Author: Rhys Duncan

Solicitor suspended for eight years for jury internet research
Ex-Irwin Mitchell associate spent four weeks in prison

Big Four giant EY to cut UK legal roles
Up to 24 positions at risk

Top tips on how to secure pupillage courtesy of a pupil supervisor
'It’s a marathon not a sprint’, says Gatehouse Chambers barrister Phillip Patterson

BSB proposes eliminating degree requirement for barristers
Cites possible equality benefits

Regulator takes action against ex-Dentons lawyer for sexual misconduct
Quit before disciplinary meeting could take place

Clyde & Co fined £500k for anti-money laundering failures
Former partner also sanctioned

Slaughters gets tough on desk ditchers with office entry monitoring
Data shared with management

Weil bumps newly qualified lawyer salaries to £170k
Latest City rise

Mishcon acquires flexi-lawyer business
London firm moves into alternative legal services market

Bar Council chair urges party leaders to commit funding for 100 extra criminal pupillages
‘Eye-catching manifesto’

City solicitor fined £10k for holding out to be sole practitioner
Motivated by compassion

Number of ‘privileged’ solicitors remains high
But significant progress in other areas, says regulator

Solicitor who slapped paralegal on the buttocks suspended
Four separate allegations

What newly qualified lawyers at top law firms earn per hour
We worked it out

Judges encouraged to embrace AI — carefully
What could possibly go wrong?

A&O Shearman to be led by Magic Circle partners
'Shearman & Sterling partners will hold very significant leadership positions globally and regionally' but the top jobs will go to Allen & Overy lawyers this time around