Author: Rhys Duncan
A&O Shearman follows Magic Circle rivals in upping NQ lawyer salaries to £150k
Just Slaughters left to increase
SRA eyes £66 million SQE income next year
More than double previous year
Paralegal texted client urging them not to cooperate with firm investigation
Filed 'misleading' info with land registry
Regulator hikes compensation levy by 300% following Axiom Ince fiasco
£90 per solicitor
SQE2 pass rate climbs to 73%
Over 870 aspiring lawyers completed latest sitting
Lawyers: it pays to be AI savvy
Tech skills linked to higher salaries for legal professionals
Land law update: seabed is not land
High Court ruling
Receptionist who couldn’t pronounce firm’s name loses employment case
Employed eight days
BSB granted extra powers to tackle misbehaving barristers
Interim suspensions
Trowers to take on solicitor apprentices from 2025
More firms embrace TC alternative
Could we soon be saying bye-bye to barristers’ wigs?
Bar Council working group reviews future of court dress
Young lawyers urge MPs to visit ‘legal aid frontline’
Two MPs have already planned visits
City Law firms partner with KCL to launch student-staffed law clinic addressing LGBTQ+ discrimination
Baker McKenzie and Clyde & Co
Ex-City lawyer handed 15 year jail term for role in £30 million Ponzi scheme
Follows major police investigation
Future pupil barrister takes ‘mind reading’ show to Edinburgh Fringe
Mock murder trial
Top chambers suspends sending pupil barristers to Stratford Mags following claims of ‘invasive searches’
HMCTS says it's urgently investigating allegations
Chambers using blind recruitment less diverse, research claims
BSB describes finding as 'striking'
‘Sarcastic’ judge given formal warning
Shouted at legal rep throughout hearing, judicial body finds
Criminal solicitor struck off over £60 ‘dine and dash’
Left Harvester restaurant without paying