By the looks of the latest legalweek.com web poll (click here) it would seem that there are a fair proportion of lawyers who are breathing a large sigh of relief now memories of those traditional alcohol-fuelled family rows are fading.

As the poll currently stands, more than one in five lawyers (22%) have vowed to “spend more time in the office” in 2007, although admittedly rather more respondents (37%) would like to spend more time with their family this year. The remainder (40%) have decided that now is the perfect time to seek out fresh challenges in the form of a new job.