Author: rhys-duncan

Commercial bar mentorship scheme opens with record number of chambers
250 spots up for grabs

Suspension for senior partner who had sex on office desk
Made inappropriate comments to female colleagues

Former Team GB athlete swaps Taekwondo for a training contract
'I had the opportunity to live my dream, kicking people for a living,' Hassan Haider tells Legal Cheek

Two former Supreme Court judges resign from Hong Kong court
Lords Sumption and Collins

Only half the public think lawyers have positive impact on society
Negative stereotypes and press coverage partly to blame

Barrister reprimanded for sending ‘grossly offensive’ Instagram messages to ex-partner
Tribunal described relationship as "toxic"

BSB greenlights restart of Hertfordshire Uni bar course
Suspended last summer in 'interests of students'

Goodwin boosts starting salary for newly qualified lawyers to £175k
Pay war intensifies

A&O Shearman follows Magic Circle rivals in upping NQ lawyer salaries to £150k
Just Slaughters left to increase

SRA eyes £66 million SQE income next year
More than double previous year

Paralegal texted client urging them not to cooperate with firm investigation
Filed 'misleading' info with land registry

Regulator hikes compensation levy by 300% following Axiom Ince fiasco
£90 per solicitor

SQE2 pass rate climbs to 73%
Over 870 aspiring lawyers completed latest sitting

Lawyers: it pays to be AI savvy
Tech skills linked to higher salaries for legal professionals

Land law update: seabed is not land
High Court ruling

Receptionist who couldn’t pronounce firm’s name loses employment case
Employed eight days

BSB granted extra powers to tackle misbehaving barristers
Interim suspensions

Trowers to take on solicitor apprentices from 2025
More firms embrace TC alternative