CLC launches trainee recruitment drive
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has launched a campaign, ‘Project 2,000 lawyers’, for an extra 2,000 trainee licensed conveyancers by 2030
Magistrate numbers rise as recruitment drive gathers pace
Nearly 1,500 magistrates have been appointed in the first six months of 2026, almost double the number recruited in the same period in the previous year
Europe leading on AI in-house
Corporate counsel in Europe are leading their global counterparts in pushing junior lawyers into higher-value, strategic roles while artificial intelligence (AI) deals with the humdrum, research shows
NLJ Career Profile: Hugo Plowman, Mishcon de Reya
From global fraud cases to fishing off-grid, Mishcon de Reya’s chair of dispute resolution Hugo Plowman discusses mentors, management switching off
Justice viewed from the Bar
From ‘rats in the robing room’ to ‘overworked’ judges and a shortage of court staff, barristers have aired their concerns about the state of the justice system
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Fieldfisher—Will Sharp
Fieldfisher boosts structured finance practice with appointment of Will Sharp
gunnercooke—Thomas Bjorn & Peter Rudd-Clarke
gunnercooke grows its life sciences team with new partner hires
Leonard Curtis Legal—Mark Maguire & Kane Jones
Leonard Curtis Legal expands corporate team with twonew appointments
Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles
Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles
Lime Solicitors—four promotions
Lime Solicitors announces four promotions
Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards
Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards
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