Author: Rhys Duncan

Exclusive: A&O Shearman sets NQ solicitor pay at £125k
New Magic Circle mega-firm opts for Allen & Overy-level salaries

SQE exam fees to rise again amid student discontent
SRA says assessment 'continues to perform well'

Scrapping degree requirement will create more pupillage-less grads, Bar Council warns
Response to BSB proposals

Search for missing BPP law student continues
Aspiring lawyer Jack O’Sullivan disappeared on 2 March

City law chief advises firms to give lawyers workload ‘trigger warnings’
'Something very serious is going on' in the profession, says Colin Passmore

Ex-Supreme justices join top lawyers in urging UK government to reject calls for Israel arms embargo
Response to earlier letter calling for weapons ban

A&O and Shearman go LinkedIn official
Merger goes live next month

US law firm pokes fun at failed merger with A&O, drawing parallels to Royal rift and warm British beer
Newly-surfaced pics from 2022 O'Melveny event

AI ‘can be a force for good’, says top judge
Help those who can't afford lawyers

Man given suspended sentence for impersonating barrister
Used identity of real lawyer

Top in-house lawyers to ramp up pro bono efforts with new pledge
GCs from Coca-Cola, ITV, Goldman Sachs and more

Trowers introduces innovation seat for trainees
New TC option

Junior solicitor who inappropriately touched colleague suspended for three months
2019 Christmas party incident

Newly qualified solicitor struck off for fabricating time recordings
Lack of experience not mitigating factor

More than a quarter of pupil barristers encounter bullying or harassment
Significantly higher number of women experienced issues personally

EU parliament approves groundbreaking regulations on AI
Potential framework for UK to follow

Law students provide court support for divorcing couples
New pro bono scheme

Beware of ‘deepfake’ clients, regulator warns lawyers
Concerns over money laundering and terrorist financing