Lawyers and negotiating heads: burden or benefit?

Is lease regearing win-win for landlords and tenants?

Scotland has created a reform bill that suggests amends to the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA), which allowed trans men and women in the UK to change the sex listed on their birth certificates to reflect their lived identity.

The president of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, has announced measures to diversify the roster of Supreme Court judges as upcoming retirements create vacancies over the next couple of years. 

The number of pupillages being offered is likely to shrink as covid-19 forces chambers to defer recruitment, the Bar Standards Board revealed in a recent report.

Encased in sapphire blue, this year's edition of the Training Contract & Pupillage Handbook should be your treasure map as you search for the right legal career.

The best paralegals in the legal profession were celebrated at the prestigious National Paralegal Awards on 23 September 2021.

The Pupillage Gateway has opened for browsing on 4 March.

Is the approach taken by the Financial Services Authority to financial crime and market misconduct making financial service firms sit up and pay attention?

What are the implications of Brexit for employment law in England and Wales?

Leading law firm Dentons has launched a new policy, developed in consultation with the Employers’ Initiative on Domestic Abuse, to provide support to any staff experiencing domestic abuse. The support was made available across the firm’s offices in the UK, Ireland and the Middle East.

Legal work experience is extremely beneficial not least because it demonstrates commitment to the legal field but also because it provides valuable insight into life as a solicitor. As a student, you’re encouraged to apply for insight days and vacation schemes. These, of course, are extremely useful but if you want to gain further experience, here are three creative ways you can do so.  

The backlog of Crown court cases – which increased by nearly 50% during the pandemic – has now started to fall.

Kaplan Law School and Field Fisher Waterhouse have joined together to launch a scheme that will help students from under-represented backgrounds get ahead.