Tag: Solicitors

Former Kingsley Napley senior partner becomes CPS boss
Stephen Parkinson starts role in November

Research: Legal sector workers amongst happiest in UK
Only bankers are loving life more

DLA Piper launches ‘space exploration’ practice
Tackle IP and regulatory issues

Withers axes quali leave
Firm says informal time off after qualification was causing staffing issues

Top news presenter joins Irwin Mitchell
Ex-BBC anchor Joanna Gosling lands legal role

My journey from medicine and neuroscience to City law – via the BBC
Ashurst partner Sunny Kumar discusses his varied career

Leading GCs call for role to be formalised in corporate code overhaul
‘Historic omission’

‘I taught myself SQE – here’s how I got on’
Without law degree

Meet the City lawyer helping clients navigate risk
Clyde & Co partner Mark Wing talks insurance, AI and crumbling concrete

Navigating bias in generative AI
Nottingham PPE student Charlie Downey looks at the challenges around artificial intelligence

CMS to cut associate roles
Redundancies in corporate team

Irwin Mitchell scoops Scottish firm
PI giant strikes deal with Wright, Johnston and Mackenzie

You don’t need a tech background to thrive as a tech lawyer
Hogan Lovells’ associate James Sharp on why he’s happy being known as ‘blockchain guy’

Pay rises are the number one reason lawyers switch firms, research shows
Unhappiness also up there

Post office inquiry: HSF admits using law grads in major disclosure task
Hearing postponed after thousands of documents not disclosed

RPC cancels Christmas (parties)
Firm struggles to find workable dates and venues

Attention to detail most important soft skill for lawyers, research finds
Problem-solving close second