Author: Thomas Connelly

Ince launches investigation into allegation top lawyers ‘disrespected’ waitress
Claim made in viral Twitter post

Would you take a pay cut to WFH permanently? 88% of our readers say no
Findings follow Stephenson Harwood's announcement last week that it will reduce salaries by 20% if staff choose to work from home full-time

Skadden lawyer to lead City social mobility charity
Elizabeth Robertson succeeds Hogan Lovells' Nicholas Cheffings as executive chair of PRIME

Ex-Irwin Mitchell lawyer jailed for researching defendant in trial she was serving as a juror
Told fellow jurors what she discovered

Reed Smith to relocate London office
2024 move date

Bar Council and northern law firm Ward Hadaway hit by cyber attacks
Criminals continue to target profession

BPP students given ‘human and business skills’ boost with O Shaped Lawyer collab
Embedded into SQE prep

Top City firms fund 22 aspiring social welfare lawyers through the SQE
Begin prep with BARBRI this month

Eversheds’ Russia lawyers launch new firm
Move follows global outfit's exit in response to Ukraine invasion

SRA appoints new education and training chief
Former Ofqual boss Julie Swan replaces retiring Julie Brannan

Justice minister quits over Boris Johnson’s ‘partygate’ fine
Commercial barrister Lord Wolfson slams 'repeated rule-breaking, and breaches of the criminal law, in Downing Street’

Bakers backs ‘up and coming’ fintech firms with £100k worth of free legal support
City player to advise three UK start-ups over six-month period

SRA abandons prosecution of junior solicitor who lost briefcase
Regulator drops case against Claire Louise Matthews in light of new medical evidence

Mishcon teams up with UCL to fund lawtech PhD
Four-year fellowship will explore use of AI in legal sector

Gender pay gap narrows slightly at A&O
'Changes continue to be small', says magic circle player, 'but the overall trend is moving in the right direction'

BSB ditches bar aptitude test
Regulator says entry exam no longer an effective filter of wannabe barristers who will likely fail the course

‘A new Wild West’: Lords urge better oversight of AI in justice
Justice and Home Affairs Committee warns legislation is failing to keep pace with tech

Ukraine crisis: Law students and lawyers look to tackle immigration challenges using lawtech
Profession addresses visa, language and resource issues during 48-hour 'idea sprint'

UK government appoints top war crimes lawyer to help Ukraine on ‘journey to justice’ against Russia
Judge and Doughty Street associate tenant Sir Howard Morrison QC will act as independent adviser to war-torn country's chief prosecutor

Milbank bumps trainee pay to £62.5k
Year one rookies now on £57.5k