All articles by Jemma Slingo – Page 18
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NewsEversheds notes slight narrowing of gender pay gap
Elsewhere in the City, gender pay progress has stalled this year, with firms acknowledging that there is still work to do.
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NewsChambers criticised for giving pupils silent treatment
The regulator has asked the Bar Council for a stronger statement about the importance of telling candidates that they have not been selected for interview.
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NewsAshurst boosts bonuses as financial year draws to an end
City firm has doubled the size of its bonus pool and plans to hand out one-off payments of £1,000 to staff.
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NewsLawyers line up to support Supreme Court contempt barrister
Almost 150 lawyers, scientists and legal academics have written to the president of the Supreme Court about its Heathrow runway ruling.
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News‘Neither acceptable nor inevitable’: Peers give verdict on Covid courts
The quality of justice is ‘increasingly at risk’ as a result of Covid-19 and ‘years of underinvestment’.
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NewsBSB discloses sexual misconduct data ahead of sanctions review
The Bar Council wrote to the BSB earlier this month expressing concern over sexual misconduct complaints.
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NewsLaw schools report huge discrepancy in student success
Likelihood of passing Legal Practice Course ranges from 23% to 100% depending on institution.
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NewsNews focus: ‘Perverse’ punishments at the bar
Momentum is building for tougher sanctions to be imposed on barristers who commit sexual misconduct. Current trends show a clear inconsistency in sanctions based on offence.
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NewsGender pay progress stalls in the City
Hogan Lovells’ gender pay gap widened to over 30% this year as a result of early lockdown bonuses.
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News‘Perverse’: Bar Council demands answers on sexual misconduct sanctions
Representative body claims there are still issues with how sexual harassment at the bar is investigated and punished, in letters seen by the Gazette.
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NewsProbate wait time stuck at seven weeks
Grants of probate took an average of 35 working days to arrive throughout 2020, according to figures published by the Ministry of Justice.
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NewsJohnny Depp refused permission to appeal libel ruling
Court of Appeal said actor's challenge had ‘no real prospect of success’, in a judgment handed down this morning.
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NewsBurford restores dividend after ‘best year ever’ for portfolio
A full dividend will be paid in June subject to shareholder approval, after December's interim dividend was cancelled.
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NewsBPP bought by private equity business
TDR Capital has acquired BPP from US private equity company Apollo Global Management.
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NewsCovid operating hours still on the table, Bar Council told
Radical measures to clear the court backlog are not backed by lord chancellor, says representative body.
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NewsIreland re-opens door to England and Wales solicitors
Solicitors can now automatically requalify in Ireland again under a reciprocal scheme.
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NewsIrwin Mitchell reports smaller gender pay gap
Female staff at the firm are paid around 9% less than men on average, according to annual report.
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News'Major flaws': parliamentary committee backs repeal of fixed-term act
Draft bill proposes an end to fixed-terms in parliament and removes overview powers from the courts.
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NewsCounsel not liable to solicitors for loss of fees, rules High Court
Birmingham firm claimed it lost around £150,000 as a result of an intellectual property barrister’s conduct.
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NewsCompetition hots up between SQE course providers
Law Training Centre has developed a two-part online course for £6,280 ahead of the SQE's introduction in September.