This article will analyse the implications of access to justice and the role of legal aid through the PESTLE framework. I believe this issue is a great way to explore the interaction between public ...

An “alarming” number of survivors of domestic abuse in the UK are being forced to represent themselves in court due to limited access to legal representation.

Even the most talented market participants take divergent views on the same topic. In some ways that disagreement can diversify, optimise or even create entire markets. You don’t need to be right; you ...

It’s been another strong year for UK law firm mergers despite a slowdown, according to new research from accountancy firm Hazlewoods. The past year saw 121 mergers take place, reflecting a strong ...

The Law Society has successfully negotiated three international trade agreements post-Brexit, which aim to strengthen international legal ties and enable British lawyers to work abroad.

From popular messaging app Telegram making changes to its terms of service and privacy policy to petrol prices falling, adverts being banned and cyber-attacks, there’s a bit of everything in this week ...

In the most recent episode of The LawCareers.Net Podcast, the LawCareers.Net team speaks to legal expert Dana Denis-Smith. From growing up in communist Romania with a negative experience of the law to ...

This LawCareers.Net masterclass, sponsored by Bristows LLP and Osborne Clarke LLP, discusses what it’s really like to work in intellectual property (IP). From patents to trademarks, find out what IP ...

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has proposed new equality rules in a consultation document to provide equal opportunities for all barrister and aspiring barristers. The primary suggested change is an ...

As usual it’s been a busy week in the commercial world – from interest rate updates in the UK and across the pond in the US, to X in Brazil and a lawsuit filed against the game dubbed as ‘Pokémon with ...

LLP, Irwin Mitchell LLP and Dentons have all announced high autumn retention rates, for both their trainee and solicitor apprenticeship cohorts.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has set out the plans for its new solicitor apprenticeship offering, with the first cohort joining the firm next year to receive a salary of £32,000.