Newcastle-headquartered Watson Burton has commenced a second round of redundancy talks that could see up to 75 people leave the firm.
Newcastle-headquartered Watson Burton has commenced a second round of redundancy talks that could see up to 75 people leave the firm.
The firm said it was a “necessary but regrettable” response to the recession, adding that its offices in Newcastle, Leeds and London would all be affected to some degree.
The firm said there would be no office closures and training and recruitment would be ongoing, with five trainees joining the firm in September.
Last December Watson Burton put 14 people, including eight fee earners, on consultation (12 December 2008). At the end of that process 10 people left the firm.
The latest round brings the total number of jobs lost or under threat in the UK legal market to 2,822 (see our JobWatch table).
