Tag: Solicitors

‘Our job as litigators is to create risk for the other side’

Ahead of tomorrow's 'Commercial Awareness Question Time', RPC partner Simon Hart considers the skills needed to resolve City disputes

Mar 8 2016 2:58pm

Aspiring City lawyers will still need to go to university even if super exam gets go-ahead

New SRA-backed proposals will remove the need for solicitors to have a degree -- unless they work in the Square Mile

Mar 8 2016 11:53am

Tabloid knives out for anonymous female QC caught engaging in sexual activity outside Waterloo station

Could identity of “high-profile barrister” be revealed?

Mar 8 2016 9:15am

Offensive tweets of Bedford law grad working for Mayoral hopeful come back to haunt him

Wannabe lawyers, beware your social media history

Mar 7 2016 11:36am

Reed Smith ups newly qualified pay — and hours targets

Rookie remuneration rises to £63,000 as billing targets increase by 100 hours

Mar 4 2016 1:33pm

Regional law firms nudge out global giants in Sunday Times best employers guide

National med neg giant is in at expense of international megafirm

Mar 4 2016 9:38am

Sexist email DLA Piper partner WILL face disciplinary tribunal

Nick West hit headlines back in 2014 when emails between him and Premier League chief Richard Scudamore were leaked

Mar 3 2016 2:57pm

Allen & Overy keeps 39 out of its 43 London qualifying trainees

91% retention figure is impressive, if not magical

Mar 2 2016 2:49pm

Supreme Court vicarious liability decisions to hit law syllabuses

Don’t you just love the living and breathing nature of the law?

Mar 2 2016 2:33pm

Durham students learn to think like commercial lawyers

Katie King heads north to attend Hogan Lovells' skills workshop

Mar 2 2016 12:34pm

Berwin Leighton Paisner reveals spring retention rate of 70%

City outfit doesn’t match strong retention trend seen in other firms

Mar 1 2016 4:20pm

Iconic blond person says First Amendment must go

As The Donald says he’ll change laws he doesn’t like, we wonder which other world leaders have done likewise

Mar 1 2016 2:44pm

There are two ways to become a serious injury lawyer: I took the scenic route

Fletchers' Adrian Denson worked his way up from slips and trips to big money cases

Mar 1 2016 1:17pm

Are ladies’ nights legal?

Equality and Human Rights Commission casts doubt on enticing nightclub offers

Mar 1 2016 11:55am

Job seeker bags interview with Slaughter and May after sending two packets of Haribo

Sweet-filled CV and cover letter was addressed to the elite firm’s head of marketing

Mar 1 2016 11:33am

Slater & Gordon remains tight-lipped over trainee lawyers’ futures in wake of £500m losses

The troubled PI firm enters period of "consultation"

Mar 1 2016 9:15am

City law firm partner, 33, shares romantic tale and upcoming castle wedding with world

Former Linklaters managing associate continues the trend for loved up lawyers to declare their nuptials via the press

Feb 29 2016 4:22pm

Video: Students grill legal education experts about plan to scrap the LPC

Wannabe lawyers have their say about the super-exam

Feb 29 2016 12:33pm

University of Hertfordshire suspends its LPC over concerns it may not be ‘valid in 2018’

Law school will offer restructured LLB incorporating new SRA proposals

Feb 29 2016 11:38am