The UK may be regarded as a global leader for commercial legal services but, according to clients, a long-hours culture has also made it a natural home to the routine ‘padding’ of legal bills.
The key finding to emerge from Legal Week’s The Verdict survey of corporate counsel, carried out in association with Davies Arnold Cooper, is that the vast majority of corporate counsel believe they have experienced ‘padding’ of their bills, with nearly one in three clients arguing such creative billing is a regular occurrence.
