Tag: Solicitors

Rubbish press release: take a bow, Slaughter and May

Old skool City law firm fails to get a grip on this new PR thing

Jul 24 2015 2:01pm

Law firm partner in alleged drink-fuelled air rage ruck on London-bound flight

A 41-year-old woman corporate immigration expert is suspended after producing a passable impersonation of an Essex lager lout

Jul 24 2015 12:18pm

Legal aid strike falling apart as big firms head back to work

Exclusive: Rumours suggest that core group has struck a deal on verge of Ministry of Justice meeting

Jul 23 2015 1:26pm

From wasps to car-hire — junior lawyers need to diversify

There are many ways to exhibit commercial awareness...

Jul 22 2015 4:17pm

Fried Mars bars — Scottish judges and lawyers love ‘em …

Shock discovery reveals secret legal profession culinary habits north of border

Jul 22 2015 2:40pm

Gove calls make-or-break meeting in bid to resolve crime legal aid dispute

Four lawyer lobbying groups will meet Justice Secretary -- but Law Society and Bar Council are in the cold

Jul 22 2015 12:27pm

Financial Conduct Authority trainee flogs top City law firm training contract application answers

Exclusive: Graduate offers students an "unfair advantage" in return for cash

Jul 22 2015 10:28am

War of words at Milton Keynes County Court

Kiss good-bye to lawyer civility

Jul 21 2015 3:34pm

Latest advocacy row — bar leaders slam solicitors for poor family court work

Top silks call on Ministry of Justice to launch a review of courtroom standards as public is in “danger”

Jul 21 2015 2:15pm

What corporate lawyers say Vs what corporate lawyers mean

The euphemisms that keep the deals moving

Jul 21 2015 12:29pm

Solicitors are rubbish at the ‘art’ of Crown Court advocacy, says top Tory QC

Silk who defended the Krays also aggrieved by modern law firm tendency to "tie papers with rubber bands instead of tape"

Jul 20 2015 3:43pm

Allen & Overy ups junior lawyer pay by A QUARTER to blow away rest of magic circle

English firm now paying close to US levels for rookies -- but bonuses are slashed

Jul 20 2015 8:41am

Comments of the week

The best from below the line

Jul 17 2015 3:31pm

Junior lawyers’ biggest complaints: rubbish bonuses and poor partnership chances

Survey of City and regional commercial firms reveals young solicitors still aspire to the big money

Jul 17 2015 1:46pm

Lawyer calls client a ‘small penis as*hole’ — then challenges him to a duel over billing dispute

Row with your client? Insult the size of his manhood and then figuratively slap him in face with a silk glove

Jul 17 2015 11:54am

Uni of Law LPC student bids to win Miss England title before qualifying as a lawyer

Durham grad speaks to Legal Cheek about battle to land a training contract -- or perhaps even a pupillage

Jul 17 2015 10:32am

Norton Rose Fulbright boosts junior lawyer pay to match magic circle competition

Exclusive: Transatlantic player overtakes some big names in the salary league tables

Jul 16 2015 2:50pm

Two City firms back latest bid to ease law firm recruitment path for socially underprivileged

Herbert Smith Freehills and Travers Smith join three magic circle players in mentoring and advice scheme

Jul 16 2015 9:18am

Oi lawyers — do more free work, demands think tank

A leading political thinker-cum-Anglican theologian reckons the legal profession should spend up to 10% of time on pro bono

Jul 15 2015 3:37pm

Vac schemes: students do everything but legal work

As the summer stints draw to a close, Legal Cheek asks the pivotal question: did anyone do any legal work?

Jul 15 2015 12:35pm

Signs of despair as criminal bar strike ballot moves to climax

Will lawyers take a leaf from book of French revolutionaries on Bastille Day?

Jul 14 2015 3:31pm