Browne Jacobson has further expanded its apprentice scheme to take on four new recruits, who join the six September 2012 apprentices.

Prominent in-house appointments have made the news this month, with Royal Dutch Shell naming Donny Ching as its new legal director and HSBC Holdings hiring Shawn Chen to lead its global litigation and regulatory affairs group.

CILEx Regulation has been granted the right to license new alternative business structures, in a development touted as good news for legal executives, who could benefit from expanded career opportunities.

In exciting news for those of you keen on a life of public prosecution, the CPS has announced that it is relaunching its Legal Trainee Scheme.

What are regulators doing to combat the rise in scammers targeting members of the public during the covid-19 pandemic?

General counsel attendees discussed the benefits of hiring an in-house trainee solicitor at a recent roundtable discussion hosted at the Law Society.

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?

When's broker commission a secret?

The recast Brussels Regulation: does it really matter? 

What are freeports and how will they work in the UK post Brexit?

Private equity: where does all the money come from and what is leveraged finance?

Diversity organisation Aspiring Solicitors has opened team registrations for its national commercial awareness competition 2017-18. 

Will regulatory involvement lead to viability of cryptocurrency in the financial sector?

Why is cyber security grabbing the headlines and what does it mean for businesses?

After two years of research, punctuated by anticipation the Legal Education and Training Review research report has been published today, broadly stating that while the current system is not "fundamentally broken", there is room for improvement.

Freedom of expression is a right of all individuals, as enshrined in Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (CFREU) and Article 10 of the Human Rights Act 1998. These articles provide the “freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers. .While Article 11(2) CFREU protects the “freedom and pluralism of the media”, expression is limited to a much greater extent in the media than it is for individuals. This is an attempt to protect the truth and reflects the greater influence generally held by the media.

What was the problem with payment protection insurance and what happens next?

What are the implications of an increase in litigation funding and what do investors need to consider?

How will clean energy power the UK’s future?

Following a recent change in the law, broadcast news channels will air judges’ sentencing remarks from the Crown Court for the first time.