How things can change. In our 2004 survey of the websites of the 20 largest law firms in UK, Eversheds was pushed into joint fourth position by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Herbert Smith and Beachcroft Wansbroughs. One year on, and thanks to unbeaten usability and design scores, Eversheds has trumped all its competitors’ websites so far reviewed in this column to become the current front-runner.

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