Legal sector

Recruitment drive will see specialist criminal law barristers and solicitors supported back to work for Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

Ian Jeffery, CEO of the Law Society of England and Wales, explains how the organisation is supporting its members and beyond to understand the risks and opportunities presented by generative AI.

An employment judge who delayed providing written reasons in a case for six months has been issued with formal advice for misconduct.

City law firm compelled to email staff to reassure them senior HR professional’s anti-Islam remarks do not represent its views.

Solicitors Regulation Authority orders BNP Paribas lawyer to pay £31,000 after using nicknames such as ‘Pol Pot’ and ‘Jabba the Hutt’.

More than two-thirds of full-time judges say they will quit within five years given their high workloads, lack of administrative support and concerns for personal safety.

A law firm discriminated against a senior partner through a mandatory retirement policy, a tribunal has found.

Shakespeare Martineau’s innovative use of technology caught the judges’ eyes in the Employment Law Firm of the Year category at the Personnel Today Awards 2024.

A lawyer was dismissed for sexually assaulting a female colleague despite CCTV evidence showing her account of the incident was false.

Proposed merged law firm Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (HSF Kramer) would become one of top 20 firms in the world.

There has been an increase in technology and creative sector employers on the Social Mobility Index for 2024.

A series of departures by senior employees led to the collapse of a US law firm’s London office, it has been revealed.

As business secretary between 2010 and 2015, Cable revealed that officials did not consider Horizon issues to be serious enough to bring to his attention.

Refusal to attend the office for at least three days a week will lead to partners at one City law firm with negative performance reviews.

A law firm receptionist who could not answer the phone with the correct name has lost her claims for harassment and discrimination.