This is an ideal method of resolving issues in a team where partners have fallen out, cliques have developed
among the fee earners, morale and performance have plummeted, and there is a lack of managerial focus for the team going forward.
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang reports no earnings differential
among fee earners apart from «minimal pay gaps» in its Bristol office, but across all its UK employees, it found a 32.8 % median hourly earnings gap and a 17.3 % mean hourly pay gap.
Not exact matches
The Legal Week Best Technology Survey reveals a worrying ambivalence
among busy
fee earners towards crucial IT training
Minster is unusual
among large law firms in that it works under a corporate structure, with its 840 staff in York and Wakefield comprising around 170
fee earners and just 54 qualified lawyers.
In traditional firms, the team is divided
among fee -
earners and non-
fee-
earners, and there is often a strong hierarchy
among the lawyers, from junior associates up to senior partners.
According to research by Deloitte, results from the six years to the end of March 2014 show
fees per
fee earner growth of 18 %
among the top 10 firms, whereas firms ranked 26 - 50 reported growth of only 1 %.
The upshot is that appetite
among firms to usher in merit - linked pay for
fee earners has grown so significantly over the last 18 months or so that those who do not do it are now the exception.