Tag: Solicitors

Young solicitor struck off after accountant boyfriend put £36k of stolen cash into her account

Naomi Jane Barnes was convicted of one count of acquiring criminal property in 2015

Mar 28 2017 3:54pm

Allen & Overy offers free office space to legal tech start-ups

‘Fuse’ innovation hub will be based in the magic circle outfit’s London HQ

Mar 28 2017 1:12pm

‘Fresh start’: Bolton law firm at centre of £300,000 council grant row under new ownership

Former Asons chief executive once boasted that he was on his sixth Lamborghini in four years

Mar 28 2017 11:23am

Interview: 2010 non-law grads who worked in the City after graduating explain why they are becoming lawyers

Duo will begin training contracts at Shearman & Sterling next year

Mar 27 2017 1:21pm

KWM 2.0 touts paralegal roles to trainees who had training contract offers cancelled

International giant's new incarnation is on a recruitment drive

Mar 24 2017 11:28am

Law student undergrads are more Tory than law student postgrads

But a Legal Cheek survey reveals practising lawyers would vote Liberal Democrats if an election was called tomorrow

Mar 24 2017 9:11am

Westminster law student launches ‘rent a final year’ website for struggling litigants-in-person

Students will act as McKenzie friends, for up to £100 a day

Mar 23 2017 11:39am

Teenager behind website which allows kittens to punch Donald Trump in the face receives cease and desist letter

It’s ‘fucking outrageous’, says creator of KittenFeed.com

Mar 22 2017 2:23pm

Colombian law firm ‘falsely’ claims to be Linklaters’ agent in arbitration letters

Regulator issues warning over magic circle mimic

Mar 21 2017 1:55pm

It will cost you over £500 more to do the LPC this year than it would have done last year

2017/2018 price list shows fees up by as much as 11% at some universities

Mar 20 2017 1:38pm

Click here for ‘Guilty’ plea: Automated convictions legislation in Commons today

MPs to debate proposed online procedures, virtual hearings and much, much more

Mar 20 2017 12:37pm

House of Lords fears Brexit uncertainty is already having a detrimental impact on UK legal services

Baroness Helena Kennedy QC tells Tories to ‘urgently’ adopt interim measures to help stop this

Mar 20 2017 9:14am

Double trouble: Cocaine conspiracy lawyer who was disbarred last month has now been struck off by SDT

Omar Khan slapped with a three-year prison term last spring

Mar 17 2017 2:47pm

And the winners of the Legal Cheek Awards are…

Osborne Clarke and Baker McKenzie each bag brace as Burges Salmon scoops overall award and Slaughter and May wins ‘Most Admired’

Mar 17 2017 12:54pm

‘Ambulance chasing’ lawyer Phil Shiner declared bankrupt, weeks after he sold house to Middlesex University law lecturer daughter

Bethany Shiner and sister Leisha both used to work for their dad’s now defunct law firm

Mar 17 2017 11:29am

Linklaters completes magic circle’s spring retention season with solid 86% result

The outfit's new associates will be based in London, Hong Kong and Dubai

Mar 16 2017 1:13pm

Norton Rose Fulbright unveils spring retention rate of 83%

Twenty trainees have accepted full-time associate roles at the global giant

Mar 16 2017 10:06am