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The Bar Council has become the latest organisation to back the Charter for Black Talent in Finance and the Professions, which aims to boost the number of black professionals in senior positions.

It is time to prioritise skills over background when it comes to the next generation of legal professionals, writes CILEX chair Chris Bones in this week’s NLJ

I Stephanie Boyce has taken over the reins at Chancery Lane, making history as the Law Society’s first president of colour

Women lawyers across the globe face significant career barriers, whether unconscious bias, unequal pay, sexual harassment in the workplace and lack of support when speaking out about it, or the double burden of juggling caring responsibilities and work commitments

The impacts of COVID-19 risk turning back the clock on women’s equality: Dana Denis-Smith lays out a road to recovery

Fiona Bawdon explains why this ground‑breaking scheme is aimed at firms, as well as not-for-profit agencies

The project set up to mark the 100-year anniversary of women being able to qualify as lawyers, First 100 Years, has reported it raised more than £500,000 over five years

Black and Asian solicitors are disproportionately likely to be investigated for regulatory breaches, official figures have revealed

Forensic accounting firm Forensic Risk Alliance (FRA) is to provide pro bono services to the charity Kick It Out, English football’s equality and inclusion organisation.

Bar chair Amanda Pinto QC has criticised ‘shocking discrepancies in pay between male and female barristers’ revealed in Bar Mutual data for the year ending 2019

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Womble Bond Dickinson appoints Paula Myers to private capital team in Leeds

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Brabners adds six to partnership in record year for partner promotions

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42BR Barristers—4 Brick Court merger completed

Family set expands with the formal integration of 4 Brick Court into 42BR Barristers

Sting operation on solicitor backfires

The Court of Appeal has issued a stern warning to lawyers engaging in the practice of ‘privilege hunting’—obtaining an opponent’s legally privileged information through dishonest means

CILEX ‘disappointed’ by LSB report on Mazur

Legal executives have given a lukewarm reception to the Legal Services Board’s (LSB’s) final report from its regulatory review into Mazur advice and guidance

Ruling clarifies main housing duty

A homeless single parent offered accommodation in Derby has lost her Supreme Court appeal against the London council making the offer

No shield for spies, says Supreme Court

The Kingdom of Bahrain does not enjoy sovereign immunity from allegations it used surveillance software to spy on dissidents in the UK, the Supreme Court has held

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Equality

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Womble Bond Dickinson—Paula Myers

mfg Solicitors—five promotions

Brabners—six promotions