Tag: Solicitors

City law pay bonanza — three firms boost junior wedge by as much as 9%

Exclusive: Chunky NQ pay rises at Travers Smith, Mayer Brown and Dentons

Aug 26 2015 11:56am

White & Case defects from University of Law to BPP

New Yorkers' London office cuts GDL and LPC deal with ULaw's arch-rival

Aug 26 2015 9:17am

Irwin Mitchell bucks trend by boosting trainee intake

Alternative business structure law firm ramps up recruitment by 37.5% while City players cut numbers

Aug 25 2015 3:19pm

Professional bodies over-taxing solicitors to tune of £2.4 million, says top regulator

Practising fee remains steady despite tumbling Solicitor Regulation Authority costs, as Law Society wants a bigger slice of pie

Aug 25 2015 9:19am

Law Society drops Lord Harley redaction clanger

Technology confounds solicitor profession chiefs as confidential elements of Blacker case are easily accessed

Aug 24 2015 3:09pm

Solicitors Regulation Authority says sorry to Lord Harley for ‘causing distress’

"Harry Potter" lawyer receives written apology over lost file fiasco, but independent complaints body clears regulator of discrimination

Aug 24 2015 12:30pm

BLP retains 71% of its trainees while Clifford Chance keeps 96%

Contrasting retention fortunes between mid-tier and aristocrats

Aug 21 2015 1:19pm

The Judge Rules: Accelerated courses — students need to beware

How much sympathy should we feel for the seven students whose firms dropped training contract offers after they failed BPP’s speedy-LPC?

Aug 21 2015 10:03am

Solicitor struck off after fiddling train fares to pay LPC debts

Tribunal accepted young lawyer was under huge post-education financial pressure -- but fraud is fraud

Aug 21 2015 9:29am

City firms fall over themselves to trumpet benefits of working one day-a-week from home

'Agile working' is the latest corporate law trend

Aug 20 2015 4:57pm

Working class hero leads strike against government legal aid cuts from the tee

Picket line or round of golf? Picket line or round of golf? That’ll be a round of golf, then …

Aug 19 2015 3:32pm

Solicitors’ profession keeps growing like Topsy — up 18% over five years

But with training contracts gradually evaporating and government reforms of legal aid system kicking in, could the party be over?

Aug 19 2015 12:55pm

Law comes to the Edinburgh Fringe

It’s not just arty luvvies galore in the Scottish capital at this time of year…

Aug 17 2015 3:27pm

Tribunal slaps young solicitor, 30, for faking orthopaedic expert reports

Junior is hit with an indefinite suspension and a £10,000 costs order into the bargain

Aug 17 2015 1:58pm

Freshfields posts 83% newly qualified lawyer retention rate

Anglo-German magic circle giant makes 43 offers -- and is snubbed by three new lawyers

Aug 17 2015 10:26am

The Judge Rules: Anything less than a 100% qualifying lawyer retention is a law firm fail

Training contracts provide large global practices with a recruitment safety net -- but that’s not good for their businesses

Aug 14 2015 1:27pm

Sullivan & Cromwell shoots to top of UK pay league with record £101,500 newly-qualified solicitor salary

Exclusive: London office of New York firm is now highest paying in City

Aug 14 2015 10:21am

The 6 most ridiculous legal stories of the silly season so far

The best law-related summer frippery

Aug 14 2015 9:46am

You can have rubbish A-levels and still succeed in legal profession

Legal Cheek Twitter hash tag generates rush of proud responses from those who pissed about at school but still became lawyers

Aug 13 2015 3:56pm

Superhero update: The Caped Crusader has become a Texas lawyer

Corpus Christi-based personal injury specialist is the real deal -- just check the surname

Aug 12 2015 4:47pm