Being the fifth website to be reviewed in this series, a pattern is emerging – websites belonging to the big players tend to be stronger on content and design, but usability lags significantly behind. Perhaps this is a reflection on the challenge of organising substantial amounts of information online?

Allen & Overy’s (A&O’s) website falls into the same trap but, against its peers reviewed to date, is mid-ranked. In detail: the website achieved a total score of 83.4% overall. In individual categories the website scored 93.4% for content, 73.3% for usability and 83.6% for design.