Solicitors' firms are now required to carry out an annual diversity survey for their firm, submit the responses to the Solicitors Regulation Authority, and publish the data. Completion by personnel of the survey is not compulsory, and the data regarding religion and sexual orientation is excluded from the publication requirement. Also, publication of the data has to be in a form such that individuals cannot be identified.
We carried out our diversity in between November 2013 and January 2014. The figures given relate to the information disclosed in questionnaires received.
We must reiterate that, due to the voluntary nature of disclosure, not all of our personnel returned the survey and therefore their data can not be reflected in the results set out below.
44% of our personnel completed the survey.
Category of personnel:-
Solicitor (Partner) 16%
Solicitor (Non-Partner) 19.5%
Other fee earner 19.5%
Support role 39%
Other managerial role 3%
Chartered Legal Executive 3%
Gender
Male 13%
Female 87%
Age
Under 25 3%
25 to 34 23%
35 to 44 16%
45 to 54 32%
55 to 64 23%
65 and over 3%
Disability
Having a disability 0%
Not having a disability 97%
Prefer not to say 3%
Ethnicity
Asian/Asian British 3%
Black/Black British 3%
White 94%
