Lincoln’s Inn brings to life the stories of six practising barristers from unconventional backgrounds in its new outreach film Becoming a Barrister.  

Herbert Smith Freehills and The Times are running their annual student advocacy competition, with submissions due by 22 July 2013.

As pressure continues to mount on the legal sector regarding the diversity of its workforce, Herbert Smith has announced that it will commence piloting unconscious bias training for its partners on 30 May.

Thousands of Asda employees have won a major victory in their battle for equal pay after taking their employer to a tribunal.

Simmons & Simmons has announced that it will donate £2 million to charities to support covid-19 relief efforts worldwide after a strong financial year.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has launched his 'Opening Doors' social mobility campaign together with James Caan, businessman and TV personality, and Peter Searle, chief executive of the recruitment company Adecco.

The government has rejected the Legal Service Board's recommendation that the interests of the public would be best served by making will writing subject to regulation

The Labour party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has asked his shadow justice team to “immediately” review the government’s cuts to legal aid.

The UK legal services sector saw turnover fall by 16% in May from £3.92 billion (April 2022) to £3.28 billion in May, according to Office of National Statistics data. 

Trainee recruitment has been indefinitely postponed at both Beachcroft and Davies Arnold Cooper in preparation for the merger of the two firms on 31 October.

The Welsh government has proposed a new unified and expanded tribunal system: the Appeal Tribunal for Wales. 

Magic circle firm Clifford Chance has attacked proposals by the Labour Party to create a broad financial transaction tax (FTT) by extending stamp duty – a policy also known as the ‘Robin Hood tax’. 

Professional services firm EY has announced that it will be offering training contracts to join its legal services team. EY received an alternative business structure (ABS) licence in 2014, allowing it to increase the size of its legal services team to over 30 people. It expects this figure to double within the next 12 months.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has confirmed the assessment sitting dates for part two of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE), having announced the dates for SQE1 at the end of last year.

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. 

Sustained cuts to legal aid funding and police budgets have badly lowered the quality of the country’s criminal justice system, the forensic science regulator has warned in her annual report. 

Students will be deciding whether to resit their Bar Professional Training Course exams in October, despite not knowing their original results beforehand, the Bar Standards Board has said.

Most barristers are not attracted by the innovative new business models which have emerged in recent years and want to keep the chambers model, which they feel is capable of adapting to changes in the legal market, a survey by the Bar Standards Board has revealed.

Data from the Office for National Statistics revealed that total revenues for the UK legal industry fell to £4.68 billion in April 2025 – an 8% decline compared to March.