Suella Braverman KC has labelled law students and trainees as "snowflakes" for signing a petition calling for the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) to be reformed.

When the creator loses control of the creation. Tom Goodhead, the co-founder of Pogust Goodhead, has been replaced as CEO of his own firm while he goes "on leave", RollOnFriday understands. Goodhead, ...

As trainees prepare to enter stationery cupboards, form a chrysalis, and then emerge as real solicitors in the autumn, Linklaters and Clifford Chance are the latest firms to announce their retention ...

In-house lawyers say that the quality of training sessions can influence whether or not they instruct a firm, in results, so far, in RollOnFriday's survey of their sector. So it may be time to upgrade ...

A board member of the Insolvency Service who was removed from a stage by bouncers has taken her banishment in good humour. Frances Coulson, who is Head of Insolvency and Restructuring at Wedlake Bell, ...

A law firm is investigating one of its partners, after he was accused of sending an "unwanted" photo of his genitals to a woman. The lawyer in question is a partner at Vancouver headquartered firm ...

Hemp juice might have been ok. A law student has been jailed for attempting to smuggle £150k of cannabis through Edinburgh Airport. In August 2024, Sage-Ahliea Gold, 25, a student at the University of ...

As the City pay war continues, more firms have come out with their megaphones to announce NQ salary rises (but swiftly thrown their megaphones to the floor, when asked about salary for other ...

Womble Bond Dickinson's flagship Newcastle office building has been vandalised by pro-Palestinian activists. The firm moved into The Spark, situated on the 24-acre Helix business campus, in 2023. Its ...

Two law firm staff have been banned from the profession for dealing drugs to their friends after they were caught with cocaine-measuring paraphernalia in a police raid. Jordan Heeley, 31, and ...

A Hogan Lovells partner has made a "harrowing" escape from Burning Man. Neal Katyal, based in the firm’s Washington D.C. office, became trapped when torrential rain transformed the offbeat festival ...

The Bar Standards Board has decided to ban all online exams because of suspected cheating in Pakistan and Bangladesh. In April the BSB ordered Bar training providers who offered online exams in the ...