Tag: United Kingdom

  • Law students as dating apps

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    Tinder Studier, Hinge Highlighter, Bumble Bee and more For Valentine’s Day 2024, Christianah Omobosola Babajide explores the digital dating app scene tailored specifically for law…

  • Hogan Lovells office move faces possible delay after Roman ruins discovery 

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    Ancient treasures unearthed The planned move of Hogan Lovells‘ London office could be delayed after a host of Roman artefacts were unearthed at the location…

  • Slaughter and May becomes fourth Magic Circle law firm to embrace solicitor apprenticeships

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    First intake September 2025 Slaughter and May has become the fourth Magic Circle law firm to embrace solicitor apprenticeships, with its first intake planned for…

  • Regulator takes action against paralegal who misled Pinsent Masons over newly qualified status

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    Five occasions A Pinsent Masons paralegal who repeatedly misled the firm about her status as a newly qualified solicitor has been sanctioned by the regulator.…

  • Over a quarter of lawyers regularly using AI

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    For research, drafting, and comms More than a quarter of legal professionals are using AI tools regularly, new research has found. The research, compiled by…

  • We don’t need an inquiry to tell us the government has failed Disabled people

    When the Equality Act was introduced in 2010, political commentators wrote about a momentous change to British society. “A public-sector duty to close the gap between…

  • The government’s climate cronyism will intensify forest destruction – Labour must oppose it

    Last year’s Dubai climate agreement was rightly attacked for being vague and watered down. However, it was extremely clear on at least one point –…

  • Week-in-Review: Chaos with Ed Miliband — with Keir Starmer

    Is this the week an ancient prophecy came to pass?  In 2015, in the throes of a heated general election campaign, then-prime minister David Cameron…

  • Law firm office manager paid herself nearly £1,500 to cover tea and coffee expenses

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    Regulator takes action The solicitor’s regulator has taken action against an experienced office manager who withdrew £1,450 from her law firm’s office account for tea…

  • The Green Party: ‘A pain-free life should not be reserved for the wealthy’

    Good health and wellbeing, for ourselves and our loved ones, is a foundation which we all need to thrive in life. Work, school, caring responsibilities…