Over 8,000 people working in law firms told RollOnFriday how satisfied they were with their pay, work/life balance, career development, management, and their firm's culture. The results provide a ...

Traditionally, two things have really irritated Herbert Smith Freehills. One is that it’s not in the Magic Circle, despite its undeniable quality. This irritates the firm so much a former senior ...

Founded in New York in 1875, Paul, Weiss is one of the big beasts of US law. And the only one with an oddly-placed comma.Today, Paul, Weiss has more than 1,000 lawyers in 10 offices around the world.

A solicitor who took instructions from a woman’s saucy jumper has been given a suspended prison sentence. Tim Luckhurst-Matthews groped a woman at a Christmas event in 2022 after she told him she ...

Typo or time to kill?A Holland & Knight partner has let slip that his firm is thick with hitmen. “What a neat graphic to show the depth of our over 70 maritime legal assassins”, wrote maritime lawyer ...

A barrister has been reprimanded by a judge for appearing at a remote hearing without trousers. When Shrewsbury Crown Court connected to the barrister via video link, all the court could see was a ...

However, balanced against her “glowing” character references and “hitherto unblemished record”, the SDT decided that although she had been dishonest, her cover-up was a “moment of madness” and did not ...

Two lawyers who cited fake cases invented by AI have managed to avoid contempt of court proceedings. But Mr Justice Johnson and the President of the King’s Bench Division, Dame Victoria Sharp, warned ...

Has 'a good nature' apparentlyA former partner at Scottish firm Brodies has avoided a jail term after pleading guilty to engaging in grossly offensive, indecent, obscene or menacing conversations ...

RollOnFriday's In-house Lawyer Survey 2025 is underway, revealing clients are split on the approach their panel firms should take on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. The survey is still open, but so ...

Claim stretched to seven-figuresAn ex- Decher t solicitor has failed in her claim that a loose office door handle caused her serious injury when it hit her on the head. Simish Chuhan qualified as a ...

Consultant CamDLA Piper has appointed David Cameron as a consultant. The scope of his role will be to "provide guidance on the various geographies in which the firm operates, including on the issue of ...