Category: News

Ex-Freshfields partner Ryan Beckwith launches High Court challenge over tribunal ruling
City lawyer was fined £35,000 and ordered to pay £200,000 in costs for drunken sexual incident with junior colleague

Digital bank Revolut expands into legal services
Fintech giant strikes deal with 'digital lawyer' platform

SRA won’t appeal Ryan Beckwith ruling
Ex-Freshfields partner was fined £35,000, but not struck off, for engaging in sexual activity with a junior female colleague

Meet Manchester City’s new star defender: Lord Pannick QC
Champions call on Blackstone heavyweight to tackle UEFA ban

SRA dismisses call to disclose LPC provider pass rates
Junior Lawyers Division's plea comes after stats show law school success scores vary from 100% to 29%

Linklaters keeps 36 out of 41 spring NQs
Further four rookies defer start dates

UK’s youngest female judge promoted to full district status aged 34
Briony Clarke first joined the bench at 31 ?

Coronavirus could delay City law trainee spring start dates
LPC grads returning from breaks in far flung destinations will have to heed quarantine advice

US lawyer made to write out lines by judge for ‘reprehensible’ behaviour during trial
'I shall not engage in conduct intended to disrupt a tribunal'

Struck off lawyer suspended by bar tribunal
Aurang Khattak removed from solicitors profession -- but return to the bar remains open

From partner to pizzeria: ex-Clifford Chance lawyer opens up on life as restaurateur
Katrina Allison moved to Cumbria aged 46 after tiring of commercial litigation

Wannabe Keir Starmers can live in his old student house in Leeds with two other law students
Recreate likely Labour leader-to-be’s university life

Deloitte teams up with PhD tech students to solve ‘future problems’ in the legal sector
Tackle areas ripe for development including AI and blockchain

Over half of female lawyers have experienced or witnessed sexism at work
But 46% fail to report over fears it would negatively impact their careers, new research reveals

LPC pass rates nosedive as report reveals one law school where just 29% of students made the grade
While achievement gap between white and ethnic minority students remains large

Quinn Emanuel follows Freshfields in ditching ‘Dear Sirs’ from lawyers’ emails
'The idea is to show that we take gender seriously', says US firm

70% of lawyers worry about letting their bosses down
Many also fret over lack of genuine workmates, new research finds

Ropes & Gray bumps London NQ pay to £130,000 as it confirms spring retention score
Keeps two out of three NQs

Linklaters to relocate London HQ
Two minute walk from current Silk Street site