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Family Panel and Resolution Accredited Specialists
One of our senior candidates has been in touch this morning to point out a slight issue that keeps coming up in adverts both on our site and job boards.
“I have been looking at family vacancies on the web and noticed that some vacancies...
Advice for Australian Lawyers looking to work in the UK
I am sure in Australia lawyers often see adverts from recruitment agents telling them of shortages in the legal profession in the UK and particularly law fields. This has been the case in years gone past in the Law Society Gazette in England...
Lawyers returning to work after children
It is apparently the case that mothers returning to work after starting a family suffer the highest employment penalty of any group (Equalities Review).
Mothers with children under 11 are 37% less likely to be offered a job than equivalent males.
Single...
Lack of Quality Candidates or Just Low Pay?
Firms who regularly complain that there is a lack of quality out there and no candidates applying for their jobs, are often the same firms who offer rates of pay so low a solicitor cannot get a mortgage above £60k!
I regularly read about the...
Flexible Hours and the Legal Profession
I often have conversations with senior partners of law firms who ask me to find them lawyers who are willing to work hard, be committed to their firm, and show entrepreneurial flair and determination. However they do not want anyone lightweight...
What does a Conveyancing Solicitor do?
Conveyancing is usually divided into two areas of work in a high street setting – firstly there is residential conveyancing, and secondly there is commercial conveyancing. The difference is exactly that – one is houses for individuals...
What does a Family Solicitor do?
Family law tends to be concentrated at the high street end of the legal profession, with the majority of family lawyers dealing with matters for both private or Legal Services Commission-funded (legal aid) clients, where there is probably one...
What does a Wills and Probate Solicitor do?
Wills & probate is a real hybrid for law firms. There are some people dealing with private client work at very large law firms dealing with clients having millions of pounds of assets, and the majority working in regional and smaller practices...