Bircham ditches PQE for merit-based system
Bircham Dyson Bell has discarded the traditional use of PQE as the key component in grading solicitors. The firm has replaced it with a new performance-based structure, the Career Development Framework (CDF). HR director Richard Walden said that the PQE system is “outdated and fails to recognise the quality of work delivered”. The CDF establishes […]