Tag: Solicitors

Shearman & Sterling considers work from home option for its London lawyers

Now US firms are eyeing 'agile working'

Apr 12 2016 11:43am

Panama Papers law firm gets unofficial clothing range

“Because taxes are for poor people”

Apr 11 2016 12:38pm

Medical negligence solicitor’s angry speech to junior doctors goes viral

“The government has declared war on the people in this country," roars Simpson Millar's Peter Stefanovic

Apr 11 2016 11:57am

Official Solicitor to the Senior Courts appears as litigant-in-person in private dispute

Exclusive: Alastair Pitblado and his fiancée in High Court today -- acting for themselves in £150k planning row

Apr 11 2016 9:07am

Half of Allen & Overy’s new London partners are women

Internationally the figure is 29%, as firm homes in on rather low gender diversity target

Apr 8 2016 12:53pm

Scammers clone Burges Salmon’s website to create fake law firm

Maybe avoid applying for a training contract with 'Owen & Harvey Solicitors'

Apr 8 2016 11:46am

11 ways in which the teachings of Donald Trump can guide lawyers to success

Reinterpreting the preposterous Art of the Deal

Apr 8 2016 10:44am

Med neg giant combines with ULaw to launch solicitor apprenticeship with law degree

New Fletchers programme modelled on law school's scheme with Mayer Brown

Apr 6 2016 1:52pm

Norton Rose Fulbright racks up strong newly-qualified solicitor retention rate of 96%

All bar one spring qualifier will remain at the global giant

Apr 6 2016 1:13pm

Leaked Mossack Fonseca document leaves London law firm exposed

Eminent private client outfit remains tightlipped over dealings with Azerbaijan president's daughters

Apr 6 2016 11:43am

Off the Cuff: Dress Code shocker as HMP Belmarsh seeks to ban visiting lawyers from wearing cufflinks

First they came for our cufflinks… bar appalled at what might be banned next

Apr 5 2016 2:51pm

The Law Society has just wasted £7 million on a failed business venture — here is what they could have spent it on

Independent review reveals a catalogue of errors led to conveyance software flop

Apr 5 2016 12:11pm

65% of kids think lawyers are men

And they drew some delightful pictures to demonstrate this

Apr 5 2016 9:04am

Northern megafirm Hill Dickinson retains all six of its spring qualifiers

Liverpool-based outfit strikes perfect 100% trainee retention score

Apr 4 2016 2:44pm

Sidley Austin pays £100,000 each to seven Kirkland & Ellis associates as signing-on fee

City law juniors haul in Premier League footballer-level money

Apr 4 2016 9:31am

King & Wood Mallesons and Eversheds reveal contrasting trainee retention performances

Meanwhile, Simmons & Simmons accused of retention figure manipulation

Apr 1 2016 2:02pm

Who’s to blame when an April Fool goes wrong?

All fun and games until someone loses an eye

Apr 1 2016 1:40pm

Aspiring solicitor’s training contract deemed worthless after she was left unsupervised for 15 months

Supervisor took maternity leave without arranging appropriate support

Apr 1 2016 11:06am