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    Law firm partner fined £45k for lewd song

    by Jo Faragher 10 May 2023
    by Jo Faragher 10 May 2023

    A law firm partner has been fined £45,000 after singing a lewd song to a colleague at a Christmas party.

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    GMB opens first branch for judges

    by Jo Faragher 8 Feb 2023
    by Jo Faragher 8 Feb 2023

    The GMB union has opened its first branch for judges – a sector not usually associated with trade union representation....

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    Prosecuting barristers’ pay increases 15%

    by Rob Moss 6 Feb 2023
    by Rob Moss 6 Feb 2023

    Prosecuting barristers' pay increases in line with their counterparts on the defence, the director of public prosecutions confirms.

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    Workplace couture prompts awkward questions

    by Adam McCulloch 3 Feb 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 3 Feb 2023

    A law firm wants its employees to be ‘wildly fabulous’ and dress to impress at work. Meanwhile, an HR firm has delved online to discover the most awkward questions asked by workers.

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    UK Twitter workers allege redundancy was a ‘sham’

    by Rob Moss 12 Jan 2023
    by Rob Moss 12 Jan 2023

    Former Twitter workers in the UK have sought legal advice over their recent redundancies, which they have described as a...

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    Norton Rose Fulbright names chief people officer for EMEA

    by Zoe Wickens 3 Jan 2023
    by Zoe Wickens 3 Jan 2023

    Kate Evans has been appointed chief people officer for EMEA at the global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright.

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    Law firms dominate Social Mobility Index, but overall quality declines

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Dec 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Dec 2022

    Alan Milburn: despite the forward moves made by many firms there were still problems and that this year had seen a reduction in the quality of many submissions

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    Female lawyers more likely to leave jobs than men

    by Adam McCulloch 8 Dec 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 8 Dec 2022

    More female lawyers in the UK than men are dissatisfied with their employers – to the extent that 36% are at risk of leaving their firm over the next two years.

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    Diversity becoming key to clients‘ choice of law firm

    by Adam McCulloch 21 Nov 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 21 Nov 2022

    New research has shown that 25% of corporate legal departments now use diversity data when deciding which law firms they work with.

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    Personnel Today Awards 2022: Irwin Mitchell judged Employment Law Firm of the Year

    by Adam McCulloch 15 Nov 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 15 Nov 2022

    How Irwin Mitchell won the Employment Law Firm of the Year category of the Personnel Today Awards 2022.

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    Legal aid solicitors threaten strike action

    by Adam McCulloch 11 Nov 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 11 Nov 2022

    Law Society says the government's failure to grant a 15% rise in fees for criminal defence work as recommended by a government review is ‘baffling’.

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    Redundancy: Five common errors businesses must avoid

    by Will Clayton 28 Oct 2022
    by Will Clayton 28 Oct 2022

    The last thing businesses will want to do is to compound their financial problems with avoidable errors in the redundancy process that render cost-saving dismissals unfair.

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    Law firms failing to improve social mobility

    by Adam McCulloch 26 Oct 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 26 Oct 2022

    The Social Mobility Foundation will publish a report showing that law firms are missing out on talent and profit by not taking graduates from non-professional family backgrounds.

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    Barristers vote to end strike action

    by Jo Faragher 10 Oct 2022
    by Jo Faragher 10 Oct 2022

    Criminal barristers in England and Wales have voted to end strike action after accepting a government pay offer of a 15% pay rise.

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    Pay ‘gulf’ opens up between criminal and commercial lawyers

    by Adam McCulloch 23 Sep 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 23 Sep 2022

    Recent strike highlights the widening pay gap between commercial and criminal legal sectors.

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