Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, one of Japan’s biggest law firms, has opened a new office in London and is set to target UK and European companies entering the Japanese market.

Japan has introduced a new streamlined registration process to make it easier for British firms to access Japan’s legal services market. The changes will save time and money, while bolstering “collaboration” between the legal sectors and “boosting bilateral trade in legal services”.

Professions embracing apprenticeships has grown considerably and the legal sector is one of those that has recognised the opportunities these apprenticeships provide, not only to the apprentice, but also to the firms that employ them and nurture their skills and passion for the profession.

The small window of time between the football-related jubilation of Tuesday night and the football-related anxiety of Saturday afternoon is the perfect opportunity to distract yourself with some of this week’s biggest business stories. Here is our collection for this week.

There’s a theme to this week’s commercial news round-up and that’s carmakers announcing that they will be cutting jobs in the UK, and high street department stores reporting a fall in sales as the retail slump continues. 

When I first enrolled onto the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE), I knew it’d be a challenging journey. I was working and studying part time, and was determined to do well in an exam that people knew little about.

Will the Jackson reforms reduce the cost of litigation as intended?

According to an article in Legal Week, the author of the 2010 report on civil costs reform Lord Justice Jackson has spoken out against the government cuts to legal aid.

Here are five reasons why A&SF is so interesting, and five trainee tasks you'll be doing as a trainee in this area.

I’m interested in a career in criminal law, but I’m not sure how I’d feel defending a client who I knew was guilty of a serious crime such as murder. Should I consider a different area of law?