Exclusive: Highest paid rookies The London office of US law firm Milbank has increased trainee pay to record levels for the City, with trainees earning £70,000 in year one, rising…
Reprimand recommendation upgraded to removal A district judge has been removed from office for gross misconduct after being found to have repeatedly behaved inappropriately towards court staff. Andrew Simpson was…
High Court shake-up sees creation of new Business and Property Division The Chancery Division, one of the oldest parts of the High Court, is on its way out, replaced by…
New pay war? US law firm Milbank has raised the salaries of its most junior lawyers to $235,000, a move that could trigger a wave of similar increases across the…
Whistleblowing Credit: Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal Paralegals, clerks and trainees who blow the whistle on wrongdoing at their firms can now do so shielded from the risk of retaliation by their…
Prevent publication US firm Weil Gotshal is the latest law firm to fall victim to a cyber attack after it was reportedly forced to pay a ransom in the double-digit…
Rises for trainees too BCLP has confirmed that its newly qualified (NQ) lawyers in London are now earning £125,000, following a pay rise at the start of the year. The…
‘Insufficiently severe’ The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has appealed the sanction given to an experienced solicitor who bullied and harassed five junior female colleagues. Legal Cheek reported last week that…
New BigLaw giant The transatlantic merger between Taylor Wessing’s UK arm and US player Winston & Strawn has officially gone live today, creating a new BigLaw beast boasting over 1,400…
Centralise operations Clyde & Co has entered into consultation with support staff over potential job losses as the firm moves to centralise its operations. The firm is proposing to shift…
Follows independent reviewer’s recommendation A spell-check tool is to be trialled in SQE2 written assessments for the first time, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has announced. The tool, which will…
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend Top City law firm ends ‘bring your dog to work’ perk (£) Lord Hermer: ‘No Doubt’ Referring Rape…
Serious investment US law firm Kirkland & Ellis has set aside an eye-watering $500 million (£370 million) to build its own AI platform. Firm chair Jon Ballis said that while…
Targeting high value litigation US law firms are securing an outsized grip on the highest-value disputes before the English courts, new data suggests. Research from legal analytics firm Solomonic found…
Exclusive: New sector focused pathway to run alongside firm’s standard TC Gowling WLG has become the latest major law firm to launch a training contract geared toward aspiring lawyers seeking…