Womble Bond Dickinson in Southampton on Thursday, we caught up with one of the firm’s top commercial property partners

Feb 4 2019 3:45pm

Allen & Overy launches Belfast training contracts

Open to grads currently working in the magic circle outfit's Northern Irish centre

Feb 4 2019 2:46pm

‘Terribly let down’: Whistleblowing trainee solicitor hits back at strike off decision

Emily Scott was struck off after reporting bosses' fraud

Feb 4 2019 12:42pm

Law Society ups recommended trainee minimum salary by 2.6%

£22,121 in London and £19,619 elsewhere

Feb 4 2019 10:31am

DWF to push ahead with flotation in UK’s largest law firm listing

An important step for future growth, says global outfit's chief

Jan 31 2019 1:01pm

Salad loving lawyers crowned UK’s ‘healthiest profession’

Legal professionals most 'selective eaters', Deliveroo data reveals

Jan 30 2019 12:56pm

Junior lawyer MP jailed for lying to avoid speeding fine

Property law specialist Fiona Onasanya handed three-month custodial sentence

Jan 29 2019 3:07pm

Strike off for ‘pressured and bullied’ trainee solicitor who blew whistle on firm’s fraud

'Horrendous environment' did not excuse dishonesty, tribunal found

Jan 29 2019 12:10pm

Lord Chancellor condemns Nazi death threat against solicitor defending ‘speedboat killer’

Tuckers partner Richard Egan sent threatening letter for representing Jack Shepherd

Jan 29 2019 11:26am

Junior solicitor struck off for fare dodging just two years after qualifying

Adam Kemeny avoided paying £650 worth of train fares from Shoreditch to Surrey

Jan 29 2019 8:43am

Brexit could generate plenty of opportunities for future lawyers

Ahead of Legal Cheek’s ‘How will Brexit disarray affect future lawyers?’ event at ULaw Moorgate on Thursday, ULaw associate professor Trevor Tayleur casts an expert eye over the impending upheaval

Jan 28 2019 4:23pm

Stephenson Harwood posts 100% spring trainee retention score

All eight March qualifiers to stay put

Jan 28 2019 12:13pm

‘Lawtech? We’ve no idea what it is’, say 50% of junior lawyers

Despite hype, two-thirds reported no change to their job role

Jan 28 2019 11:10am