Nigel Pearson is a man
under pressure and, while he will be hoping to move one step closer to a Wembley appearance, Premier League survival
remains the primary consideration of the manager of the team
currently sitting rock bottom of the table.
As Alex Novarese of Legal Week is right to point out, overall revenue in the UK legal market last year fell for the first time in living memory, but even if the overall size of the legal market in the UK
remains static or falls (a tussle between the opposing forces of economic growth increasing demand on the one hand and business
pressures to reduce fees and outsource on the other), market dynamics dictate that the revenue will be clustered differently, with the moderate - high fees
currently enjoyed by the mid-tier for mid-market work
under the most severe attack, the beneficiaries being niche firms and LPO providers.