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26 Jun 2024

Quiet quitting: the rise of a subtle resignation trend in modern workplaces

With the latest State of the Global Workforce 2024 report from Gallup highlighting that a whopping 90% of the UK workforce feel disengaged at work and are “quiet quitting,” leading employment lawyers Daniela Korn and Praveen Bhatia of media law firm Tan Ward take a closer look at this growing trend and its impact on businesses

19 Jun 2024

Mastering the informal interview landscape

Calvin Gardiner and Simi Bains explore the shift from traditional interviews towards informal conversations in the legal sector

16 Apr 2024

Navigating the challenges and opportunities in the UK legal sector

Maurice MacSweeney speaks to litigators about their prospects for the year ahead as part of a whitepaper investigating growth challenges among leading law firms.

11 Mar 2024

Big law or boutique: what’s the best move?

James Lavan weighs up pros and cons over pursuing the boutique firm path

14 Feb 2024

Closing the gender gap at the partnership level of the legal profession

Tim Sales shares his experience of attempting to balance life as a partner committed to his career as a litigator and a father, and why highlighting such actions by males within the profession is important to closing the gender gap

13 Nov 2023

Open for business? Britain's constricted immigration pathways for entrepreneurs

Britain's current immigration options for entrepreneurs are thin pickings compared to the previous broader routes, argues Ben Maitland

11 Nov 2023

SJ Interview: Hannah Ambrose

Hannah Ambrose is an international arbitration partner at Herbert Smith Freehills. She talks to Solicitors Journal about her practice and the Law Commission's recent proposals to update the Arbitration Act 1996

22 Sept 2023

The battle for talent – promoting diversity

Jody Tranter explores how championing non-law graduates and diversity of thought could help close the talent gap