Some of the City’s leading law firms have ditched rainbow-themed logos to celebrate Pride month amid pressure from Donald Trump’s crackdown on diversity policies. Ashurst, Baker McKenzie, DLA ...

Linklaters is one of Britain’s four “magic circle” law firms. Last year, it paid its partners an average £1.9m, while its newly-qualified lawyers received starting salaries of £150,000.

The ‘Magic Circle‘ is a term that has long been used to describe the elite London-based law firms. However, within the circle, the mood is shifting around this esteemed phrase. Recently, a ...

The ‘ Magic Circle ‘ is a term that has long been used to describe the elite London-based law firms. However, within the circle, the mood is shifting around this esteemed phrase.

LONDON: Over thirty years after expelling Sophie Lloyd for masquerading as a man to join the then exclusively male Magic Circle, the London-based society for professional and amateur magicians has ...

Founded in 1905, the magic society didn’t admit women in the late 1980s when Lloyd, an actress, was persuaded by her friend, a magician called Jenny Winstanley, to apply for membership.

LONDON: Over 30 years after Britain's elite Magic Circle expelled a woman for posing as a man to gain admittance, the formerly male-only society is to welcome her back as a full member. The London ...

A woman kicked out of the Magic Circle for pretending to be a man is being let back into the organisation after more than 30 years. Sophie Lloyd wore a male disguise in 1991 to trick the ...

A woman kicked out of the Magic Circle for pretending to be a man is being let back into the organisation after more than 30 years. Sophie Lloyd wore a male disguise in 1991 to trick the prestigious ...

But the Magic Circle did not take kindly to the news. The duo got a letter saying that Raymond had been expelled, and in October 1991, at the first meeting accepting women into the society, Ms ...

The Magic Circle was founded in 1905 by around 20 magicians at a restaurant in Chinatown, London. In September 1991, the group voted 469 for and 129 against admitting women members.