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The balance in the legal workplace is changing. For the first time since the profession admitted Maud Crofts, Carrie Morrison, Mary Pickup and Mary Sykes into its fold in 1922, women have surpassed men as the majority of practicing solicitors. Last year there were 139,324 solicitors with Practicing Certificates (PC), which was an increase of [...]
Even if you don’t follow football you can’t help but be aware that the big prize in football is to finish in one of the top four slots. But who are in the champions’ league places in Legal Support? We took a snapshot of all law firm advertised jobs in the last six months for [...]
In the last twelve months, the number of solicitor vacancies across all practice areas in the North West was outweighed by just three support functions. Legal Executives, Paralegals and Secretarial/PA roles in total, had more vacancies advertised (by law firms only, not recruitment businesses) than every practice area put together. Within all of the solicitor [...]
Over the last 12 months, ( February to February) law firms advertised more roles for Real Estate Solicitors than any other practice area. That figure has stayed consistent throughout with 19% of all vacancies over 12 months being in Real Estate and touching 20% in the last three months (mid-November to Mid-February). So what other [...]
The number of personal injury cases either going to court or being settled out of court is at an all-time high. That’s the only conclusion I can come to given the strong finish to 2016, and the whirlwind start the legal market in Manchester has had in 2017. This has seen the number of instructions [...]
