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24 Jun 2016

Employment Lawyers could benefit from Brexit decision

Having got intoxicated on the fumes of democracy I wonder if the rest of the country woke up this morning and like me thought, oh no what have we done?

28 May 2016

Is it all just a Midsummer Night's Dream for MiChBo?

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind. So says Helena, one of the four young lovers featured in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

15 May 2016

Which is the legal sector's most transient talent pool?

We got granular with the data we crunched when producing the Salary & Benefits Benchmarker pinpointing the most transient practice areas and job functions.

18 Apr 2016

Historic seachange but figures still don't stack up.

It’s nearly 100 since women were first allowed to practice as Solicitors, as a result of the Sex Disqualification Act which was passed in 1919. Fast forward to 2016...

30 Mar 2016

The Benefits Conundrum

There has been a year on year enhancement of packages but although benefits are improving they are failing to engage - time for some thought?

24 Mar 2016

The top 10 inflationary buys for Lawyers

The Office or National Statistics has announced that it has changed some of the items in its basket of 700 goods and services. Removal can be a sign of the times

21 Feb 2016

Gravity - what's stopping NQ Solicitors from floating off?

You may have seen our article about trainee Solicitor salaries featured in the Law Gazette, Lawyer & by Legal Cheek.

20 Feb 2016

Brain drain tempered by property prices?

According to the Law Society figures, legal like many other business sectors is experiencing a brain drain.

21 Jan 2016

What the Price of Oil Could Mean to Legal

There seems to be plenty of noise now about the potential for the global economy being derailed by low oil prices.

21 Dec 2015

Networking Rebooted

Last Friday we hosted the second of our ‘Networking Rebooted’ IT Forums over at JMW Solicitors in Manchester to talk about cyber breaches and security.

26 Nov 2015

Graduates Leaving Law Firms at the Altar

1 in 5 legal graduate job offers are turned down according to a survey released by the Association of Graduate Recruiters.

30 Oct 2015

Is it Back to the Future in the War for Talent?

Although most commentators called the end of recession at the end of 2009 it appears that the legal sector is still suffering from the after effects.