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A third of Scottish solicitors have been victims of violence or threatening behaviour in connection with their work, according to an “alarmed” Law Society of Scotland.

An employment tribunal has rejected claims by a solicitor that he was entitled to a “guaranteed basic salary” of £40,000 and found instead that he was working on a commission basis.

Women in the Law UK, the Manchester-based lobbying, networking and support organisation, is gearing up for its launch in London next month.

A former salaried partner of a Manchester law firm is suing for constructive dismissal on the grounds that she blew the whistle on alleged accounts rule breaches.

A solicitor has been allowed to use a leaked internal email and overheard pub conversation as evidence for a discrimination claim against his former firm.

Disabled people seeking employment or working in the legal profession are “an untapped resource”, according to ground-breaking research.

A Brighton law firm discriminated against its blind former managing partner on the grounds of disability, an employment tribunal has found.

Female leadership programmes within law firms need to “walk the talk” and actually increase women’s representation at the top of the legal profession.

Studying law at the London School of Economics and Oxford University are the best for men and women respectively in terms of their career earnings, ground-breaking new research has found.

Pioneering alternative business structure Riverview Law has launched a recruitment scheme for lawyers who want to retrain to handle commercial contract work. The first cohort of its ‘Legal Re-Train’ programme has taken in 10 solicitors from family law, personal injury, litigation, industrial disease and employment for a two-year training programme.