When the creator loses control of the creation. Tom Goodhead, the co-founder of Pogust Goodhead, has been replaced as CEO of his own firm while he goes "on leave", RollOnFriday understands. Goodhead, ...

In-house lawyers say that the quality of training sessions can influence whether or not they instruct a firm, in results, so far, in RollOnFriday's survey of their sector. So it may be time to upgrade ...

Suella Braverman KC has labelled law students and trainees as "snowflakes" for signing a petition calling for the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) to be reformed.

As trainees prepare to enter stationery cupboards, form a chrysalis, and then emerge as real solicitors in the autumn, Linklaters and Clifford Chance are the latest firms to announce their retention ...

Charles Russell and Speechly Bircham merged on 1 November 2014 to form Charles Russell Speechlys. Disappointingly, neither of RoF's predictions for the new name, Rustling Birch and Bircham Russell, ...

Womble Bond Dickinson's flagship Newcastle office building has been vandalised by pro-Palestinian activists. The firm moved into The Spark, situated on the 24-acre Helix business campus, in 2023. Its ...

The SRA will take no action against a Fieldfisher associate who was found to have deliberately lied in her account of being sexually assaulted by a colleague. The regulator was investigating the ...

A board member of the Insolvency Service who was removed from a stage by bouncers has taken her banishment in good humour. Frances Coulson, who is Head of Insolvency and Restructuring at Wedlake Bell, ...

Hemp juice might have been ok. A law student has been jailed for attempting to smuggle £150k of cannabis through Edinburgh Airport. In August 2024, Sage-Ahliea Gold, 25, a student at the University of ...

A law firm is investigating one of its partners, after he was accused of sending an "unwanted" photo of his genitals to a woman. The lawyer in question is a partner at Vancouver headquartered firm ...

A law firm without a website has been saved a job by a disgruntled opponent who's made one for it. Only it’s not very complimentary. The targeted business, which ROF shall call 'Croc LLP', is a real ...

As the City pay war continues, more firms have come out with their megaphones to announce NQ salary rises (but swiftly thrown their megaphones to the floor, when asked about salary for other ...