Category: News

Junior lawyers will be ‘significantly replaced’ by technologists and data scientists, Paul Weiss boss predicts
Top lawyer foresees shifting roles in new tech-driven legal world

Top US firm says GenZ lawyers require ‘more handholding’ at work
Suggestion appeared in a job ad for Gibson Dunn

‘Inaccurate’ media lead to judicial death threats, says Lady Chief Justice
Baroness Carr calls for 'objective and accurate reporting'

Should the Supreme Court hear more criminal appeals? The Law Commission thinks so
Part of a wider set of proposals by an independent body

SRA chief exec to step down
Ends 12-year tenure at the top

Queen Mary partners with Barbri to offer SQE-ready LLMs
Prep built in

CMS expands in Hong Kong through alliance tie-up
Global firm bolsters Asia presence

Court delayed for nearly an hour due to jammed door
Files and lunch locked away

Overworked, underpaid and unsafe: judges speak out on life on the bench
Worrying findings in new survey

Former Walker Morris partner wins age discrimination claim after forced retirement at 63
Rules were intended to make way for younger lawyers

Former Mayer Brown lawyer set to become new German Chancellor
Friedrich Merz tops recent election and looks to form a coalition

Horizon scandal: BSB set to launch regulatory action against barristers within ‘next few months’
No ongoing risk to public

Freshfields expand US operations with new Boston office
Fourth in America

Former Clifford Chance lawyer secures £1.3m investment for AI paralegal start-up
Funds will boost development

SRA reopens investigation into Business Secretary’s ‘solicitor’ claim
Regulator aware of ‘further information’

Junior barrister ‘lifts the curtain’ on criminal justice in new BBC Radio show
Joanna Hardy-Susskind hosting ten-part series

SQE2 pass rate reaches record 81%
1,026 candidates

City law firm cashier barred from profession after transferring firm funds into personal account 124 times
Disguised payments as 'interest'