Blog post - 02/05/2013 : legal recruitment, salary, Finance, Human Resources

In the increasingly competitive “war for talent” we are experiencing in the world of hiring these days, you’d be forgiven for being a little surprised to hear that there are employers who will go through a lengthy application...

News Article - 06/02/2013 : cost control, cost reduction, remuneration, salary, Finance, Practice Management

Three New Year legal sector surveys caught my eye, each of which emphasises the need for firms to adopt, or continue with a focus on cost reduction and process improvement during 2013.

Firstly, the publication of the The Law...

News Article - 06/12/2012 : salary, Finance

Bird & Bird's highest-paid member for 2011-12 earned €1m (£812,000), up 15% on the previous year's top figure of €868,000 (£705,000), the firm's limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts have revealed.

The firm, which uses...

News Article - 18/05/2012 : salary, SRA, trainees, Finance, Finance

The minimum salary for trainee solicitors will be scrapped on 1 August 2014, the board of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) decided yesterday, saying it is not the job of a regulator to control wages.

Firms will be required...

News Article - 09/05/2012 : magic circle, newly-qualified, salary, Finance, Finance, Human Resources

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has confirmed associate salaries under its new merit-based pay scheme, with newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers set to make at least £65,000 - £3,500 more than those at rival magic circle firms.

The firm has...

News Article - 04/05/2012 : salary, Finance, Finance, Human Resources

Young in-house lawyers based in the North West are earning thousands of pounds more than their peers in other regions.

New figures show that the average salaries for solicitors with only one to five years’ post-qualification...

News Article - 04/04/2012 : balance recruitment, ILFM, salary, Finance, Finance

Balance Recruitment, together with the ILFM are conducting a comprehensive salary survey for accounts staff working within Law Firms across the UK and need your input to gather accurate data! 

As an added incentive for...

News Article - 23/03/2012 : education and training, minimum wage, salary, trainee, Human Resources, Human Resources

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is to consider retaining the minimum salary for trainee solicitors at the level of the national minimum wage after discovering that without it trainees would be classed as apprentices and so could be paid...

News Article - 20/03/2012 : minimum wage, salary, Finance, Finance, Human Resources

Freezing the minimum wage will help reduce one of the barriers to employers deciding whether or not to take on a young person.

The CBI commented on the announcement of changes to the National Minimum Wage rates from October 2012,...

News Article - 16/03/2012 : holiday, holiday pay, payments, salary, Human Resources, Human Resources, Practice Management

There is no statutory right to bank/public holidays, so the announcement of an extra bank holiday does not increase any entitlement to holiday.

Summer may seem a long way off but celebrations have already begun to commemorate the...

News Article - 28/02/2012 : pay, salary, Finance, Finance, Human Resources

Employees are enjoying the highest pay rises seen since December 2008, according to research published today.

Data from the XpertHR February 2012 pay trends survey shows that the median pay rise in the three months to the end of...

News Article - 03/02/2012 : dla piper, salary, Finance, Finance, Human Resources, Practice Management

DLA Piper’s highest earning partner, understood to be joint chief executive officer and managing partner Nigel Knowles, earned £1.711m in 2010-11, up from £1.627m the year before, according to the firm’s LLPs.

DLA Piper...

News Article - 02/02/2012 : berwin leighton paisner, salary, Finance, Finance, Practice Management

Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP) highest paid partner got £1.65m in 2010-11, according to the firm’s LLP accounts, up from £1.6m the year before.

Average profit per equity partner at the firm in 2010-11, meanwhile, was £712,000. The...

News Article - 24/01/2012 : remuneration, salary, Finance, Finance, Human Resources, Practice Management

But Cable dismisses pay ratios and workers on remuneration committees.

Shareholders will be given more power to decide on executive pay while there must be more transparency on how performance is measured, Vince Cable has announced...

Resource - 19/01/2012 : salary, survey, Finance, Finance, Human Resources

This survey which includes a review of Salaries & Benefits has been provided by Career Legal.

Report Overview

The Market
The last twelve months have been a...