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 ...

"We are one team. Although only some of us get a nice seat for the photo." RollOnFriday's Best Law Firms to Work At 2025 survey is closing on Monday. So if you work in private practice, this is the ...

A senior associate has won €175,000 after suing Dentons for €40 million when the global firm sought to sack her for poor performance. The unnamed 44-year-old lawyer, whom ROF shall call ‘Maria’, ...

How the Bar Standards Board viewed the incident. A pupil barrister has been suspended for reading her supervisor's document without permission, and then producing a document with "striking ...

Condliffe's speaker notes about "thriving in the face of adversity", may come in handy now. A solicitor who describes herself as "an acclaimed thought leader, global speaker, and resilience coach", ...

"Sorry Sheikh, I've got some other prospective clients here who aren't accustomed to waiting." A Penningtons Manches partner advised the regime of deposed Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina ...

A Baker McKenzie solicitor who reported himself to the SRA for refusing a breath test has accused the regulator of having "deeply flawed" processes after it prosecuted him for a lack of integrity. The ...

A Baker McKenzie solicitor who reported himself to the SRA for drink-driving has accused the regulator of having "deeply flawed" processes after it prosecuted him for a lack of integrity because he ...

One Slaughters lawyer says, "people at the firm love it. People outside it seem to think it's a fate worse than death. It just goes to show what a lot of nonsense you hear". So is the perception ...

The US firm placed 30th in the RollOnFriday Best Law Firms to Work At 2022.

Clifford Chance, the product of a merger in 1987 between Coward Chance and Clifford Turner, used to be looked down on as the new kid on the block by the more established members of the Magic Circle.

In 2024, Allen & Overy merged with US firm Shearman & Sterling, minting A&O Shearman and creating a beast comprising approximately 7,000 people, 4,000 lawyers and 800 partners across 47 offices, with ...