In its strictest sense, a company lawyer will advise clients on the rules and requirements of the Companies Act 2006, which is the prevailing legislation governing how UK companies are incorporated, registered, governed and dissolved.

A group of Legal Sector Alliance members have unveiled their carbon footprints in a coordinated move, revealing a significant drop in emissions.

The fifth annual Sport Resolutions conference took place last week, with this year’s focus on the key industry issues of anti-doping, gambling addiction and racism in sport.

City Law School has joined the Law Society's Diversity Access Scheme, aimed at improving social mobility in the legal profession.

The Pupillage Gateway deadline has been extended until 11:00am on Monday 11 February, due to severe IT problems causing delays for many applicants trying to use the system.

A chartered legal executive and former apprentice, Stephen Gowland, has become the first dual-qualified president of CILEx.

The annual LawCareers.Net Student Law Society Awards seek to celebrate the hard work of student law societies at universities all over the UK. University of Bristol Law Club explain how they won 'Best society for first-year students', sponsored by Weightmans LLP, at the 2025 Student Law Society Awards.

Following HFW's lead, more firms reveal their financial results for the year ending 2010-11.

Lawyers are the third most-stressed group of professionals in the country, with women worst affected, government figures indicate. 

There was good news for the UK legal sector in March as turnover surged to record heights. 

The Legal Services Board has approved proposals to change the qualifying employment requirements to become a chartered legal executive to a new way of work-based learning.

Slaughter and May has announced that it will be keeping on 95% of trainees qualifying in Spring 2014, the highest retention rate among the Magic Circle this year.

The support charity LawCare has recently published its review of 2013, revealing that almost one in five lawyers complaining of stress are being bullied in the workplace.

Short and sweet this week; a handful of interesting business-driven news stories that you should know at least a bit about. Read on for more: 

The University of Law has recognised the commitment and service of former Attorney General Lord Goldsmith QC, PC and legal commentator Joshua Rozenberg with honorary degrees at a ceremony in London.

The successes of legal professionals and firms were recognised at the Law Society Excellence Awards, held earlier this month at the Park Plaza Hotel, Westminster.

As part of the Sound Off For Justice campaign, three London black cabs have been transformed into mobile ‘sound-off’ booths in which residents of the capital can speak out against the government's plans to cut legal aid.

In this interactive masterclass with BPP University Law School, attendees tested their understanding of commercial fact patterns by participating in an exciting assessment-centre style activity with the panellists.

The Bar Council has published its new guide on barristers’ shared parental leave, in which it urges chambers to do more than the bare minimum required to support tenants who become parents or carers.