Prominent in-house appointments have made the news this month, with Royal Dutch Shell naming Donny Ching as its new legal director and HSBC Holdings hiring Shawn Chen to lead its global litigation and regulatory affairs group.

It wasn't long ago that UK private equity chiefs were found to be paying "less tax than a cleaning lady"; but has the Budget put at risk an entrepreneur-led recovery?

What do general counsels look for in their lawyers?

The government’s plans to stop ordinary members of the public from being able to challenge unlawful actions by state bodies through judicial review have been dealt a second defeat in the House of Lords.

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Emolument, an online service that crowdsources pay-related data, has released research into (i) which are the best-paying practice areas for junior lawyers, and (ii) the pay gap between those working for a law firm and those that have gone in house.

Leading commercial firm DAC Beachcroft has launched an “in-house chambers”, with plans for it to become “the biggest model of its kind” by the end of the year, according to Sahar Farooqi, one of the two barrister partners leading the project.

There is a long history of lawyers doing pro bono work, going back to medieval times and beyond; for many people, pro bono was the only means to seek redress or justice.

If home ownership is not for everyone, how realistic a fix for the chronically undersupplied housing market is a new focus on delivering affordable rental homes – can the private rented sector really help the housing crisis?

What do smaller employment law teams, changes to the tribunal system and the increase in matters being dealt with in-house mean for current and aspiring employment law solicitors?

This article aims to shed light on the pupillage process and offer encouragement to those of you who are on the same path and hope to also begin pupillage soon!

As Tuesday 5 November marked the 60th quadrennial presidential election in the US, the world awaited the results with bated breath. In this week’s commercial news round-up, we outline the impact of Donald Trump’s re-election on lawyers across the world and take a look at US shares, the dollar and predictions for the UK’s economic growth. Plus, we provide an update on the Bank of England’s decision to cut interest rates; and the state of house prices in the UK.

As temperatures rise in the UK this week and autumn is delayed, LawCareers.Net takes a look at what’s happening at Google, the latest with Wilko and B&M, house prices and interest rates, and the issue impacting hundreds of schools on the first week of the new academic year. Kickstart your commercial awareness with this week’s commercial news round-up.

In this week's round-up, find out about the Meta layoffs, Barclays' payment protection insurance (PPI) breach, Vodafone’s sale of its mobile-phone masts business, housing prices and a look into law firms’ future employment plans. 

For many aspiring lawyers the pull of the City can be too much to ignore; bright lights, glass frontage buildings, City views. For others, the idea of packing oneself onto a crammed tube as a bookend to each day is unappealing. So, we’ve taken it upon ourselves to round up of some of the country’s most impressive buildings and spaces that host law firm offices.

In February 2022, Ofgem, Britain's energy regulator, announced a 54% rise in the energy price cap from 1 April 2022. The cap is reviewed twice a year.

News stories are flashing up all over the country stating that Britain’s mortgage rates are sky-high and that the young people of today are never going to be able to afford to buy a house. But what are the implications of the high mortgage rates?

Foot Anstey has confirmed that it will launch an in-house school leaver academy from September 2014.