Author: Thomas Connelly

Akin Gump ups London NQ salaries to $202,500
US MoneyLaw mania continues to rock the City

No cab rank? Supreme Court judges criticised for pricey private car rides
Official 1.4 mile trip cost £104

London law firms Wedlake Bell and Moon Beever to merge
Goes live next month

Hardwicke to rebrand as Gatehouse Chambers after discovering name has slavery links
Lord Hardwicke was co-author of 1729 legal opinion relied upon by slave owners

Bakers lawyers and staff given option to work remotely up to three days a week
Varied start and finish times too

Weil dishes out £8k Covid bonuses to NQ lawyers
Extra cash for trainees and associates too

Largest law firm in the world trims lawyer numbers
Dentons lays off 85 UK employees, including 16 associates

Clyde & Co elects first female senior partner
Carolena Gordon takes up new role on 1 July

Freshfields dishes out bonuses following Covid salary freeze
Catch-up cash for UK lawyers and staff

Scottish law student cleared of wrongdoing following probe into ‘offensive’ gender comments
Abertay Uni student Lisa Keogh worries investigation may have impacted her grades

Super regulator sides with pupillage seekers in row over rejection by silence
Follows letter from wannabe barrister first reported by Legal Cheek

Family barrister suspended following ‘offensive and unacceptable’ Royal baby tweet
Joanna Toch apologises after ill-judged remark

Linklaters looks to slash emissions by up to 70%
Magic circle player latest to up its green efforts 🍃

Mills & Reeve kicks off autumn retention season with 100% score
All 19 trainees to stay put

US firm Paul Hastings tells London lawyers work from the office ‘by default’
From 7 September 🗓️

Asparagus recipe accidentally included in Belgian law database
'Bon Appétit!' read the final line

Henry Hendron avoids disbarment — again
Scandal-hit barrister reprimanded for continuing to work during suspension over drug offences

Ashurst appoints first female global chair
London partner Karen Davies takes top role from 1 August

Supreme Court launches paid internship for underrepresented aspiring barristers
Week-long scheme will see bar hopefuls shadow judicial assistants