Tag: Solicitors
Crime legal aid lawyers paying the price for years of fat cat fees, says top silk
Incendiary remarks could divide profession as barristers head to picket lines today in support of solicitors' battle against MoJ rate cuts
Solicitor leader struck off for fiddling funds
Curse of the Law Society governing body strikes again as disciplinary tribunal gives the bullet to council member
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Rubbish press release: take a bow, Slaughter and May
Old skool City law firm fails to get a grip on this new PR thing
Law firm partner in alleged drink-fuelled air rage ruck on London-bound flight
A 41-year-old woman corporate immigration expert is suspended after producing a passable impersonation of an Essex lager lout
Legal aid strike falling apart as big firms head back to work
Exclusive: Rumours suggest that core group has struck a deal on verge of Ministry of Justice meeting
From wasps to car-hire — junior lawyers need to diversify
There are many ways to exhibit commercial awareness...
Fried Mars bars — Scottish judges and lawyers love ‘em …
Shock discovery reveals secret legal profession culinary habits north of border
Gove calls make-or-break meeting in bid to resolve crime legal aid dispute
Four lawyer lobbying groups will meet Justice Secretary -- but Law Society and Bar Council are in the cold
Financial Conduct Authority trainee flogs top City law firm training contract application answers
Exclusive: Graduate offers students an "unfair advantage" in return for cash
War of words at Milton Keynes County Court
Kiss good-bye to lawyer civility
Latest advocacy row — bar leaders slam solicitors for poor family court work
Top silks call on Ministry of Justice to launch a review of courtroom standards as public is in “danger”
What corporate lawyers say Vs what corporate lawyers mean
The euphemisms that keep the deals moving
Solicitors are rubbish at the ‘art’ of Crown Court advocacy, says top Tory QC
Silk who defended the Krays also aggrieved by modern law firm tendency to "tie papers with rubber bands instead of tape"
Allen & Overy ups junior lawyer pay by A QUARTER to blow away rest of magic circle
English firm now paying close to US levels for rookies -- but bonuses are slashed
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Junior lawyers’ biggest complaints: rubbish bonuses and poor partnership chances
Survey of City and regional commercial firms reveals young solicitors still aspire to the big money
Lawyer calls client a ‘small penis as*hole’ — then challenges him to a duel over billing dispute
Row with your client? Insult the size of his manhood and then figuratively slap him in face with a silk glove
Uni of Law LPC student bids to win Miss England title before qualifying as a lawyer
Durham grad speaks to Legal Cheek about battle to land a training contract -- or perhaps even a pupillage
Norton Rose Fulbright boosts junior lawyer pay to match magic circle competition
Exclusive: Transatlantic player overtakes some big names in the salary league tables
Two City firms back latest bid to ease law firm recruitment path for socially underprivileged
Herbert Smith Freehills and Travers Smith join three magic circle players in mentoring and advice scheme