Tag: Solicitors

Email scammers impersonate City law firm partner in attempt to dupe public

Withers lawyer's name pinched by internet wrongens

Dec 15 2016 9:01am

Slaughter and May bumps junior lawyer salaries by 9% to £78,000

But trainees have had their pay frozen

Dec 14 2016 12:59pm

My life as a real estate lawyer

If you can master land law a potentially great career lies ahead, writes Pinsent Masons’ real estate chief James Crookes

Dec 14 2016 12:05pm

Uncertain times for King & Wood Mallesons trainees as Dentons pulls out of merger talks

Twitter account set up to help staff find jobs

Dec 14 2016 10:32am

Exclusive: City law firm partner resigns amid Christmas party grope claims

Winckworth Sherwood lawyer describes his behaviour as “not acceptable” in internal apology to colleagues

Dec 13 2016 4:40pm

Open thread: What is it like to work at a US firm in London?

Are the megabucks worth the crazy hours? Or have these firms fallen foul to unfounded stereotypes?

Dec 13 2016 9:58am

Rescue deal: King & Wood Mallesons reveals takeover talks with ‘small number’ of potential suitors

As the international firm's bank takes out additional security over its assets

Dec 12 2016 10:50am

Legal profession’s defence of Phil Shiner dries up as ‘ambulance chasing’ lawyer admits misconduct

Human rights solicitor accepts tribunal “must strike him off”

Dec 9 2016 10:51am

The best law firms for work/life balance

For those who value free time

Dec 9 2016 9:32am

Exclusive: Solicitor suing Oxford Uni over 2:1 trained at Clifford Chance

Faiz Siddiqui bagged a magic circle training contract, but still wants £1 million for lost legal dream

Dec 8 2016 5:03pm

RPC launches new Singapore secondment for London trainees

Opportunity is part of firm's continued expansion into Asia

Dec 8 2016 11:10am

Police, priests and hairdressers more ‘trusted’ than lawyers, according to research

But judges fared better in new 'Veracity Index'

Dec 7 2016 3:27pm

Law firm teams up with Liverpool Uni in bid to create clinical negligence robot lawyer

Litigation giant bringing in PhD students to realise AI dream

Dec 7 2016 12:57pm

CMS breaks silence on training contract deferrals… two weeks after Legal Cheek broke the story

Firm denies it has upped compensation payments in wake of online backlash

Dec 7 2016 9:02am

Brexit: Freshfields tops Ireland’s lawyer transfer list

A record-breaking 1,347 new solicitors will be added to the Irish roll by the end of the year

Dec 6 2016 11:00am

My 2:1 stopped me from becoming a top barrister, argues solicitor as he sues Oxford University

Faiz Siddiqui wants £1 million in damages for lost bar dream

Dec 5 2016 10:25am

What’s it like to work internationally?

Ashurst lawyers of different levels of seniority share their experiences

Dec 2 2016 11:29am