Tag: Solicitors

Open thread: How do I get a training contract?

Trainee solicitors advise

Jul 21 2016 12:46pm

Boom time expected for lawyers as Pokémon Go sweeps nation, with legal actions multiplying in its wake

Will the 'augmented reality' game be the new Article 50?

Jul 21 2016 10:08am

Former UKIP member who made 872 unsuccessful job applications becomes CILEx president

EXCLUSIVE: From rags to legal profession riches

Jul 21 2016 9:11am

Unconventional routes into the legal profession: from theatre set designer to planning lawyer

Burges Salmon partner Liz Dunn tells Legal Cheek Careers about her unlikely journey to the top of corporate law

Jul 20 2016 1:35pm

CMS Cameron McKenna eyes up Olswang in latest City merger gossip

Corporate heavyweight sets its sights on media boutique

Jul 20 2016 10:39am

Lord Harley lawyers up in preparation to fight strike-off decision

Alan Blacker was booted out of the profession last week after a host of accountancy and dishonesty allegations were proven against him

Jul 19 2016 4:30pm

Brexit legal challenge: Busiest court in living memory hears judges say case WILL be heard by the Lord Chief Justice

October court hearing set as parties consider leap frog appeal to Supreme Court

Jul 19 2016 1:04pm

University of Law strikes training deal with West End firm

Fladgate signs LPC and GDL deal that will see it cover future trainees' education costs for first time

Jul 19 2016 10:47am

Backlash: Lawyers react to appointment of new Lord Chancellor

And some ask whether Liz Truss just a career politician

Jul 18 2016 11:33am

The dark side of media law

Legal Cheek reviews the must-read legal novel of the summer

Jul 18 2016 9:51am

Lawyers champion ‘recyclable’ fund to finance civil cases where legal aid can’t

If you win your case, some of your damages go back into the fund

Jul 18 2016 8:23am

Solicitor and law student launches crowdfunding campaign to ‘give Europeans a voice’ in UK’s EU exit

Yet another Brexit legal challenge on behalf of the lawyers

Jul 13 2016 9:14am

Regulator opens its case against Harry Potter lawyer claiming ‘he lives in a fantasy world’

Disciplinary hearing gets underway despite no show from Alan Blacker

Jul 12 2016 2:55pm

Neo-Nazi who shot dead former Freshfields junior lawyer sentenced to 11-and-a-half years

Family outraged as Luke Holland’s killer given a reduced sentence because he was drunk

Jul 12 2016 11:36am