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      Legal Cheek

      Legal Cheek

      Legal news, insider insight and careers advice

      • Gateway reopens for browsing as countdown begins to Legal Cheek’s Virtual Pupillage Fair
        Mon 24 Nov 2025 10:10

        Meet 40+ chambers before application season begins

        The post Gateway reopens for browsing as countdown begins to Legal Cheek’s Virtual Pupillage Fair appeared first on Legal Cheek.

      • 10 questions to ask (and avoid) in your final TC interview
        Mon 24 Nov 2025 07:34

        The right question might seal the deal

        The post 10 questions to ask (and avoid) in your final TC interview appeared first on Legal Cheek.

      • Monday morning round-up
        Mon 24 Nov 2025 07:33

        The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend

        The post Monday morning round-up appeared first on Legal Cheek.

      • Clifford Chance to cut 50 London support roles
        Fri 21 Nov 2025 11:12

        AI reportedly to blame

        The post Clifford Chance to cut 50 London support roles appeared first on Legal Cheek.

      • Burges Salmon pushes Bristol NQ lawyer pay to £76k
        Fri 21 Nov 2025 08:53

        Pay rises in Edinburgh and for trainees too

        The post Burges Salmon pushes Bristol NQ lawyer pay to £76k appeared first on Legal Cheek.

      • Future trainee sets out ‘ground rules’ for aspiring lawyers messaging them for help on LinkedIn
        Thu 20 Nov 2025 08:51

        Do you agree?

        The post Future trainee sets out ‘ground rules’ for aspiring lawyers messaging them for help on LinkedIn appeared first on Legal Cheek.

      • SQE2 pass rate hits 76% in latest round
        Thu 20 Nov 2025 08:50

        959 sat the exam

        The post SQE2 pass rate hits 76% in latest round appeared first on Legal Cheek.

      • Supreme Court appoints new justice
        Wed 19 Nov 2025 08:46

        Lord Doherty joins top bench early next year

        The post Supreme Court appoints new justice appeared first on Legal Cheek.

      • Ropes & Gray encourages junior lawyers to spend 20% of billable time on AI
        Wed 19 Nov 2025 08:46

        Pilot scheme underway in the US, with global roll-out planned -- including London

        The post Ropes & Gray encourages junior lawyers to spend 20% of billable time on AI appeared first on Legal Cheek.

      • BPP, ULaw, Oxford and KCL embrace AI training in new deal with US tech giant Harvey
        Tue 18 Nov 2025 10:32

        Plug tech directly into teaching and legal research

        The post BPP, ULaw, Oxford and KCL embrace AI training in new deal with US tech giant Harvey appeared first on Legal Cheek.

       

       

      Legal Futures

      Market intelligence for law firms of the future

      • Qanooni AI and Nexian partner to help UK law firms adopt AI securely and confidently
        Mon 24 Nov 2025 09:00

        Qanooni AI has announced a strategic partnership with Nexian, one of the UK’s leading IT and managed service providers for professional services firms.

        The post Qanooni AI and Nexian partner to help UK law firms adopt AI securely and confidently appeared first on Legal Futures.

      • Global professional services network eyes more UK law firm deals
        Mon 24 Nov 2025 00:45

        The UK law firm group owned by a global network of professional service firms is set to return to the acquisition trail in the coming months after a “bumpy” couple of years.

        The post Global professional services network eyes more UK law firm deals appeared first on Legal Futures.

      • Tribunal rejects solicitor’s bid to overturn rebuke
        Mon 24 Nov 2025 00:05

        A solicitor has failed in his appeal against a rebuke imposed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) for failing to comply with court costs orders.

        The post Tribunal rejects solicitor’s bid to overturn rebuke appeared first on Legal Futures.

      • More clarity needed on source of funds checks, says SRA
        Mon 24 Nov 2025 00:03

        Law firms need greater clarity on when and how source of funds and wealth checks should be carried out, a review by the Solicitors Regulation Authority has found.

        The post More clarity needed on source of funds checks, says SRA appeared first on Legal Futures.

      • CLC launches accelerated ‘experience’ route to qualification
        Mon 24 Nov 2025 00:01

        The Council for Licensed Conveyancers has launched an accelerated route to qualification for fee-earners who have been working for at least four years in conveyancing or probate.

        The post CLC launches accelerated ‘experience’ route to qualification appeared first on Legal Futures.

      • BigHand eliminates manual task triaging with new AI email routing for cloud customers
        Fri 21 Nov 2025 13:13

        The latest AI-powered Email Routing feature adds even more value to the award-winning BigHand Workflow Management solution and will be available for no additional cost.

        The post BigHand eliminates manual task triaging with new AI email routing for cloud customers appeared first on Legal Futures.

      • Regulatory reform “will help legal sector” enter next growth phase
        Fri 21 Nov 2025 00:40

        The legal sector of the future “may look very different to the one we know today”, with further regulatory reform needed, a report for the Ministry of Justice has said.

        The post Regulatory reform “will help legal sector” enter next growth phase appeared first on Legal Futures.

      • Subpostmasters “pressured by their lawyers” into pleading guilty
        Fri 21 Nov 2025 00:05

        Many subpostmaster victims of the Post Office scandal felt “bullied by the inevitability of pleading guilty as their lawyers advised”, a report has found.

        The post Subpostmasters “pressured by their lawyers” into pleading guilty appeared first on Legal Futures.

      • Law firm faces claim over £1.5m paid out of escrow amid AI concern
        Fri 21 Nov 2025 00:03

        A bid for summary judgment over a law firm paying out £1.5m it was holding in escrow has failed because the underlying agreement was “a classic example of muddled drafting”.

        The post Law firm faces claim over £1.5m paid out of escrow amid AI concern appeared first on Legal Futures.

      • High Court grants rights to audience to struck-off solicitor
        Fri 21 Nov 2025 00:01

        The High Court has given a struck-off solicitor rights of audience to represent companies of which he was only made a director for that purpose.

        The post High Court grants rights to audience to struck-off solicitor appeared first on Legal Futures.

       

      Law Gazette - Headlines

      Law Gazette - Headlines

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      • Legal liberalisation an engine for growth, says study for MoJ
        Mon 24 Nov 2025 00:55
        Reforms since the 1980s have helped sector grow at a faster rate than the UK economy as a whole.
      • CCRC calls for safeguards against 'gang narrative' in trials
        Mon 24 Nov 2025 00:54
        Miscarriages of justice body says new evidence undermines gang narrative relied on by the prosecution.
      • Crackdown looms on ‘double win’ clinical negligence payments
        Mon 24 Nov 2025 00:47
        MPs discuss whether claimants who receive funding for private care are accessing NHS care instead.
      • Candidates not entitled to delivery of campaign leaflets under electoral law
        Mon 24 Nov 2025 00:44
        Election Court dismisses challenge to the result of May's Runcorn and Helsby by-election.
      • 'Support but no legal advice': Firm’s £29.99 DIY claim package
        Mon 24 Nov 2025 00:37
        Lawyers say consumers do not feel confident about making claims themselves.
      • SRA fines firm £23,000 over shortcomings in client checks
        Mon 24 Nov 2025 00:32
        Checks on sources of wealth and funds were thorough and substantial, but not enough to be compliant.
      • Unauthorised staff can draft claims and statements, Society says
        Fri 21 Nov 2025 14:59
        Hundreds of legal executives clambering to get litigation practising rights approval.
      • Top sports firm appeals SRA intervention
        Fri 21 Nov 2025 11:08
        Manchester-based IPS Law says it believes the intervention was ‘not justified’.
      • Knights hails return to organic growth
        Fri 21 Nov 2025 10:39
        Listed law firm also extends £100m credit line as it continues on the acquisition trail.
      • In depth: CILEX bids to erase the memory of Mazur
        Fri 21 Nov 2025 10:25
        The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives is hoping for a quick fix, but those affected by the judgment have plenty of reasons to remain sceptical.

       

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