Tag: United Kingdom
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City law firm boss questions sustainability of huge lawyer salaries
‘There’s always a reckoning’ The managing partner of City law firm Simmons & Simmons has questioned how long the boom in lawyer salaries can go… Read More
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WhatsApp groups are more ‘worrying’ source of misinformation than X, Badenoch suggests
Kemi Badenoch has told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry she is “less worried” about misinformation spread on social media sites such as X/Twitter than that shared… Read More
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Reporting restrictions lifted in family courts in ‘watershed’ reform
Follows two-year pilot From today, journalists will gain unprecedented access to report on family court cases in England and Wales, in what the UK’s most… Read More
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Trump could visit UK ‘soon’ after first call with Starmer as president
Keir Starmer and Donald Trump “stressed the importance of the close and warm ties” between their countries and “agreed to meet soon” in their first… Read More
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Drug dealing duo barred from legal profession
Worked for same law firm A pair of legal workers have been barred from the profession after they were jailed for dealing class A drugs.… Read More
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Sustainability low on law firms’ priority list, research finds
Trumped by cybersecurity, cost management and diversity New research has suggested that sustainability is not a top priority for UK law firms. A recent report… Read More
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105 make the grade in latest KC appointments
326 applied There will be 105 lawyers taking silk this year, up from the 95 who became KCs in 2024. The latest competition attracted 326… Read More
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City solicitor did not lack integrity when refusing breathalyser, tribunal finds
£2,500 fine A City solicitor who was arrested after failing to provide a breath sample did not lack integrity, a tribunal has found. James Rafferty,… Read More
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5 commercial awareness topics aspiring lawyers need to know about right now
Trump, Meta, crypto and more Keeping up to date on developments in the commercial and business world is vital for securing training contracts and vacation… Read More
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‘An elephant is not a person’, court rules
Rights group unsuccessfully argues animals are “imprisoned” in Zoo Five elephants have lost their day in court after a Colorado judge ruled they’re not, in… Read More