Tag: Solicitors

Reshuffle: Ex-City lawyer who claimed foodbank users have ‘cash flow problems’ returns to the MoJ

Dominic Raab MP made a Justice Minister, as fellow commercial solicitor made Work and Pensions Secretary

Jun 13 2017 11:51am

The standard of proof in solicitor AND barrister disciplinary hearings should be lowered, says SRA

Days after Leigh Day lawyers cleared on 19 misconduct charges

Jun 13 2017 11:00am

Police conducting drugs investigation search Herbert Smith Freehills’ Belfast office

Number of items taken from low cost support hub for further examination

Jun 13 2017 9:09am

Experience: I did a secondment at a global media company during my City training contract

Reed Smith trainee Roch Glowacki reflects on what he learned during six-months at firm’s client

Jun 12 2017 2:06pm

Lawyers rush to defend Leigh Day after solicitors cleared of 19 misconduct charges

One said it was ‘a shameful political witchhunt’

Jun 12 2017 12:49pm

The first ever legal careers network for STEM students who want to become lawyers has been launched

STEM Future Lawyers will bring together top law firms and the best science, technology, engineering and maths students

Jun 12 2017 9:22am

Iraq torture case: Leigh Day cleared of ALL misconduct following longest solicitor disciplinary tribunal in history

Two partners and a junior solicitor faced charges including pursuing false claims against British troops

Jun 9 2017 4:55pm

Slaughter and May freezes lawyer pay as UK hit by hung parliament uncertainty

But salaries will remain under review, says elite magic circle outfit

Jun 9 2017 11:37am

RPC lawyer crowned British martial arts champion

Finance solicitor by day, Jiu-Jitsu pro by night

Jun 8 2017 2:08pm

Shearman & Sterling lawyers look beyond General Election to the main event: Brexit

The real challenges will come once May v Corbyn battle is over

Jun 8 2017 9:50am

The acquisition of Visa Europe — from a trainee’s perspective

Macfarlanes NQ Alex Evans looks back on the higlight of his training contract

Jun 6 2017 1:58pm

Training contract numbers soar to highest level since financial crash

Places up two years on the bounce for the first time since the financial crash

Jun 5 2017 3:10pm

How the Norton Rose Fulbright energy law LLM scholarship is helping to take a young lawyer’s career to the next level

Legal Cheek Careers meets Rodica Procop, a student at Queen Mary University of London’s energy and natural resources law institute

Jun 5 2017 12:44pm

Linklaters kicks off Pride Month with rainbow-coloured reception lighting

London office receives magic makeover to celebrate all things LGBT

Jun 2 2017 12:34pm

A poem: ‘Oh, I wish I’d looked after me brief!’

Legal Cheek's resident funny man Wigapedia returns with an ode to barristers' briefs

Jun 2 2017 10:23am

Womble Bond Dickinson: Tie-up creating new £340 million transatlantic law firm confirmed

UK and US outfits cement combination following successful 'strategic alliance'

Jun 1 2017 1:59pm

Law, politics and the City

Ahead of the Legal Cheek and Shearman & Sterling General Election debate on Monday, Tim Waterson explains how an early interest in politics set him up for life in the corporate finance fast lane

Jun 1 2017 9:02am

Freshfields, Clifford Chance, BLP, Ashurst and DWF lawyers among 300 to offer support following Manchester bombing pro bono appeal

Twenty-two people were killed and dozens injured after suicide bomber targeted Ariana Grande gig

May 31 2017 4:09pm