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SMILEY LAWYERS

24 May 2007
Issue: 7274 / Categories: Legal News
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Lawyers are happy, according to a recent survey by recruitment consultancy Badenoch & Clark

Stressed City lawyers who regularly work until the sun rises and impoverished legal aid solicitors may beg to differ, but a questionnaire of 1,000 workers across nine sectors shows life isn’t bad at all for the legal profession. The survey finds two-thirds of lawyers are “very happy” in their jobs, and female lawyers in Bristol are the happiest of all. Telecoms and IT workers, on the other hand, are the most fed up, and 24% of the UK workforce say they are unhappy in their jobs.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
County court cases are speeding up, with the median time from claim to hearing 62 weeks for fast, intermediate and multi-track claims—5.4 weeks faster than last year

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured £1.1m in its first use of an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO)

The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found
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