The overwhelming majority of partners at commercial law firms believe Ministry of Justice (MoJ) plans to cut £350m from its annual legal aid budget will lead to a ‘brain drain’ of talented lawyers from publicly-funded work. Just under half of partners responding to Legal Week’s Big Question survey said the scale of cuts will lead to a considerable brain drain from a sector already contending with low billing rates, with 8% claiming they will have an enormous impact and a further 40% saying they will make a small contribution to lawyers moving away from publicly-funded work.
November 26, 2010 at 08:04 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
Partners predict an exodus from publicly-funded work as the MoJ plans to cut £350m from the legal aid budget but are split over whether cuts are justified. Friederike Heine reports
The overwhelming majority of partners at commercial law firms believe Ministry of Justice (MoJ) plans to cut £350m from its annual legal aid budget will lead to a ‘brain drain’ of talented lawyers from publicly-funded work.
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