Tag: Solicitors

This is what happens when you make a land law mistake in practice

Solicitor slapped with £5,000 fine after failing to register a notice of interest

Jun 6 2016 1:00pm

Law Society has written a guide for lawyers about what a selfie is and how to take one

It even features an example from someone called Christopher

Jun 6 2016 12:00pm

Rush hour romp solicitor will NOT be charged with sexual assault

But the QC he was caught in a drunken tryst with outside Waterloo station with remain anonymous

Jun 6 2016 10:42am

Law firms, please start rejecting applicants that gain work experience from daddy’s contacts

Then you'll have hard-working trainees who aren’t used to receiving everything on a plate

Jun 6 2016 9:00am

Clifford Chance ups trainee pay packets by 3.5%

Despite generous pay boost for NQs, there is no guarantee they will receive it

Jun 1 2016 2:47pm

Brexit poll: 57% of lawyers want Britain to REMAIN in the EU

The biggest stay vote came from lawyers up in Scotland

May 31 2016 12:01pm

Shearman & Sterling boosts junior lawyer pay packets by 8% to £95,000

Pay rises across the board for lucky associates

May 27 2016 12:11pm

8 lawyers make the grade in new minority business power list

Strong showing from the magic circle

May 27 2016 9:02am

Psychoactive Substances Act BANNING legal highs comes into force today

New legislation has come under fire from many within the legal profession

May 26 2016 8:53am

Practice areas: Who is drawn to what?

The people who thrive in different legal specialisms don't always conform to stereotype

May 25 2016 1:08pm

‘Lawyered up’: Mr Justice Peter Smith takes legal advice

Judge who is the subject of an ongoing judicial investigation into possible bias instructs corporate and financial crime specialist BCL Burton Copeland

May 25 2016 11:16am

Judge sacked for watching porn in his ‘private chambers’ reprimanded by SRA

Solicitor turned district judge was removed from judicial office in March 2015

May 25 2016 10:17am

Fake lawyer who was jailed for tricking high-ranking judges BANNED from profession

Mohammed Kabba received a 16 month custodial sentence last summer for pretending to be a solicitor during an immigration case

May 24 2016 1:26pm

Supreme Court REFUSES to hear Belgium-based White & Case lawyer’s case on why she should be able to vote in EU referendum

EU competition partner at US giant has no right to vote because she has lived outside the UK for more than 15 years

May 24 2016 12:45pm

Bad news for paralegals: High Court says predictive coding can be used for document review

Artificial intelligence-based technique given green light

May 20 2016 3:09pm

Top Manchester QC questions Andy Burnham’s claim that it’s harder for northerners to become lawyers

It's grim up north for law students, indicates Manchester mayoral hopeful

May 20 2016 12:16pm

10 City lawyers named in ‘Power 100 Women’ list

List celebrates Square Mile's most influential women

May 19 2016 12:47pm

Mr Justice Peter Smith is BARRED from hearing Addleshaw Goddard cases

The battle continues as list of firms and lawyers over whom he can no longer adjudicate grows and grows

May 18 2016 1:54pm