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Law firm partner’s career hangs in the balance after High Court headbutt attack on EastEnders star’s father

Property law specialist Philip Saunders handed an 18-month suspended sentence

Mar 13 2017 11:10am

Legal Cheek talks… ‘moaning millennials’

This week a trainee at a top City firm went public with her mortgage woes, but was she justified in doing so?

Mar 10 2017 4:20pm

Freshfields unveils 84% spring retention score

Magic circle outfit keeps 31 of its 37 NQs

Mar 10 2017 3:43pm

The army’s loss is the law’s gain

Marisa Hornabrook is looking forward to her legal life with Burges Salmon -- and it all began with an Insight Day more than three years ago

Mar 10 2017 11:01am

Pants on fire: Lawyer’s trousers burst into flames while defending client accused of arson

Stephen Gutierrez blamed the crotch combustion on a faulty e-cigarette battery

Mar 10 2017 10:18am

Olswang partner who completed training contract AND pupillage within a year of each other lands top legal role at Facebook

Anna Caddick will head up the social media giant's regulatory and litigation team

Mar 9 2017 12:44pm

Now even City lawyers can’t afford to get onto the London property ladder

A training contract is not always enough to get you a mortgage

Mar 9 2017 9:58am

Five things we learnt from ‘How to become a serious injury lawyer’

Panel of serious injury and medical negligence solicitors and barristers shares its pearls of wisdom

Mar 8 2017 4:04pm

Concerns over SRA solicitor super-exam proposals reach House of Lords

Lord Low of Dalston questioned whether the new vocational training regime would have a negative impact on law schools

Mar 7 2017 5:44pm

One third of legal professionals believe their firm could do more to help disadvantaged young people

But charity-backed research shows finance faired far worse

Mar 7 2017 3:26pm

Retention rate row: Simmons & Simmons remains tightlipped over NQ temporary contract accusations

International outfit trumpeted an 80% spring score last week

Mar 7 2017 1:54pm

Why the ascendence of AI can benefit young lawyers

RPC’s Daniel Wyatt on how the Pyrrho case is redefining what it means to be a litigation lawyer

Mar 7 2017 12:48pm

Addleshaw Goddard teams up with BPP to launch solicitor apprenticeships in Manchester and Leeds

Northern giant's new recruits will start this September

Mar 7 2017 9:42am

Cleary Gottlieb hikes London NQ pay by 14% to £120,000

‘MoneyLaw’ movement continues its assault on the City

Mar 6 2017 2:59pm

Slaughter and May hands five lucky tech start-ups £30,000 in free legal advice

But just how far will this money stretch?

Mar 6 2017 11:41am

82% of spring qualifiers to stay on at Allen & Overy

Third magic circle firm to reveal its retention rate

Mar 6 2017 11:03am

Simmons & Simmons puts 2016 retention woes behind it with solid 80% spring result

Twelve trainees have accepted full-time associate roles

Mar 3 2017 2:52pm