Category: News

Simmons & Simmons helps launch ‘whale rights law’
City lawyers support pro bono project to grant whales legal personhood

Working for a law firm at odds with your morals could be bad for your health, junior lawyers warned
'Key psychological issue'

Legal charity shares stories of people facing court alone in Christmas fundraising appeal
Support Through Court provides assistance to individuals navigating the legal system without legal representation

Financial Times estimates Slaughter and May profit per equity partner to be £4 million
Highest ever figure touted for secretive elite firm

Law ‘SuperInfluencer’ Jen Shipley’s LinkedIn posts worth £300k, marketing guru claims
D&I advocate Justin Farance social media clout valued at nearly £200k

Magistrate given formal warning over ‘ill-judged’ Taliban remark
Comment made in retiring room

SQE2 pass rate dips slightly to 74%
Over 900 students sat latest exams

What is a woman? Supreme Court hears landmark legal case
Top judges hear case on whether trans women can be considered female under Equality Act

Bus-ted! Judge steps in when witness tries to give evidence on a bus
'Plainly inappropriate'

Penningtons opens new office in charming French Riviera city
Dream secondment?

Barrister’s attempt to blame dyslexia for misleading CV fails
Rejected by tribunal

A host of charges against Jo Sidhu KC have been dropped
Some are still being considered, as the tribunal hears final submissions today

Fried Frank joins US firms dishing out big bonuses to London lawyers
Potentially £16k+ for first year associates

Squire Patton Boggs junior lawyer hospitalised after drinking ‘poisoned alcohol’ in backpacker hotspot Laos
London associate Simone White is among 14 tourists who fell seriously ill, with four reportedly dead

Law student favourite Harvey Specter set to return in ‘Suits LA’ spinoff
This is not a drill!

Bar Council slams proposed change to barrister equality rules
Potentially unlawful

Barrister disbarred after exaggerating injuries in £250k personal injury claim
Clyde & Co investigated 🕵️