The removal of the requirement for solicitors to undertake 16 hours a year of continuing professional development has not resulted in a decline in the quality of solicitors’ work, according to th
Pay transparency should not be limited to the early years of lawyers’ careers but apply right through to partnership, argues Dana Denis-Smith
A criminal defence solicitor who instructed a number of secretaries to alter documents and correspondence on a substantial scale has been suspended from practice for nine months.
Solicitor apprenticeships could become a lot more attractive to both law firms and prospective solicitors, says Jackie Panter
Carbon Law Partners’ founder wants to free lawyers from having to run law firms and focus on delivering great legal advice
Legally aided parties should arrange interpretation themselves to avoid the costs and delays often incurred by last minute cancellation, suggests district judge Stephen Parker
The chair of the Law Society’s Junior Lawyers Division (JLD) has called for an inquiry because of serious concerns about the approval of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE).
Achieving gender equality at the top of the legal profession is central to the Women in Law Pledge, a new initiative launched jointly between the Law Society, the Bar Council and the Chartered Inst
