Tag: Solicitors

Law firm sent letters with Latin phrases including ‘ab initio’ and ‘prima facie’ to client with learning difficulty
Example of ‘poor service’ appears in Legal Ombudsman guidance

Two Barclays lawyers killed in Italian avalanche
Colleagues 'devastated by the loss'

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

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

Allen & Overy launches Belfast training contracts
Open to grads currently working in the magic circle outfit's Northern Irish centre

‘Terribly let down’: Whistleblowing trainee solicitor hits back at strike off decision
Emily Scott was struck off after reporting bosses' fraud

Law Society ups recommended trainee minimum salary by 2.6%
£22,121 in London and £19,619 elsewhere

DWF to push ahead with flotation in UK’s largest law firm listing
An important step for future growth, says global outfit's chief

Allen & Overy keeps 39 out of 47 qualifying trainees
Spring score of 83%

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Super-exam architect Julie Brannan on LLB-SQEs, new law schools and students teaching themselves
Scrapping the GDL and LPC is really gonna shake things up

Salad loving lawyers crowned UK’s ‘healthiest profession’
Legal professionals most 'selective eaters', Deliveroo data reveals

Law Society warns justice system at ‘breaking point’ as it releases animated film following defendant’s ‘nightmare journey’ through courts
'Poor Peter' is accused of a crime he didn't commit

Ex-SRA policy chief launches business to help law firms decipher super-exam shake-up
Crispin Passmore quit regulator last month

Junior lawyer MP jailed for lying to avoid speeding fine
Property law specialist Fiona Onasanya handed three-month custodial sentence

How not to get a training contract at Alan & Ovary, Freshfields Brickhouse Deringer and Shirley & Herman
Grad recruiters reveal favourite firm name blunders

Strike off for ‘pressured and bullied’ trainee solicitor who blew whistle on firm’s fraud
'Horrendous environment' did not excuse dishonesty, tribunal found

Lord Chancellor condemns Nazi death threat against solicitor defending ‘speedboat killer’
Tuckers partner Richard Egan sent threatening letter for representing Jack Shepherd

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

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

Stephenson Harwood posts 100% spring trainee retention score
All eight March qualifiers to stay put

‘Lawtech? We’ve no idea what it is’, say 50% of junior lawyers
Despite hype, two-thirds reported no change to their job role