Author: Sophie Dillon
‘Human error’ costs HSF £465k as firm fined over Russia sanctions breach
The penalty concerns £4 million in payments from 2022
Bar Council urges barristers to report inappropriate behaviour in wake of Sidhu disbarment
'I recognise how difficult it is for complainants to come forward', says chair Barbara Mills KC
Law Society condemns Trump’s attack on lawyers as top firms quietly remove DEI content from their websites
Hogan Lovells and Latham & Watkins among those to make online tweaks
Trump’s D&I crackdown expands: A&O Shearman, Freshfields and Hogan Lovells among latest law firm targets
20 major outfits face probe
Mishcon de Reya pursues pardon for the last woman hanged in the UK
Ruth Ellis was executed in 1955
Business Secretary ‘corrects record’ on Addleshaw solicitor claim
Addresses House of Commons
US lawyer jailed for faking Kirkland & Ellis experience to land six-figure legal roles
Also posed as a former footballer and ex-Marine
Latham joins Kirkland in $7 billion revenue club
Very (very!) strong financials 💰
Women leaders in law: Inspiring advice for the next generation of lawyers
Legal Cheek asks those at the top of the profession for their words of advice ahead of tomorrow's International Women’s Day
Chair of legal super-regulator steps down with immediate effect
Personal considerations
Simmons & Simmons unveils new managing partner
Emily Monastiriotis will take over the top role on 1 May
Should the Supreme Court hear more criminal appeals? The Law Commission thinks so
Part of a wider set of proposals by an independent body
Overworked, underpaid and unsafe: judges speak out on life on the bench
Worrying findings in new survey
Freshfields expand US operations with new Boston office
Fourth in America