Associate Julie McGovern offers a detailed insight into her background at a Scottish university and how this aided her successful legal career.

This October, southwest firm Foot Anstey will add Bristol to its list of offices, which currently includes Exeter, Plymouth, Taunton and Truro.

National law firm Foot Anstey LLP has expanded it parental leave policy to include six months full parental leave to employees of all genders – “a vital step towards achieving greater equality in caregiving responsibilities”.

Why is the government so reluctant to embrace safe standing at football grounds?

What are the confidentiality issues in the recent dispute between the Beckhams and the News of the World?

Discouragement from senior colleagues is worsening an “unprecedented recruitment crisis” as high numbers of junior barristers continue to leave criminal practice, the chair of the Criminal Bar Association has said.

Phew, what a week. If you’re tired of seeing Donald Trump and his entire extended family having a jolly time being entertained by the royals, then you’ve come to the right place.

Are the cracks beginning to show in China?

Is the Foreign Subsidies Regulation the EU’s answer to regulating foreign subsidies in EU M&A transactions?

Sustained cuts to legal aid funding and police budgets have badly lowered the quality of the country’s criminal justice system, the forensic science regulator has warned in her annual report. 

A chartered legal executive and former apprentice, Stephen Gowland, has become the first dual-qualified president of CILEx.

The Law Society recently celebrated International Women's Day with a speed networking event, but within the context of a warning that women solicitors are still not "making it as far as the boardroom in their legal careers".

The Court of Appeal has ruled that a former College of Law student must pay the educator's £10,500 costs incurred in defending a disability discrimination claim.

Shoosmiths has announced the winners of its law fair video competition, who have won a place on the firm's summer vacation placement scheme.

An innovative online barristers’ business offering a “reimagined” Bar without physical chambers has received £10 million in private equity investment.

This week’s round-up from the business world covers almost as many stories as there are candidates competing to be chosen as the next prime minister by Conservative MPs and 124,000 or so party members.