Author: thomas-connelly

A&O Shearman sets out City office plans
Merger gathers pace

Post Office scandal: SRA unlikely to expedite lawyer prosecutions
Likely wait until inquiry's conclusion

US firms dominate M&A work as deals slump to decade low
Tech suffers particularly badly

SRA fines law firm for failing to provide diversity data
First of its kind

SQE students voice frustration over erroneous exam slot cancellation email
Kaplan stresses assessments will go ahead as planned, apologises for confusion

SRA misses deadline for publishing SQE provider pass rates
Issues statement that leaves open possibility of it never happening

Super regulator probes events leading up to SRA’s closure of Axiom Ince
Important for public confidence, says LSB

Slaughters makes ‘reduced hours for reduced pay’ permanent option for lawyers
Follows succesful pilot

US titan Cravath retakes lawyer salary crown with market-topping rises
What impact will fresh pay war have on associates in the City of London?

Magistrate given formal warning after researching defendant online
Help reaching decision

SQE2: Pass rate climbs slightly to 79%
Over 1,000 students sat latest assessment

‘AI paralegal’ passes SQE
77% score

Trowers: More lawyer roles at risk amid ‘continued slowdown’
Cut 18 jobs last month

Former trainee solicitor barred for concealing criminal property
Resigns four months into TC

‘Are you a Jew?’ Husband and wife City lawyers subjected to ‘antisemitic attack’ on bus
Footage of incident involving associates from Slaughters and MoFo shared widely online

Axiom Ince: Dawn raids and arrests as Serious Fraud Office launches probe
Over £60 million missing from client account