Lawyers at City firms have shared with ROF some of the biggest mistakes they've witnessed One ex-partner recounted a real estate colleague who kept secret for 15 years the fact he’d misdrafted an ...

Emily McGonagle worked on high value transactions for international clients, but binned it all in favour of a booth, a microphone, and a gargoyle named Doyle. After qualifying at Mayer Brown, ...

'Can I take you to Ikea? I love you.' The SDT has published its judgment ordering former Bird & Bird partner Takeshige Sugimoto to be banned from the profession for five years. Sugimoto was head of a ...

It's.....not how Lunt's hotel stay looked. Coleen Rooney's solicitor has defended his luxury accomodation during the so-called Wagatha Christie trial. Paul Lunt of ...

"Not only did they refuse your offer, but they reported you to the police. And you've been charged." A solicitor has been struck off after he was convicted of blackmailing a fellow director. Michael ...

Long hours and “ridiculous” client demands are the biggest factors harming solicitors’ mental health, a survey for the City of London Law Society suggests. The survey is still open, so if you’re a ...

HHJ Davis entertains a subordinate. A judge has been reprimanded for sharing jokes, anecdotes and moral lessons with a court employee. The staff member claimed that when she worked with His Honour ...

A former DWF partner has been struck off the roll after he was convicted of attempting to communicate with an underage person for the purpose of sexual gratification. David Storry Walton, 68, pleaded ...

A tycoon has extracted even more cash from Dechert thanks to a former partner who was allegedly involved in hacking his emails. The US-headquartered firm paid Farhad Azima £3m earlier this year to ...

OC NQs - behind the pouting, there's genuine joy at being kept on. As the final trainee retention confirmations trickle in, Osborne Clarke announced it is keeping hold of 86% of its qualifying ...

Starmer time! At Ward Hadaway. Even if the world is burning there are some engagements a Prime Minister just can’t skip. Remembrance Sundays, coronations, UN summits - and meetings of Ward Hadaway ...

Rosenblatt and Divers duke it out (actual bodies shown). The share price of listed law group RBG Holdings has crashed to less than 3p, causing a management bust-up in which execs have rebuffed an ...