What are the challenges to reducing the environmental impact of the fashion industry?

Family law barristers deal with all legal matters relating to marriage, separation, divorce and cohabitation, as well as issues relating to children, including contact arrangements, care and placement orders, adoption and surrogacy.

This post recounts the tale of Goldilocks, a mischievous little girl who gets herself into trouble with a family of bears by breaking into their house. What some see as nothing more than a children’s story is actually an overview of the legal system.

Working as a paralegal, or in any day-to-day legal support role, is often seen as just a steppingstone to qualifying as a solicitor. However, particularly in the UK, paralegals are increasingly valued for the legal work they perform. Many firms are using paralegal roles as talent pipelines for trainee solicitors and barristers. This blog explains how to extract maximum professional value from routine paralegal duties, boosting your legal knowledge and enhancing employability.

What can the surge in interest in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) tell us about the future of ownership?

EU data protection law has recently seen new standard contractual clauses published: what are they, why were they changed and what does this mean in practice? And what about the UK?

What more can be done to progress ethnic diversity in the legal profession?  

Opportunities for legal apprentices are on offer at Essex Council, following the local authority’s announcement of its new recruitment campaign.

Can lower paid, majority female staff in supermarkets compare themselves to higher paid, majority male staff in distribution centres for the purposes of an equal pay claim?

What are the reasons for optimism among entrepreneurs dreaming of success in the Asia-Pacific region?

England and Wales have been hailed as the leading legal centre for arbitration and commercial dispute resolution, with English law governing trillions of pounds worth of international transactions and deals. 

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.

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. 

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?

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.

It wasn't long ago that UK private equity chiefs were found to be paying "less tax than a cleaning lady"; but has the Budget put at risk an entrepreneur-led recovery?

The coffee market is growing. As of January 2025, there were 11,456 branded coffee chain outlets, a 5.2% increase over the 12 months to January, according to Allegra World Coffee Portal’s 2025 Project Café UK report.

For many aspiring lawyers the pull of the City can be too much to ignore; bright lights, glass frontage buildings, City views. For others, the idea of packing oneself onto a crammed tube as a bookend to each day is unappealing. So, we’ve taken it upon ourselves to round up of some of the country’s most impressive buildings and spaces that host law firm offices.

Commercial awareness is understanding that being a lawyer involves much more than just knowing the law – you have to know your clients’ businesses and the sectors they operate in to be able to help them achieve their commercial aims.