header-logo header-logo

26 February 2020
Issue: 7876 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
printer mail-detail

Money, money, money

Lots of people made more money last year, according to Simply Law Jobs
The average salary for partners increased by 10.5% to £90,414 in 2019, while salaries for head of legal roles rose 12.6% to £68,317, legal counsel salaries increased 12.8% to £69,784, legal executive salaries increased 1% to £42,117.67 and solicitors took home £52,098 on average, an extra 6.6%. The data was taken from jobs advertised by recruiters in 2018-19.


However, paralegal salaries dropped 6.5% to £23,787 and legal secretaries earned £21,629, a drop of 3.2%. It was also bad news for duty solicitors, whose salaries fell from £40,779 to £38,610. 

Issue: 7876 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
printer mail-details

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
back-to-top-scroll