‘Very early stage’ Southern England law firms Cripps and Michelmores are in the very early stages of merger talks which, if successful, would create a new legal firm with an annual revenue of around £100 million. Cripps, which has offices…
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend High court tells UK lawyers to stop misuse of AI after fake case-law citations [The Guardian] Top lawyer ‘preyed on young women entering law’ [Channel 4 News] Trans…
Rises in regions too CMS has increased the salaries of its newly qualified (NQ) lawyers in London to £120,000, with regional offices and those in Scotland also seeing salary rises. Reaching the £120,000 mark represents an increase of just under…
A round-up of online musings, memes and more I have Peppa pig to thank for my training contract [Becca Horley on LinkedIn] Boss: “it’ll be easier for us to discuss on a quick call” Me: [Henry Nelson-Case on LinkedIn] Ok…
12 bedrooms, cocktail bars, a home-gym, cinema room and more! Credit: Sanderson Young A top Newcastle-based personal injury lawyer has put his colossal Victorian Gothic mansion up for sale for an eye-watering £20,000,000. Jeff Winn, founder and former executive chairman…
Aspiring lawyer voices frustration over transitional arrangements We did everything right. We wrote the “Why law?” essays, jumped through the assessment centre hoops, charmed grad recruitment, and secured the training contract. Finally, we were on the path to qualification. Except……
Fined £14k A partner in DWF‘s London office has been fined over £14,000 after he wrongly approved payments amounting to £2.2 million to a property developer client. Mark Andrew Shepherd was working in the firm’s real estate team in 2019…
Dressing down A judge has reportedly given a barrister a dressing down after he appeared in court via video link without any trousers. The barrister — who, fortunately for his sake, has not been named — left court users at…
‘Misleading timesheets’ A solicitor who took multi-tasking to the next level by working for three law firms at the same time has been struck off the roll. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) heard that Belinda Owusuah Sarkodie had submitted timesheets…
University of Exeter law student Sajanthiya Siridaran challenges pre-conceptions around the type of students that make great lawyers I used to think I couldn’t be a good lawyer because I was quiet. When people think of lawyers, they often imagine…