11 Jan 2017
35% of all Trainee Solicitors are being paid below Law Society recommended levels according to research carried out by leading legal recruiter Douglas Scott. 12 months ago 31% were being paid under the threshold.
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25 Nov 2016
76,000 lawyers will be financially better off next year, when the government finally gets around to banning letting agent’s fees. They stand to benefit from savings totalling over £20.3m.
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13 Nov 2016
This year marks the 5th year of our big legal data survey and to celebrate this we are loading up two gift cards with £500 of credit in time for a festive spend. Read on to be in with a chance of bagging one.
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29 Sep 2016
Until recently Solicitor profiles on the Law Society Find a Solicitor site contained very basic details. The Law Society is now encouraging firms and Solicitors to provide further information...
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20 Sep 2016
Only 18% of those between 18-24 years 20% of 25-34 year olds think the sector would provide a positive work/life balance the study by ComRes has found.
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24 Aug 2016
Shares in Top 50 UK commercial law firm Gateley are trading at an all-time high. Based on the calculation of that valuation, 4 of the top 5 UK law firms by revenue would sit comfortably in the FTSE 100.
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12 Aug 2016
Nobody is sticking their heads in the sand but Lawyers have been around for about 800 years, no surprise then to hear that the UK’s law firms and Solicitors are taking steps to Brexit proof their futures.
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30 Jun 2016
A few months ago we reminded our readers that the health of the legal sector was pretty much determined by the fortunes of the UK and global economies.
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27 Jun 2016
Touchpoint is now read in over 100 countries and across each of the seven continents by a network of nearly 30,000 subscribers working in or orbiting the legal profession.
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28 May 2016
57% of legal professionals want the UK to stay in the European Union and 35% are in favour of Brexit according to a poll undertaken by Douglas Scott
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28 May 2016
The 2015 walk raised £700,000 and Natalia Rymaszewska, Chief Executive of the London Legal Support Trust is quietly confident the achievement will be eclipsed this year.
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27 May 2016
The official employment rate is maintaining its record high and is now at 74.2 per cent. To put this in some perspective the French employment rate is currently around 64% and Germany's around 74.4.
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