Tag: United Kingdom
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Liz Truss calls on PM to reverse decision over ‘profoundly unconservative’ smoking ban
Former prime minister Liz Truss has urged her successor in No 10 Downing Street to reverse the government’s policy on banning smoking, labelling the initiative… Read More
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White & Case boosts NQ lawyer pay to £150k
Up 7% The London office of White & Case has increased the salaries of its most junior lawyers. The firm has upped pay for newly… Read More
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Hywel Williams: ‘Westminster must now consider Wales’ constitutional future — including independence’
Are we ever going to have a serious discussion in Parliament about Wales’s constitutional future, including independence? Last week, the report of the Commission on… Read More
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Chambers boost pupillage awards in hunt for top grad talent
Increases of as much as 40% Many of the country’s leading chambers increased their pupillage awards ahead of the Gateway opening earlier this month, Legal… Read More
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Sarah Champion: ‘UK aid cuts have jeopardised the health of millions. But it doesn’t have to be this way’
In 2020, almost 300,000 women died during, or following, pregnancy and childbirth. 95% of these deaths took place in lower middle-income countries, a shocking reminder… Read More
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Paul Hastings and Ropes & Gray boost NQ lawyer salaries to £173k and £165k
More money moves Paul Hastings and Ropes & Gray has raised the salaries of their newly qualified (NQ) lawyers in London to £173,000 and £165,000… Read More
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Top Bristol law firms join forces with UWE to launch diversity work experience programme
Osborne Clarke, Burges Salmon and Simmons & Simmons among outfits involved Four leading law firms in Bristol have collaborated to launch a new work experience… Read More
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Shifting call post-pupillage will damage diversity, says ex-Bar Council chief
Also impact Inns Postponing the call until after pupillage would make the bar “gradually less diverse”, says a former Bar Council chair. Stephen Hockman KC,… Read More
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New fund aims to cover salaries of social welfare trainees
Support up to 20 rookie solicitors A new initiative has been established with the goal of providing financial support to trainee welfare lawyers throughout their… Read More
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Regulator dishes out £13,836 fine to drink-driving solicitor
New approach of linking sanction to salary The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has imposed a hefty fine of almost £14,000 on a solicitor convicted of… Read More