Legal professionals are loyal and hardworking, according to the Career Lifestyle Survey by recruitment consultancy Robert Walters. Only 30% said they would start looking for a new job after less than three years. This makes legal professionals among the most loyal groups of staff in the UK, ahead of marketing (65% would look elsewhere after three years or less), projects (60%) and IT (52%). They also have longer average working weeks. 42% put in 50 hours per week or more and significantly more than in marketing (21%), HR (25%) or accountancy (30%).
16 October 2014
Lawyers are loyal
MOVERS & SHAKERS
HFW—Nelson Wang
HFW strengthens global insurance practice and Greater China offering with London Partner hire
Burges Salmon—David McEwing
Burges Salmon boosts Energy and Utilities practice with appointment of David McEwing
Browne Jacobson—Alexander Studholme
Browne Jacobson adds international construction arbitration partner in London push
NEWS
Law firm trainees are choosing US firms over their UK comparators, according to Chambers’ annual report on UK trainee satisfaction
A former senior judge has warned peers against scrapping juries for fraud and financial crimes, ahead of the Courts and Tribunals Bill’s second reading in the House of Lords this week
Civil practitioners face changes spanning debt recovery, workplace harassment and possession claims, alongside guidance on insolvency challenges and children proceedings
Finding matrimonial wealth is as challenging as dividing it, as family disputes draw practitioners into asset tracing, offshore structures and insolvency
Agreement between opponents offers no guarantee that a court will approve a retrospective increase to a costs budget
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