Nearly one in two lawyers expect profit per equity partner to grow by up to 10% in the next year, according to a NatWest survey of 400 lawyers attending the annual NatWest Legal Conference series across the UK in October. More than half expected fee income to rise by up to 10% in the next year, and a quarter expected an even bigger rise of between 10% and 20%. Steve Arundale, head of professionals at NatWest, says: “The optimism could be down to the uplift in the economy which has stimulated an increase in transactions.”
20 November 2014
More optimism over profit for lawyers
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Anthony Collins—William Hallett & Lorna Scully
Anthony Collins hires two talented legal directors
Switalskis—five appointments
Firm expands national abuse compensation team
Mathys & Squire—nine promotions
IP firm announces new partners and senior promotions across UK offices
NEWS
A High Court ruling has sent a jolt through the legal profession after a newly qualified solicitor used an internal AI tool to produce court correspondence containing a fabricated legal citation
A significant data privacy ruling has clarified what counts as valid consent under UK data protection law
Executors may be overlooking billions of pounds in estate assets hidden in forgotten investments and misplaced share certificates
Britain’s booming non-surgical cosmetics market is operating in what some critics describe as a regulatory ‘Wild West’
Family contact disputes are becoming an increasingly prominent feature of Court of Protection litigation
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