Whether you’re tentatively toying with the idea of becoming a barrister or are completely committed to the cause, the first step, in my view, is to get some experience and exposure to life at the Bar.

How can companies keen to secure financial incentives for carbon-neutrality ensure that they are operating within the law?

As a part of our Inclusion for All strategy, we continue to look at our behaviours, policy and process changes, and ways of working that enable Gowling WLG (UK) LLP to be truly diverse.

As a part of our Inclusion for All strategy, we continue to look at our behaviours, policy and process changes, and ways of working that enable Gowling WLG (UK) LLP to be truly diverse.

As a part of our Inclusion for All strategy, we continue to look at our behaviours, policy and process changes, and ways of working that enable Gowling WLG (UK) LLP to be truly diverse.

A whopping 86% of postgraduate law students believe that university law courses should prioritise employability training and professional skills development over academic prowess.

The Bar Council has released research showing that for employed barristers, some of the key factors behind the decision to go in house include financial security, a good work/life balance, pension arrangements, and an interesting and diverse range of work.

'Employee', 'worker', or 'self-employed consultant/contractor': why should an employer care as long as they get the job done?

To what extent does a company or its employees own their contacts on LinkedIn?

A popular misconception is that this area of law is just about employment contracts.

New reports show that the employment tribunal backlog has risen alarmingly by approximately 28% over the past year, following the introduction of new workers’ rights in the Employment Rights Bill.

What do smaller employment law teams, changes to the tribunal system and the increase in matters being dealt with in-house mean for current and aspiring employment law solicitors?

What are the commercial implications for national governing bodies if funded athletes are given employment rights?

MPs have called for employment tribunal fees to be “substantially” reduced after it was found that such fees have badly reduced the public’s access to justice since they were introduced. 

Employment lawyers work across all areas of employment law, including, for example, handling discrimination complaints, staff restructuring and whistleblowing issues.

A limited number of new routes to qualify as a barrister are going to be introduced, perhaps as early as 2018-19, the Bar Standards Board has revealed.

Why are energy companies going bust and what are the wider implications?

In February 2022, Ofgem, Britain's energy regulator, announced a 54% rise in the energy price cap from 1 April 2022. The cap is reviewed twice a year.