Tag: Solicitors

A motorbike accident transformed me from junior lawyer coaster to driven CEO

Fletchers chief Ed Fletcher recalls how a spinal cord injury gave him a clarity that would change the course of his career

Oct 6 2015 9:51am

New plastic bag legislation is a triumph of pedantic drafting

The Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order 2015 deserves wider recognition

Oct 5 2015 5:26pm

Addleshaw Goddard junior lawyer so busy that he keeps working during charity cycle

The battle to meet those hours targets never stops

Oct 5 2015 4:25pm

Firms Most List 2016: US hyper elite pay most and hire more graduates in London

Magic circle under pressure as Americans lead UK market

Oct 5 2015 12:20pm

Solicitor tricked into transferring £734k of client money to phone-scammers

Internet banking scam hits legal profession

Oct 5 2015 9:10am

Clifford Chance takes on Uber with drivers ‘defecating in gardens’ attack

Cabbies pool resources to hire magic circle giant

Oct 2 2015 4:02pm

How wannabe lawyers can become employable

ULaw employability chief John Watkins believes students overestimate some of their soft-skills

Oct 2 2015 11:39am

City firm offers virtual ‘helicopter trips’ and ‘Ferrari racing’ in bid to make commercial awareness interesting

But will CMS's virtual reality headsets allow students to forget that it's slashing trainee numbers by a third this year?

Oct 1 2015 12:20pm

Why ‘following your passion’ isn’t always the best advice

Law can be tough, but it provides a better grounding than a job in a trendy start-up, argues an anonymous magic circle trainee solicitor

Oct 1 2015 9:55am

Friends of Freshfields lawyer shot dead in Berlin are crowdfunding to help his family

Legal and other costs facing popular ex-solicitor's parents could hit £20,000

Sep 30 2015 3:20pm

‘Cambridge-educated Weil Gotshal trainee’ flogs training contract advice for £45 an hour

When you're on £97k a year, is this really necessary?

Sep 30 2015 9:58am

Lawyer falls for latest Facebook ‘legal contract’ privacy hoax

If in doubt, cite the "Rome Statute"

Sep 29 2015 5:19pm

Lawyers back magistrate suspended for paying asylum seeker’s court charge

Axe this "laughably unfair" charge, urge members of legal profession

Sep 29 2015 12:28pm

Lawyers’ ethics: who would you save first in a fire — your mum or girlfriend?

Chinese judicial ethics exam asks wannabe lawyers to decide

Sep 29 2015 11:09am

Solicitor who had SIX KIDS while at Slaughter and May — and made partner — reveals ‘best decision’: to quit law

Laura Carstensen, who had three kids in the first four years of career, speaks publicly about "structural sexism"

Sep 28 2015 3:14pm

Event: Why the legal profession needs people who see the world differently

Lord Neuberger and a panel of top solicitors and barristers offer students who don't fit the mould tips on how to get ahead in law

Sep 28 2015 12:33pm

Bar Council chief and Dechert’s Miriam González-Durántez latest to back Proudman feminist movement

LinkedIn row barrister now has support of Nick Clegg's City lawyer wife and a less enthusiastic Alistair MacDonald QC

Sep 28 2015 11:23am

US firm that pays London newly qualified lawyers £101k boosts trainee intake by 20%

Latham & Watkins now offering more training contracts than many mid-tier City outfits

Sep 28 2015 9:44am