Over 8,000 people working in law firms told RollOnFriday how satisfied they were with their pay, work/life balance, career development, management, and their firm's culture. The results provide a ...

Founded in New York in 1875, Paul, Weiss is one of the big beasts of US law. And the only one with an oddly-placed comma.Today, Paul, Weiss has more than 1,000 lawyers in 10 offices around the world.

Traditionally, two things have really irritated Herbert Smith Freehills. One is that it’s not in the Magic Circle, despite its undeniable quality. This irritates the firm so much a former senior ...

The City pay war is heating up for summer, and Eversheds Sutherland and Pinsent Masons are the latest firms to join the fray. Eversheds Sutherland will bump up the base salary for its NQs in London by ...

42 attemptsA law graduate has been banned from complaining to the Employment Tribunal about job applications after he sued employers 42 times for not hiring him. Zakir Khan brought claims against ...

A law graduate who got slightly ahead of herself and practised as a solicitor while she was still unqualified has been banned from the legal profession. Kashine Taylor joined Derbyshire County Council ...

An ex- Slater and Gordon manager has been disqualified by the SRA for flashing his willy during an online training course. Andrew Harris, who is not a solicitor, worked at Slater and Gordon as a team ...

A solicitor who acted for a victim of the Post Office Horizon scandal has threatened her with court action for not paying legal fees he claims he is owed. Nick Gould won plaudits in 2021 when he ...

A solicitor who took instructions from a woman’s saucy jumper has been given a suspended prison sentence. Tim Luckhurst-Matthews groped a woman at a Christmas event in 2022 after she told him she ...

Typo or time to kill?A Holland & Knight partner has let slip that his firm is thick with hitmen. “What a neat graphic to show the depth of our over 70 maritime legal assassins”, wrote maritime lawyer ...

A barrister has been reprimanded by a judge for appearing at a remote hearing without trousers. When Shrewsbury Crown Court connected to the barrister via video link, all the court could see was a ...

However, balanced against her “glowing” character references and “hitherto unblemished record”, the SDT decided that although she had been dishonest, her cover-up was a “moment of madness” and did not ...