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  • May 12, 2008 | International Edition

    Olswang ups pay but NQ rate stays flat at £62k

    Olswang has become the latest City firm to announce increases in its associate salaries, although rates for newly-qualified solicitors (NQs) at the top 30 UK outfit have been frozen at their current levels. Lawyers with one year post-qualification experience (PQE) will now pick up a minimum of £66,000 - up by £1,000 on last year and representing a hike of 1.5%.

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  • May 12, 2008 |

    Olswang ups pay but NQ rate stays flat at £62k

    Olswang has become the latest City firm to announce increases in its associate salaries, although rates for newly-qualified solicitors (NQs) at the top 30 UK outfit have been frozen at their current levels. Lawyers with one year post-qualification experience (PQE) will now pick up a minimum of £66,000 - up by £1,000 on last year and representing a hike of 1.5%.

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  • May 8, 2008 |

    Indian Bar to visit UK for reform talks as long-running foreign firm dispute delayed

    The Bar Council of India is set to visit the UK later this month, as the longstanding talks about opening up the country's legal market to foreign law firms continue. The news comes as it emerges that a crucial court case, scheduled to take place at the end of last month, has been pushed back until the summer.

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  • May 8, 2008 |

    Linklaters adds 4% to NQ pay despite sweeping predictions of salary freeze

    Linklaters has announced rises of nearly 4% for junior lawyers as several major law firms last week defied predictions that the slowdown would leave pay bands unchanged this year.A newly-qualified (NQ) solicitor at the magic circle law firm is now set to earn £66,600, up from £64,000 in 2007, as exclusively revealed on legalweek.com (30 April).

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  • May 7, 2008 |

    Official: legal paperwork is funny

    At last! Finally the hilarious world of commercial law is set to be honoured with its own sitcom, elevating lawyers to the same cultural plane as dinnerladies, IT support staff and office workers at Slough-based paper distribution companies. 'Admin' is the promisingly-titled new pilot COMING SOON!! to BBC Three and follows the zany goings-on at (fictional, we think) Manchester law firm Fox Carter & Co.

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  • May 2, 2008 |

    ...Legal Week Lunchbox: 2/05/08...

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; plus the pick of the day's posts; Stateside news with the latest US Briefing; and more

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  • May 1, 2008 | International Edition

    Bird & Bird hikes NQ pay 9% to £60k

    Bird & Bird has defied predictions that City firms are set to avoid major pay hikes this year after unveiling substantial pay rises for its junior lawyers and trainees. Newly-qualified solicitors (NQs) at the top 30 UK firm will see their salaries rise from £55,000 to £60,000 - an increase of 9%.

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  • May 1, 2008 |

    Bird & Bird hikes NQ pay 9% to £60k

    Bird & Bird has defied predictions that City firms are set to avoid major pay hikes this year after unveiling substantial pay rises for its junior lawyers and trainees. Newly-qualified solicitors (NQs) at the top 30 UK firm will see their salaries rise from £55,000 to £60,000 - an increase of 9%.

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  • April 23, 2008 | International Edition

    Commentary: Bird & Bird keeps drifting out of love with public sector

    There was a time when, before BlackBerrys were endemic and Google had reached world domination, if you wanted a 'computer lawyer' there was just one place you could go: Bird & Bird. Looking back to a meeting in the 1990s, one rival recalls: "I remember the guy from the Government introducing himself and saying: 'So, do you work closely with Hamish?' It never even crossed his mind that I didn't come from Bird & Bird." But with the once-unthinkable departure of former chairman and public sector head Hamish Sandison to technology, media and telecoms rival Field Fisher Waterhouse, the firm is facing a new chapter.

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  • April 23, 2008 |

    Commentary: Bird & Bird keeps drifting out of love with public sector

    There was a time when, before BlackBerrys were endemic and Google had reached world domination, if you wanted a 'computer lawyer' there was just one place you could go: Bird & Bird. Looking back to a meeting in the 1990s, one rival recalls: "I remember the guy from the Government introducing himself and saying: 'So, do you work closely with Hamish?' It never even crossed his mind that I didn't come from Bird & Bird." But with the once-unthinkable departure of former chairman and public sector head Hamish Sandison to technology, media and telecoms rival Field Fisher Waterhouse, the firm is facing a new chapter.

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