Up from 80% The latest Solicitors Qualifying Examination 2 (SQE2) results are in, with the overall pass rate climbing to 83% in the April 2026 sitting. That marks another increase from the 80% recorded in the January sitting, which was…
Firm tech tracks down device A former Ashurst Perkins Coie IT analyst has been barred from working at law firms without the SRA’s permission after taking a laptop from one of the firm’s offices and failing to return it. Lewis…
The top legal affairs news stories from the long weekend Wall Street banks push Big Law to cut fees because of AI [Financial Times] (£) Lawyer who cracked Post Office scandal warns against axing jury trials [The Telegraph] (£) ‘Rank…
Funding, timing and qualification For aspiring solicitors without a training contract lined up, deciding whether to start the SQE can mean weighing up the cost, the time commitment and what comes next. While many students wait until they have secured…
12 month suspension A trainee solicitor who took a second job at the Home Office and used his access to check visa files linked to clients, relatives and people he knew has been suspended from practice for 12 months. Md…
Taking content from X without attribution carries risk as well as reward When it comes to media law, few names are more recognisable than veteran solicitor Mark Stephens CBE. With a client list that over his long career has included…
BigLaw pranksters A lawyer at US firm Jenner & Block has taken workplace fundraising to rather colourful new heights, filling a colleague’s office with 25,000 plastic balls after lawyers smashed a charity donation target. The elaborate prank was the brainchild…
Time to move on? In the latest submission to our Career Conundrums series, a paralegal wonders whether it’s worth sticking around at the firm that’s just turned them down for a training contract. “Hi LC. I’m currently a paralegal in…
Cheaper and quicker Sir Geoffrey Vos The public is likely to become comfortable with machines deciding some disputes as the technology becomes more reliable, the Master of the Rolls has predicted. Sir Geoffrey Vos said that litigants may eventually choose…
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend Spectacular defeat leaves Prince Harry’s golden lawyer tarnished [The Times] (£) Woke barrister’s ‘hypocrisy’ as he takes left-wing campaign group Good Law Project offshore [Mail Online] The new…