Tag: Solicitors

My life as a crypto disputes lawyer
Legal Cheek Careers sits down with Christopher Whitehouse, senior associate at RPC specialising in high value, complex litigation, to discuss his experience working on crypto disputes in the UK

Top City law firms back pro-bono initiative for non-legal staff
Fifth Day encourages business professionals working in the legal sector to donate their time and skills

Taylor Wessing launches TC programme in Cambridge
Two spots up for grabs

Full video: The SQE — what we’ve learned so far
One year on from its introduction, SRA policy managers join BPP’s Head of Outreach to reflect on the new qualification regime

UK law firms banned from doing transactional work for Russian clients
Latest escalation in response to Putin’s illegal annexation of Ukrainian regions

Ince to ‘consolidate’ UK legal practice
Listed outfit may also restructure operations in Europe and Asia, according to trading update

GDL student taken on as consultant solicitor’s ‘personal legal secretary’ after meeting at Playboy casino was not employee of firm, tribunal finds
Judge described lawyer's behaviour as "extraordinary"

Akin Gump caps salary exchange rate following drop in pound
London NQs continue to earn £179k

How a serial tech entrepreneur is transforming a global law firm
Legal Cheek’s Will Holmes sits down with Gerard Frith, Taylor Wessing’s Entrepreneur in Residence, to discuss how technology is changing the legal profession

Striking criminal barristers to vote on government legal aid offer
£54 million pay package follows 'constructive talks'

Life as a junior lawyer at one of Ireland’s leading law firms
We speak to two junior lawyers about their time at McCann FitzGerald LLP ahead of next month's Legal Cheek Virtual Irish Law Fair

Human rights not a defence to protesters causing ‘significant’ criminal damage, Court of Appeal rules
Decision does not affect acquittal of Colston Four

How law students can boost their employability
Legal Cheek Careers sits down with John Watkins, ULaw’s director of employability, ahead of next week’s in-person workshops and networking evening in London

Law firm partner apologises after wearing blackface to work fancy dress party
Exclusive: Turned up to 2016 event as Mr T

Excellence in commercial real estate — a case study on Edinburgh’s St James Quarter
CMS real estate of counsel Roland Smyth offers insight into CMS’ recent work on St James Quarter in Edinburgh, ahead of his appearance at our virtual student event tomorrow

UK law firms recognised for ‘family-friendly working’
DWF and Pinsent Masons make top 10 for flexible polices on annual charity list

Dollar-pegged NQ pay packets at elite US firms swell to around £200,000 as pound plunges to record low
UK mini-budget tax cuts causes pound to tank

Ahead of the curve: How law firms are preparing their clients for the next big thing
Osborne Clarke’s Catherine Hammon explains how she got into digital transformation and why being a knowledge lawyer means always staying one step ahead

HSF embraces the metaverse with new digital law course for students
Exclusive: Completion certificates issued as NFTs