The majority of Manchester-based firm Pannone's business has been acquired by Australian firm Slater & Gordon for a total of £33 million, it has been announced.

Partner Claire Cooke offers a detailed insight into her time at Slaughter and May, from starting as a trainee to being promoted to a partner. 

Find out how you can submit a successful application to Slaughter and May with advice from Ellie Ballinger, the firm’s trainee recruitment executive. 

Magic circle firm Slaughter and May has revealed that its trainees will be permitted to work from home one day a week, meaning 80% of their time will be spent in the office and 20% will be remote working.

The first year of university is a fantastic time to start scoping out where you want your degree – and eventually your career – to take you.

Slaughter and May's latest pay review has cut the firm's trainee bonuses and frozen its associate salaries, while bonuses for support staff will remain the same as last year.

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It's no secret that long working hours are common across the City, but what are the risks for employees (and their employers) of regularly getting fewer than seven hours of sleep?

The government is expected to announce this week that the limit for small claims cases will be doubled to £10,000, while the restrictions for county court cases will rise from £15,000 to £100,000 except for personal injury cases.

What lessons can lawyers learn from recent controversy over bank charges?

The phrase ‘smart contract’ evokes futuristic images of autonomous robots conducting agreements with each other.

Welcome to the next topic in this series, where I attempt to make commercial awareness content for non-law students like myself.

Firstly, I’d like to say congratulations on making this decision. Secondly, are you sure you want to go down this path?

In 2018 while studying the Legal Practice Course, I was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease. Instead of focusing on applications, I spent my time managing symptoms of my condition, regular hospital appointments and medicines with severe side effects. I spent nine months doing seemingly nothing, with no prospects of a training contract and no idea of when I would feel well enough to return to the world of work.

Social housing finance encompasses the funding of social and affordable housing projects led by government bodies and non-profit organisations.

In May 2023, 18-year-old Bacari-Bronze O’Garro, better known online as ‘Mizzy’, shot to fame after filming himself walking into people’s houses, stealing a woman’s dog, riding a bike around a supermarket and doing similar ‘pranks’.

Why are social media influencers coming under fire and how can we learn from the ruling on Platinum Gaming Ltd t/a Unibet on how to comply with advertising standards?