The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend UK’s big law firms risk losing talented staff over ‘unmanageable’ stress [Financial Times] (£) Lawyer who painted £2.6m house black told to restore it to white [Telegraph] (£)…
AI reportedly to blame Clifford Chance is set to cut around 50 back-office roles, with the Magic Circle firm reportedly citing AI as one of the reasons for the move. The firm informed London-based support staff last month that around…
Pay rises in Edinburgh and for trainees too Burges Salmon has boosted the salaries of its trainees and newly qualified (NQ) associates in its Bristol and Edinburgh offices. The firm confirmed that salaries in Bristol have risen from £72,000 to…
Do you agree? A Reddit user who claims to be a future trainee solicitor at a top US law firm in London has taken to the platform to share a set of “ground rules” for wannabe lawyers sliding into their…
959 sat the exam The latest Solicitors Qualifying Examination 2 (SQE2) results were released this week, revealing a pass rate of 76%. SQE2 was sat by 959 students from late July to early August, according to the Solicitors Regulation Authority…
Lord Doherty joins top bench early next year Lord Doherty The Supreme Court has announced the appointment of Lord Doherty as its newest justice. President of the Supreme Court, Lord Reed, described his new colleague as an “exceptionally able judge”…
Pilot scheme underway in the US, with global roll-out planned — including London Ropes & Gray is encouraging its junior lawyers to devote a fifth of their billable hours to AI as the firm ramps up its push into legal…
Plug tech directly into teaching and legal research Four of the UK’s biggest legal education players — BPP, The University of Law, Oxford University and King’s College London — have teamed up with US tech giant Harvey to bring its…
New report spotlights challenges facing firms inside and outside the capital City firms are pulling comfortably ahead of their regional counterparts after posting a healthy jump in partner profits this year, while regional partners have taken a noticeable hit despite…
Silver Circler comes together with US giant London-headquartered Ashurst and US firm Perkins Coie have announced plans to merge, creating a top-20 global law firm, Ashurst Perkins Coie. The combined outfit will have a whopping 3,000 lawyers across 52 offices…