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Bakers bumps TC numbers from 33 to 40
Follows similar move by Travers
City pay war: Macfarlanes boosts NQ rates to £107.5k
Also confirms autumn retention score of 92%
Are we barking up the wrong tree about animal rights?
Legal Cheek's Will Holmes explains how animal rights are being misunderstood
Hefty fine for solicitor who told trainee to file court defence that wasn’t true
Paul Jerome Fitton admits professional misconduct under time pressure
Metro Bank picks BARBRI to put future in-house lawyers through the SQE
Trainees will split their time studying and gaining QWE
Monday morning round-up
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‘How easy is moving from Hong Kong to a City of London firm as a junior lawyer’
I have a TC offer from a local firm but ultimately want to practice in the UK
Students unable to sit SQE exam after London test centre suffers ‘IT issue’
Aspiring lawyers report waiting hours before being told to go home
Travers Smith boosts trainee numbers by a third
From 30 TCs to a maximum of 40
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Law firm to open bookshop and café to combat loneliness
gunnercooke's 'House of Books & Friends' will help fund projects and local charities
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Bar exams: Research highlights attainment gap between white and ethnic minority wannabe barristers
As Oxbridge grads clean up across the board
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Big Four player PwC joins City firms in upping junior lawyer pay
Moves NQ rates to £90k
Bakers retains 14 of 16 autumn NQ solicitors
A score of 88%
Mishcon strikes SQE training deal with ULaw
Follows similar moves by Clifford Chance, Taylor Wessing and White & Case
Clifford Chance’s partner profits top £2 million for first time
MC player reports positive numbers despite "signs of a slowdown in some markets"
Battle of the gowns: Ede & Ravenscroft sees off competition claim
Legal attire specialist did not abuse dominant market position, tribunal finds
Fraud claim for millions in missing crypto launched by NFT in legal first
Assets are held on trust by crypto exchanges, judge finds
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend