During the past 12 months there have been numerous articles in the legal press concerning the growing discontent over the levels of private practice lawyers' fees. However, driven by the greed that has gripped the City over the last 10 years, the majority of City law firms have failed to take any notice. While most in-house lawyers would agree that high quality specialist legal advice doesn't come cheap, many City law firms are charging clients top whack rates (of anything between £275 to £550) for general commercial or transactional overflow work.
October 22, 2008 at 08:43 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
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During the past 12 months there have been numerous articles in the legal press concerning the growing discontent over the levels of private practice lawyers’ fees. However, driven by the greed that has gripped the City over the last 10 years, the majority of City law firms have failed to take any notice.
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