News – Page 72
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NewsNorton Rose and Herbert Smith add to strong retention round
City firms both take on more than 80% of spring cohort of trainees.
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NewsSimpson Millar fined for part in £4.5m stamp duty avoidance
Firm collected around £350,000 from promoters pushing the scheme and clients benefitting from it.
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NewsCourt of Appeal backs closure of firm over £2.9m bill
Judge says decision to intervene was not disproportionate or irrational.
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NewsSix out of 50 firms visited by SRA face money laundering action
Thematic review concludes that most firms are taking 'appropriate steps' to implement 2017 regulations.
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NewsFirst 100 years: largest ever census of women in law
Law Society vice-president welcomes new Women in Criminal Law network and announces events to mark suffrage centenary.
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NewsAccounts reveal £7.6m annual loss at rescued Simpson Millar
New parent company agrees to write off acquired debts along with 'letter of comfort'.
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NewsGet in and get on: MoJ offers placements in social mobility scheme
Chief operating officer Matthew Coats says widest talent pool will contribute towards the best possible results in the justice system.
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NewsHost team Pinsent triumphs in global legal hackathon
Lawyers and technologists worked through the weekend to develop solutions based on emerging technologies such as AI and blockchain.
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NewsSimpson Millar 'very sorry' as 91 jobs axed
National firm seeking to recover from difficult period under previous owners.
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News'That's not cool!' City firm promotes office safe-word
Travers Smith says it is encouraging staff to call out inappropriate language.
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One in 10 law firms ‘significantly’ affected by Brexit - survey
A survey says that just one in 10 law firms is being significantly impacted by Brexit.
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Local authority consortium giant expands advice panel
EM LawShare says six law firms' reappointment highlights its success.
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NewsGovernment law officers' department to get 'wellbeing' support
Attorney General's Offices publishes statement at 'exceptionally busy and challenging time'.
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NewsLook north of the border for law, Scotland tells the world
Joint profession-government initiative will 'raise the profile of Scots law and justice system'.
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NewsAllen & Overy takes on 80% of spring trainees
Firm says it is taking on 32 out of 40 trainees due to qualify this spring.
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NewsSolicitors losing work to specialist conveyancers - research
Buyers and sellers are increasingly shopping around before picking a practitioner.
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NewsWill-writing ABS calls in administrators after closure
Dramatic fall for a business which had applied for SRA authorisation to allow its legal department to undertake reserved work.
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NewsBe more upbeat to stop junior lawyers quitting, criminal bar chief urges
Angela Rafferty QC says barristers and solicitors should join forces to tackle recruitment crisis rather than give in to despair.
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NewsSociety reports gender pay gap
The gap between men and women's pay at the legal profession's regulatory and representative bodies is 'substantially lower' than across the UK workforce as a whole, the organisations announced today. The 2017 gender pay gap report by the Law Society Group finds a median pay gap of 5.6% compared ...
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NewsDormant legal aid accounts to be closed
Legal Aid Agency will also ban shared accounts for security purposes.