Tag: Solicitors

Students back code for TC offers timetable — law firms don’t

Signs that City graduate recruitment departments are already moving towards a training contract free for all as the regulator ditches existing guidelines

May 13 2015 9:36am

National law firm becomes first ever to flog shares on London stock exchange

Gateley confirms weekend rumours that it is about to set up its stall on the AIM market

May 12 2015 11:47am

City law firm partner at the heart of Westminster affair shocker

Bercow v Bercow was the unexpected result from last week’s general election as Stephenson Harwood man allegedly falls for charms of speaker’s wife

May 11 2015 1:31pm

There was a lawyer in a cage at Liverpool Street station

It’s amazing what you can stumble across in the rush hour at one of London’s busiest railway stations

May 11 2015 10:17am

Legal Cheek election poll results: law students and lawyers back Labour

Ed Miliband’s margin over the Conservatives is narrow, but enough to give the red rose party an outright majority

May 6 2015 2:12pm

Solicitor who called for all-Islamic airlines now wants City law firms to fund criminal legal aid

Huntin’, shootin’ and fishin’ specialist says government should legislate to force mega-law firms into pro bono deal

May 6 2015 9:32am

The Judge Rules: Offering a glass of wine doesn’t amount to harassment

Women law students and young female lawyers doubtless have to battle leery male counterparts -- but there are gradations of perviness

May 1 2015 9:24am

Slaughter and May leaps to top of magic circle newly-qualified pay pile

King of the establishment firm hits psychologically important £70k mark, but still trails well behind Yanks in City

Apr 30 2015 4:20pm

Solicitor numbers rocket by 20% in face of tough economic climate

When will the bubble burst? There are 190% more practising today than 30 years ago

Apr 30 2015 1:22pm

Clifford Chance outstrips rivals in bid to field most charity walkers

Law firms can’t resist competing with each other -- even over charity events, as a league table currently being updated on social media graphically illustrates

Apr 29 2015 1:20pm

Litigant-in-person files notice to ‘f*ck this court and everything it stands for’

This expletive-fuelled -- but strangely nearly cogent -- notice to a US federal court judge may be the rudest official legal document ever

Apr 29 2015 11:07am

Law firm charges wannabe solicitors thousands for homemade diploma and internship

Exclusive: The very expensive fortnight may leave students in more debt and still jobless

Apr 29 2015 9:35am

9 hateful Daily Mail comments about lawyers prompted by the illegal cycling of Justine Thornton

Further proof that Mail readers really, really hate lawyers

Apr 28 2015 11:18am

Election latest: some voters aren’t that sold on lawyer candidates

One Tory newbie barrister in standing in Hampshire, and our old friend the former telly producer turned Justice Secretary come in for flack

Apr 27 2015 3:18pm

Official figures: training contracts plummet by 12.5% over last decade

Tough conditions for wannabe solicitors continues -- as stats show London tightens grip on training contract market

Apr 27 2015 12:40pm

Exposed: another possible supermarket case of outrageous passing off

Will the intellectual property law teams at two supermarket giants leap into their panda cars to clamp down on these cheeky independents?

Apr 27 2015 10:30am

Bring on the revolution, cries former Appeal Court judge, imploring lawyers to ignore establishment and go on strike

Timid approach from establishment representation bodies should be binned, advises Sir Anthony Hooper, in bid to put fire in belly of criminal law practitioners

Apr 24 2015 4:17pm

City lawyer parliamentary candidate battles claims he over-egged experience at Clifford Chance

Tory safe seat man in bid to refute allegations that his claim to have headed a magic circle department is a big fat exaggeration

Apr 24 2015 3:01pm

Meet the solicitor-pop star more popular than her magic circle law firm

Slaughter and May pop star associate puts her firm in social media shadows with her latest catchy release

Apr 24 2015 11:02am

The Judge rules: lawyer websites — little more than worthy vanity publishing

A recent rash of online efforts from the legal profession should be praised for effort, but they won’t reach their supposed target audiences

Apr 24 2015 9:59am