The Definitive Guideline for Robbery has been published today by the Sentencing Council in accordance with section 120 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009. This guideline is applicable to all offenders aged 18 and older and will come into force on 1 April 2016. The guidelines cover offences under section 8(1) of the Theft…
Proposals to widen access to the legal profession could have the opposite effect, warns Law Society The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is proposing that a Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) – a series of new centralised assessments for knowledge and skills – would replace existing ways to qualify as a solicitor. The Law Society has voiced…
Members might be interested to know how the Tender litigation is going. According to the Law Society there are 114 separate claims issued by 90 different firms (or unsuccessful bidders), arising in 69 procurement areas. The MOJ applied to strike out 50 of the claims on procedural grounds and those applications will be heard in…
The 2015 UK Diversity Legal Awards and BSN’s 20th Anniversary celebration took place on Tuesday 24 November 2015 at a glittering black-tie event held at the five-star Grange Tower Bridge Hotel in London. Over 200 hundred guests attended the ceremony with representation from a cross-section of firms, chambers and legal industry bodies, including the Law…
Council’s last meeting of the 2015 calendar year saw a busy programme of reports and papers. Council was glad to hear of the public launch of the Law Society’s strategy which had been signed off in October and was launched in November through a wide variety of email, web-based and social media channels as well…
Category: Recruitment “Attracting Talent“ WINNER: Hogan Lovells LLP Category: Retention “Talent Management“ WINNER: Linklaters LLP Category: International Firm WINNER: Fasken Martineau Category: UK City 10 Firm WINNER: Linklaters LLP Category: Firm of the Year WINNER: Freeths LLP Category: Chambers of the Year WINNER: Coram Chambers Category: BSN Rising Star WINNER: Shaunée James (Reed Smith LLP)…
JUDGED CATEGORIES: Category: Recruitment “Attracting Talent” WINNER One of the Hogan Lovell’s objectives is to increase the number of trainees from economically disadvantaged and black and minority ethnic backgrounds. The firm’s ‘Widening Access’ programme was conceived to help meet this target. Their Graduate Recruitment (GR) team’s Widening Access Programme has developed a range of internal…
Diversity league table highlights ‘very slow pace’ in representation of gender and ethnic diversity in 10-year review Ethnic minorities in the legal profession face a difficult journey to reach the heights of the profession, according to the latest diversity league table from the Black Solicitors Network (BSN). Figures comparing demographics in law over the last…
The Bar Standards Board are currently recruiting a new Vice Chair for 2016. Applications are being accepted until noon on Monday 9 November 2015. For full information visit the BSB website:
