Tag: Solicitors

Brexit shmexit? Most City firms think EU departure won’t affect lawyer numbers

Music to training contract seekers' ears?

Apr 26 2018 10:27am

‘A cosy old boys’ network’: MP grills SRA over its handling of Weinstein NDA scandal

Regulator says there is an investigation under way into Allen & Overy, the firm that drafted the document

Apr 25 2018 2:59pm

Allen & Overy reveals latest tech start-ups to join its ‘Fuse’ innovation hub

AI-powered app and virtual assistants that can read among this year's successful applicants

Apr 25 2018 1:47pm

SRA appeals tribunal’s ‘unduly lenient’ sanction against City solicitor convicted of sexual assault

He was suspended but not struck off after Christmas party attack

Apr 25 2018 11:06am

Disability policies are the legal profession’s disconnect

GDL student David Mant explores what firms can do to combat substantial underrepresentation of disabled lawyers

Apr 25 2018 9:14am

Criminal defence solicitor thrust into tabloid spotlight over claims she’s living with her Celebrity Big Brother reality star client

She represented Jeremy McConnell after he was arrested for assaulting ex-Hollyoaks actress Stephanie Davis

Apr 23 2018 3:03pm

New drama set in London divorce firm hits TV screens tomorrow

Could The Split be the new Silk?

Apr 23 2018 11:51am

Online scammers impersonate City solicitor as part of ‘air crash’ payout scam

Norton Rose Fulbright stresses the emails are bogus

Apr 19 2018 2:10pm

‘Ministry of Injustice’: Lawyers hold candlelight vigil over legal aid cuts

Barristers have been refusing to take new publicly-funded cases since 1 April

Apr 19 2018 11:34am

‘I’m a future trainee who is Asian and working class: This is what diversity means to me’

Shez Anjum reveals how he overcame prejudices to win 'Trainee of the Year'

Apr 19 2018 9:12am

Private school slammed over bus ad showing boys as aspiring lawyers but girls becoming vocalists

£34,000-a-year school says aspirations are 'personal' to the students

Apr 18 2018 11:16am
London City solicitors

CMS reveals 75% spring trainee retention score

As first anniversary of triple merger fast approaches

Apr 18 2018 9:21am

Criminal defence solicitors face extinction, warns Law Society

Lack of young lawyers entering the field has left justice system facing a 'cliff edge scenario'

Apr 17 2018 11:47am

Event: You’ve qualified — now where next?

Legal Cheek junior lawyer soft skills workshop and social, with Axiom, Hardwicke and Herbert Smith Freehills

Apr 12 2018 3:18pm

Fall of the robots? 86% of Brits prefer legal advice from humans

Though a quarter wouldn’t mind robotised MPs

Apr 12 2018 9:15am

Reed Smith to launch Leeds support hub

No plans at present to offer training contracts

Apr 11 2018 3:37pm