Author: Rhys Duncan
High Court: Law Society secures win in legal aid row with government
Chancery Lane took action over failure to implement recommended fee rises
Freshfields records 84% trainee retention rate
31 of 37 staying on
Train strikes: SQE exams will go ahead as planned
SRA tells students to plan ahead
Clifford Chance to monitor lawyers’ office attendance
Follows Slaughter and May
Chambers boost pupillage awards in hunt for top grad talent
Increases of as much as 40%
Top law firms join forces with UWE to launch diversity work experience programme
Osborne Clarke, Burges Salmon and Simmons & Simmons among outfits involved
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’