City Law Bonanza Around 200 City solicitors will be paid £1m or more in 2007, mainly due to marked rise in international takeovers, Slaughter and May lead with £1.5m average per partner 10.05.07 Times
UDM Lawyer Richest in 2005 Jim Beresford was highest paid solicitor in England in 2005, took £16.8m, almost all from DTI through schemes compensating coal miners for respiratory disease and vibration white finger, firm and relationship with UDM under investigation by SFO 10.04.07 Times, Personal Injury, UDM Fraud Case
Top Lawyers Prefer US Firms Over 70 high-level partners left English firms to work for US firms in the past year, US firms bill more, pay more, operate more efficiently and are growing business faster 04.04.07 Times
LawSoc Welcomes Justice Ministry Law Society supports the establishment of a Ministry of Justice, particularly in favour of the transfer of responsibility for criminal law and procedure to the minister responsible for ensuring the fairness of the justice system as a whole 30.03.07 Law Society Press Release, Ministry of Justice
1000 Lawyer March for Legal Aid Thousand lawyers are expected to turn up in Parliament Sq today to protest reforms in legal aid, bidding and flat fees will lead to levelling down of service standards, reduction in number of practitioners 19.03.07 BBC, Barrister Practice, Legal Aid
French Target UK Lawyers in Paris ECJ is to decide on tax status of high paid partners working for French arm of UK law firms, pay UK tax under 1968 France-UK tax treaty, French authorities say they are liable for social security contributions 05.03.07 Times, Tax - Trade & International
How to Manage a Law Firm, or Not Deloitte report says shift of City firms to bonus payments has not worked, new book Managing the Modern Law Firm points to complacency in ethos of firm management, long tail of High Street firms struggling to sustain profits 22.02.07 Times
Stress a Factor in Lawyer's Death Matthew Courtney, 27 year old associate at Freshfields, died in fall at the Tate Modern, days after discussion about stress and long hours at the firm 14.02.07 Times, Legal People
Wide Discontent with Unified Contract Further pressure was heaped on the govt today as results of a Law Society survey showed that only 1% of firms welcomed the new contract proposed by the LSC, 11% of firms said they would no longer provide legal aid, 58% of legal aid firms will either not sign or are considering not signing 27.03.07 Law Society, Law Society, Legal Aid
Pilgrim Partners with Redwood Pilgrim Systems is delighted to announce a partnership agreement with Redwood Analytics, Pilgrim will complement its LawSoft Practice Management System with Redwood's Business Intelligence suite 16.02.07 Pilgrim Systems, Legal Technology
LEGAL DIRECTOR Sought for challenging in-house position with Myspace, the online space which has revolutionized the way people interact, as sole attorney in their London office More >>
HEALTHCARE LAWYER With at least 5 years PQE sought by Capsticks, a leading healthcare practice, to drive forward the development of their Birmigham based office More >>
PI PARALEGAL Required by Plexus Law, a specialist PI firm, to provide in-house support to the Motor Claims Department in their Folkstone offices More >>
NETWORK ENGINEER Sought by Personnel 2000 for their client, an international banking insurance provider, based in the Cayman Islands More >>
LEGAL SECRETARY Required by Law Choice for their client, a prestigious US law firm, to work for 2 partners in their Dubai offices More >>
Drawing Back the Veil Shabnam Mughal, immigration solicitor at The Law Partnership in Coventry, has been withdrawn from case in which her full-face veil became the centre of a row with the judge, George Glossop, who has also been withdrawn 14.11.06 Times, Dress Code, Immigration
Rosen Reprimand Disciplinary hearings to begin on Murray Rosen QC, complaint he formally considered job offer from Herbert Smith while representing litigants in case involving the firm's clients 13.02.06 Telegraph, Barrister Practice, Capital Markets
Legal Advertising ASA has upheld complaint from Institute of Professional Willwriters that ad used by Nationwide Legal 'preyed on fear' 14.01.05 Guardian, Media Law Links
