Embattled Westminster firm RadcliffesLeBrasseur is considering the unusual move of retrospectively changing its year-end for tax purposes as it continues to seek a chief executive replacement.Partners and ex-partners are still unsure what profits will be owing to them for the 2002-03 financial year, while the firm discusses the matter with its accountants.“At this stage we’re […]

Litigation department holds its own but corporate group romps away on revenues Research for 2003’s The Lawyer 100 has confirmed what the City has long suspected about Herbert Smith: that corporate really is king.Crucially, the firm posted identical revenue per partner figures in its corporate and litigation departments, and despite the downturn corporate turned over […]

Female trainee solicitors are still likely to be paid less than their male peers, according to a new Law Society report. The latest Law Society Annual Statistical Report shows that, on average, male trainees earn around £1,300 more a year than female trainees. The report also found that the number of training contracts awarded in […]

Average salaries for male trainees in the legal profession are exceeding the £20,000 mark, with female trainees trailing by £1,319, according to the latest Law Society Annual Statistical Report, which was published last week. The report says that 60 per cent of new trainees were women, but nevertheless male trainees earned on average £20,068 compared […]