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Mass redundancy awards for ex-SSB and Axiom Ince staff

21 August 2024

An employment tribunal has made protective awards in favour of another 82 former staff at SSB Group, after they were made redundant without consultation.


London office of top US firm to face tribunal over alleged AML failures

20 August 2024

The London office of a leading US law firm is to face the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal over alleged failures of its anti-money laundering controls lasting several years.


Firm “did not know solicitor was disabled” when it withdrew job offer

20 August 2024

A legal business did not know a solicitor was disabled and had bipolar disorder when it decided to withdraw his job offer, an employment tribunal has ruled.


SRA imposes controls on firm employee who assaulted colleagues

20 August 2024

A former law firm employee convicted of two assaults on colleagues in a nightclub after a work dinner has been given a conditional ban from the profession.


Law student wins partial victory in court challenge to expulsion

20 August 2024

A law student expelled by Reading Univeristy has won a partial victory in a judicial review challenging the recommendations of the Office of the Independent Adjudicator.


Tribunal allows solicitor to continue with ‘unfair work allocation’ claim

19 August 2024

A solicitor can continue a claim that he was unfairly dismissed for blowing the whistle about biased work allocation practices at a law firm, a judge has ruled.


Barristers should have duty to “actively promote anti-discrimination”

19 August 2024

Barristers should be under a professional duty to actively promote anti-discriminatory attitudes and behaviours, it has been suggested. But this was not about requiring barristers to be ‘woke’.


Courts’ CE file system “struggles” with omnibus claim forms

19 August 2024

The civil courts’ case management system is a limitation of the ability of solicitors to join multiple claims to a single claim form, a High Court judge has said.


CA rejects drug-dealer’s criticism of legal team over conviction

19 August 2024

The Court of Appeal has rejected criticisms of his legal team by a man jailed for possessing cocaine with intent to supply, saying counsel’s advice was “accurate and realistic”.


Full-service law firm relaunched as consultant-led property specialist

16 August 2024

FDR Law, a general practice bought by Taylor Rose in 2021, has been relaunched as a specialist property law firm for self-employed consultants.

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When I had the pleasure of work experience, I made tea, collected lunch and mostly watched someone work. I didn’t bother with the last three days. I am not sure they noticed.


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Burnout is not simply an unavoidable cost of being a lawyer. Law firms cannot talk seriously about burnout without talking about how they design the work.


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