The people at our firm come from a range of backgrounds which we embrace. We treat everyone equally, regardless of gender, race, colour, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, age or sexual orientation. Moreover, we pride ourselves on our flexible working for employees to accommodate wide-ranging personal circumstances. All our offices are accessible and we agree reasonable adjustments with colleagues where applicable.
The Solicitors’ Regulation Authority (SRA) requires us to collect information on our workforce based on an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion survey, and publish certain information from the survey. In accordance with the SRA guidelines, please find below a summary of the firm’s diversity data, including statistics relating to age, gender, ethnicity and disability:
Gender and Role Distribution
- Male Employees:
- Chartered Legal Executive: 2%
- IT/HR/Corporate Services: 1%
- Licensed Conveyancer: 0%
- Managerial Role: 3%
- Other Fee Earning Role: 1%
- Patent or Trade Mark Attorney: 1%
- Role Supporting Fee Earner: 2%
- Solicitor (not partner): 6%
- Solicitor Partner: 7%
- Female Employees:
- Chartered Legal Executive: 2%
- IT/HR/Corporate Services: 6%
- Licensed Conveyancer: 1%
- Managerial Role: 4%
- Other Fee Earning Role: 10%
- Patent or Trade Mark Attorney: 1%
- Role Supporting Fee Earner: 29%
- Solicitor (not partner): 13%
- Solicitor Partner: 9%
- Prefer not to say: 1%
Ethnicity and Role Distribution
- BAME (Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic) Employees:
- Chartered Legal Executive: 0%
- IT/HR/Corporate Services: 0%
- Licensed Conveyancer: 0%
- Managerial Role: 1%
- Other Fee Earning Role: 3%
- Patent or Trade Mark Attorney: 0%
- Role Supporting Fee Earner: 3%
- Solicitor (not partner): 8%
- Solicitor Partner: 6%
- Non-BAME Employees:
- Chartered Legal Executive: 4%
- IT/HR/Corporate Services: 6%
- Licensed Conveyancer: 1%
- Managerial Role: 6%
- Other Fee Earning Role: 8%
- Patent or Trade Mark Attorney: 2%
- Role Supporting Fee Earner: 28%
- Solicitor (not partner): 11%
- Solicitor Partner: 10%
- Prefer not to say: 1%
Disability and Role Distribution
- Disabled Employees:
- Chartered Legal Executive: 0%
- IT/HR/Corporate Services: 0%
- Licensed Conveyancer: 0%
- Managerial Role: 1%
- Other Fee Earning Role: 1%
- Patent or Trade Mark Attorney: 0%
- Role Supporting Fee Earner: 0%
- Solicitor (not partner): 1%
- Solicitor Partner: 1%
- Non-Disabled Employees:
- Chartered Legal Executive: 4%
- IT/HR/Corporate Services: 6%
- Licensed Conveyancer: 1%
- Managerial Role: 6%
- Other Fee Earning Role: 10%
- Patent or Trade Mark Attorney: 2%
- Role Supporting Fee Earner: 30%
- Solicitor (not partner): 19%
- Solicitor Partner: 15%
- Prefer not to say: 1%
*Individuals with a disability according to the definition of the Equality Act 2010, or whose day-to-day activities are limited because of a health problem or disability which has lasted, or is expected to last, for at least 12 months.
N.B. The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion survey is optional. As a result, this data is based only on those individuals who opted to complete the survey questions and is not representative of the firm’s workforce as a whole.