Clifford Chance has revealed that 49 of its 57 final-seat trainees will be joining the firm as newly qualified (NQ) solicitors this September, marking a retention rate of 86% for its autumn cohort.
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?
Not long ago, I was filling out a training contract application when I stumbled upon a question I’d never seen before. It seemed to be addressing me directly, almost accusingly: ‘Why’, it demanded, ‘do you want to be a solicitor?’