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Chief executive's age discrimination claim rejected

Court of Appeal ruling 'will make it easier for employers to justify cost-cutting'

Trainees could earn £2.60 an hour, JLD says

The Junior Lawyers Division (JLD) of the Law Society has said that trainee solicitors could end up earning as little as £2.60 an hour under the SRA's plans to scrap the minimum wage.

Captivated clients: Creating a fun legal training programme

Partner Adam Rose shares how he created a fun client training programme at Berwin Leighton Paisner

Selection policy

Peter Hartley-Jones explains how the OPG's review of panel deputies in 2011 has led to real improvements

Aiding recovery

Robert Weir QC talks tactics in securing compensation in catastrophic injury cases

Budget's £20m for advice agencies 'a fifth of what is being taken away'

Lord Bach has said the budget announcement of an additional £20m for UK advice agencies for the next two years was “about a fifth of what is being taken away” through the legal aid cuts.

Hidden skeletons: Why your firm needs a whistleblowing culture

William Dawson and Eleanor Rowswell of Farrer & Co discuss the key considerations in developing a firmwide whistleblowing culture

Latent talent: How to align partner development with firm strategy

Des Woods and Nigel Spencer discuss how to align partner development with firm strategy