Tag: Solicitors

Salad loving lawyers crowned UK’s ‘healthiest profession’

Legal professionals most 'selective eaters', Deliveroo data reveals

Jan 30 2019 12:56pm

Junior lawyer MP jailed for lying to avoid speeding fine

Property law specialist Fiona Onasanya handed three-month custodial sentence

Jan 29 2019 3:07pm

Strike off for ‘pressured and bullied’ trainee solicitor who blew whistle on firm’s fraud

'Horrendous environment' did not excuse dishonesty, tribunal found

Jan 29 2019 12:10pm

Lord Chancellor condemns Nazi death threat against solicitor defending ‘speedboat killer’

Tuckers partner Richard Egan sent threatening letter for representing Jack Shepherd

Jan 29 2019 11:26am

Junior solicitor struck off for fare dodging just two years after qualifying

Adam Kemeny avoided paying £650 worth of train fares from Shoreditch to Surrey

Jan 29 2019 8:43am

Brexit could generate plenty of opportunities for future lawyers

Ahead of Legal Cheek’s ‘How will Brexit disarray affect future lawyers?’ event at ULaw Moorgate on Thursday, ULaw associate professor Trevor Tayleur casts an expert eye over the impending upheaval

Jan 28 2019 4:23pm

Stephenson Harwood posts 100% spring trainee retention score

All eight March qualifiers to stay put

Jan 28 2019 12:13pm

‘Lawtech? We’ve no idea what it is’, say 50% of junior lawyers

Despite hype, two-thirds reported no change to their job role

Jan 28 2019 11:10am

My 10 trickiest training contract interview questions

Fortunately, I was never asked ‘sell me this pen’

Jan 28 2019 9:15am

What it’s like to do a training contract at PwC

Two PwC trainee solicitors reveal how to maximise your experiences on your application forms and give an insider’s view on a Big Four training contract

Jan 26 2019 9:39am

Hogan Lovells partner caught watching porn at work leaves firm

Irwin Mitchell lawyer filmed the incident from an adjacent office

Jan 25 2019 10:24am

Charles Russell Speechlys lawyer and two sons smash 3,000 mile rowing record

Raise £180,000 for charity in the process

Jan 25 2019 9:00am

Understanding the success of US law firms in London

Four Shearman & Sterling partners share their insights

Jan 24 2019 3:52pm
Travers Smith law firm training contract trainee

This is how one City law firm responds to market change

The panel, which comprised of lawyers and business services professionals, had plenty to say on topics ranging from Brexit, the economic cycle and the rise of disruptive technologies

Jan 23 2019 3:15pm

Lawyers are stressed — but not as much as social workers and recruiters

Increasing workloads number on stress source, research shows

Jan 23 2019 12:50pm

Young Legal Aid Lawyers: SRA must reintroduce mandatory minimum trainee pay

Enforceable salary requirements ditched by SRA in 2014

Jan 23 2019 8:57am