Author: thomas-connelly
![](https://www.legalcheek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/johnny-briggs-dV_J8rcpbjs-unsplash-360x190.jpg)
Post Office scandal: SRA unlikely to expedite lawyer prosecutions
Likely wait until inquiry's conclusion
![](https://www.legalcheek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AdobeStock_268952497-360x190.jpeg)
US firms dominate M&A work as deals slump to decade low
Tech suffers particularly badly
![](https://www.legalcheek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AdobeStock_162236683-2-360x190.jpeg)
SRA fines law firm for failing to provide diversity data
First of its kind
![](https://www.legalcheek.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/brett-jordan-LPZy4da9aRo-unsplash-2-360x190.jpg)
SQE students voice frustration over erroneous exam slot cancellation email
Kaplan stresses assessments will go ahead as planned, apologises for confusion
![](https://www.legalcheek.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/AdobeStock_408250547-360x190.jpeg)
SRA misses deadline for publishing SQE provider pass rates
Issues statement that leaves open possibility of it never happening
![](https://www.legalcheek.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/markus-winkler-afW1hht0NSs-unsplash-3-360x190.jpg)
Super regulator probes events leading up to SRA’s closure of Axiom Ince
Important for public confidence, says LSB
![](https://www.legalcheek.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/SlaughterMay-360x190.jpg)
Slaughters makes ‘reduced hours for reduced pay’ permanent option for lawyers
Follows succesful pilot
![](https://www.legalcheek.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AdobeStock_604692267-360x190.jpeg)
US titan Cravath retakes lawyer salary crown with market-topping rises
What impact will fresh pay war have on associates in the City of London?
![](https://www.legalcheek.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AdobeStock_82667116-360x190.jpeg)
Magistrate given formal warning after researching defendant online
Help reaching decision
![](https://www.legalcheek.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AdobeStock_578604774-2-360x190.jpeg)
SQE2: Pass rate climbs slightly to 79%
Over 1,000 students sat latest assessment
![](https://www.legalcheek.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AdobeStock_160666998-360x190.jpeg)
‘AI paralegal’ passes SQE
77% score
![](https://www.legalcheek.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AdobeStock_227397187-2-360x190.jpeg)
Trowers: More lawyer roles at risk amid ‘continued slowdown’
Cut 18 jobs last month
![](https://www.legalcheek.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/eduardo-soares-utWyPB8_FU8-unsplash-360x190.jpg)
Former trainee solicitor barred for concealing criminal property
Resigns four months into TC
![](https://www.legalcheek.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/suzi-kim-OK_qY6x5rjk-unsplash-360x190.jpg)
‘Are you a Jew?’ Husband and wife City lawyers subjected to ‘antisemitic attack’ on bus
Footage of incident involving associates from Slaughters and MoFo shared widely online
![](https://www.legalcheek.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/niu-niu-5HzOtV-FSlw-unsplash-360x190.jpg)
Axiom Ince: Dawn raids and arrests as Serious Fraud Office launches probe
Over £60 million missing from client account
![](https://www.legalcheek.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/social-lead-360x190.jpg)
Bakers targets A Level students with social mobility support programme
Skills sessions, networking, mentorship and more