Tag: Solicitors

Barrister wins charity walk photo contest with shot of lawyers breaking rules

Mental Capacity Act specialist ramps up the comedy and dispels the boring Chancery lawyer stereotype

Jun 2 2015 4:05pm

City lawyer-to-be ‘Dimitri’ reacts to pay rise news

'Dimitri Finds Out' meme: the corporate law version

May 29 2015 12:42pm

Former Allen & Overy solicitor Chelsy Davy joins ‘hedonistic vibes’ DJ collective

Prince Harry's ex makes next move after quitting magic circle

May 29 2015 11:48am

City lawyer posts Adele-inspired ode to land law on YouTube

Charles Russell Speechlys partner celebrates lease enfranchisement with cover of 'Make You Feel My Love'

May 29 2015 9:48am

Life in a law firm: ‘Prepping to go to Russia #fridaynightmare #byebyeweekend’

RPC trainee Sarah Pearson on what it’s like to drop everything and head to St Petersburg for work

May 28 2015 2:19pm

Ashurst latest firm to boost trainee and junior lawyer pay

Gap emerging as "silver circle" firm's pay rises fall short of top 10 rivals

May 27 2015 5:20pm

Shearman & Sterling blitzes magic circle with trainee and NQ pay rises

London office of US firm asserts pay supremacy

May 27 2015 12:20pm

Event: Alternatives for wannabe barristers — the City, in-house and academia

Legal Cheek session at Inner Temple featuring a panel of top solicitors and barristers — open to all law students, with free tickets available below

May 27 2015 11:00am

McKenzie friend gives budding advocates a lesson in how not to behave in court

Don’t call the other side a “lying slag” and/or “bitch” and don’t physically “face up” to barristers in court

May 26 2015 1:44pm

Linklaters takes trainee pay honours for English firms — just days after Hogan Lovells shot to top spot

Magic circle firm also boosts cash for qualifying solicitors but this time falls short of transatlantic rivals and Slaughter and May

May 22 2015 7:31am

Was Osama bin Laden doing law revision when raided by special forces?

US spooks reveal the al-Qaeda supremo was leafing through LSE-educated solicitor’s book in the hours before he met his end

May 21 2015 10:19am

Market recovery in question as three law firms wield redundancy axe

Could flurry of lay-offs at Hill Dickinson, Capsticks and Plexus Law be the beginning of something?

May 19 2015 4:02pm

‘Grayling and Gove attempt to go unnoticed’ — the London Legal Walk in pics and tweets

The legal great and good were in attendance for yet another successful charity walk -- but were there some unwelcome guests?

May 19 2015 11:07am

Chuka ‘no’ shocka, Sir Keir declines – only Lamb remains as lawyer party leader candidate

But is former East Anglia employment partner actually being led to electoral slaughter?

May 19 2015 9:03am

Exposed: mysterious lawyer charting conquests in sex autobiography is ex-Herbert Smith and Clyde & Co

Exclusive: Twitter slip-up sees solicitor's identity uncovered by Legal Cheek following anonymous Mail Online article

May 18 2015 12:20pm

The Judge Rules: publicly listed law firms will mean even fewer training contracts

Gateley’s move this week closer to the door of the London Stock Exchange signals the advance of yet another factor law students and young lawyers will have to confront

May 15 2015 12:14pm

City firms silent on whether they will follow PwC in ignoring A-level results

Big Four accountancy firm shocks recruitment market and stuns Square Mile law firms with its bid to boost diversity

May 15 2015 9:08am

5 ways to dodge work during your training contract — and still get retained

Pacing yourself is essential for a long and fruitful career: in a guest post an anonymous solicitor -- who writes the must-read Corporate Drone blog -- sets out the tricks

May 13 2015 2:41pm

Students back code for TC offers timetable — law firms don’t

Signs that City graduate recruitment departments are already moving towards a training contract free for all as the regulator ditches existing guidelines

May 13 2015 9:36am

National law firm becomes first ever to flog shares on London stock exchange

Gateley confirms weekend rumours that it is about to set up its stall on the AIM market

May 12 2015 11:47am

City law firm partner at the heart of Westminster affair shocker

Bercow v Bercow was the unexpected result from last week’s general election as Stephenson Harwood man allegedly falls for charms of speaker’s wife

May 11 2015 1:31pm