All articles by Jemma Slingo – Page 31
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NewsListed firm predicts rise of in-house chambers
DWF says in-house advocacy teams are more efficient than external barristers’ sets.
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NewsSQE: Student loan issues remain unresolved, says Law Society
SQE ‘will mark a big change in how aspiring solicitors begin their career in law’.
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NewsQuarter of headcount will be BAME by 2025, pledges Norton Rose Fulbright
International firm is latest to roll out ambitious ethnicity targets.
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NewsIt's official: LSB approves solicitor ‘super-exam’
Solicitors Qualifying Exam will come into force next autumn.
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NewsTeenagers offered virtual 'work experience' at Linklaters
Almost 20,000 university students enrolled on the firm's first online internship during lockdown.
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NewsDentons sets 20% partner diversity target
Firms are facing a 'watershed moment' says global firm's chief executive.
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NewsWales and Manchester courts allow pre-recorded video evidence
Vulnerable victims and witnesses in Wales, Manchester and East Anglia can now give cross-examination evidence ahead of trial.
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NewsNews focus: Pay rises and job cuts - the City’s strange case of double vision
The fluctuating fortunes of City firms amid the pandemic have given conflicting signals about their financial vigour. How well placed are the top-50 to withstand further shocks?
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NewsSRA to recover less than 30% of prosecution costs in Bakers case
Regulator faces £137,000 legal bill after high profile prosecution of firm and three former leaders.
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NewsEversheds staff return to normal hours and full pay
Global firm celebrates ‘stronger than forecast financial performance’.
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NewsA&O opens reporting season with ‘small’ change to pay gap
Magic circle firm says it ‘cannot let the current crisis drag us backwards’.
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NewsULaw strikes SQE deals ahead of training shake-up
Graduates from four universities are guaranteed places on ULaw’s SQE course under new arrangement.
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NewsCourts showing ‘good signs of recovery', government claims
Criminal bar says latest Crown court figures are ‘very troubling’.
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NewsCity firms repay furlough cash, but more job cuts loom
City firms are beginning to pay back the money they received under the government’s job retention scheme in the light of stronger financial performance than forecast.
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NewsSecond torture claim filed against international firm
232wDechert denies involvement in human rights violations in the Middle East.
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NewsMother loses Supreme Court appeal against faith-based charity
Court considered the application of anti-discrimination law to Orthodox Jewish housing charity.
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NewsTop gongs for solicitors in virtual awards ceremony
Law Society celebrates 26 solicitors and firms in ceremony held over three nights.
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NewsCity solicitor drops unfair dismissal claim against former firm
Lawyer brought proceedings against Ince Gordon Dadds and others.
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NewsKPMG creates 'transformation service' for in-house lawyers
'Urgent need’ to automate legal operations in the wake of pandemic, says accountancy giant.
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NewsShoosmiths announces redundancy consultation
Over 50 support staff could lose their jobs, warns national firm.