Rich is The Lawyer’s deputy editor. He has a particular focus on firms outside the UK top 50.
He was previously editor of The Lawyer’s student publication Lawyer 2B, and as such also has an interest everything to do with legal education, training contracts and pupillage, as well as lawyers’ ongoing career development.
I am in my mid-thirties and work as a senior NHS nurse – a job that I love. However, I have always been fascinated by the law, especially criminal law, and having spent a good few months late last year on a jury for a large trial, this has confirmed that it is time to […]
One of the most problematic issues of Wayne Rooney’s new £300,000 per week contract was agreeing his image rights. However, the future handling of image rights is about to change. Image rights refer to an individual’s proprietary right to their name, physical characteristics, image and ‘style’ and the right to prevent unauthorised use of any of these. […]
The first two people to go through the Accutrainee program have landed newly qualified jobs with firms they were placed with. Flora Hussey has taken up an associate role at London private client boutique New Quadrant Partners, while Simon Latham has joined US litigation shop Hausfeld & Co. Accutrainee was launched in 2011 as an alternative to the traditional […]
As part of International Women’s Day, the Global Law Summit offered 13 high-achieving GDL and BPTC students the opportunity to be individually mentored by leading female lawyers. Holly Woodhouse was paired with Rosemary Martin, Vodafone’s UK General Counsel and Company Secretary and the winner of the 2013 Women in the City Award. Despite recent advancements in terms […]
Wannabe lawyers work hard to secure their traineeships. What happens when the firm they’ve joined changes beyond recognition? When law firms merge, two assurances are always trotted out. The first is that the merger will enable the combining firms to better service their valued clients. The second is that the two firms’ cultures were very similar […]
The biggest surprise in last week’s budget was the announcement that pensioners would no longer be obliged to buy an annuity. Many people think of “a pension” as being an income paid to those who have ceased to work. The state pension and some employers’ pension schemes provide just that. However, more commonly a private […]
For years, it was accepted that a stint as a paralegal would boost aspiring lawyers’ chances of getting a training contract. Is that the case any more? Training contracts are becoming more scarce. The number registered in 2011/12 was 4,869 – the lowest since 1997/98 and down from a pre-recession high of 6,303. Though investing […]
’Think before you link’ may well become the legal catchphrase of our era. Last month – ending a period of ambiguity – the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) clarified its position on the use of hyperlinks to protected online content. In Svensson, the CJEU held that hyperlinking to protected material would only […]
Family lawyers have recently been talking about The Law Commission’s report, Matrimonial Property Needs and Agreement, which includes a draft Bill which would make prenuptial agreements binding. Sehaj Lamba Prenuptials or ‘pre-nups’ are contracts entered into before a couple enter marriage or civil partnership which make provision for the allocation of assets upon divorce […]
As someone born and raised on the Isle of Wight, surrounded by rolling green fields and long sandy beaches in almost equal measure, I must confess that waking up each morning to the unique architecture of Coventry to be something of a culture shock. It isn’t that I dislike Coventry, the place and people have […]
At times you might be forgiven for believing that there are only half a dozen LPC providers in the country. BPP and the University of Law (ULaw) immediately spring to mind as the big players. Kaplan, City Law School (formerly the Inns of Court School of Law), Nottingham Law School, the Bristol Institute of Legal Practice at […]
NHS England (NHSE) recently postponed their controversial scheme to share GP data with organisations outside the NHS, just weeks before the intended implementation date. The scheme, known as care.data, was subject to mounting criticism from campaigners, journalists and lawyers in relation to the adequacy of the public information campaign and the lack of detail about […]