Greater London
The Greater London Regional Office provides services to solicitors’ firms, groups and associations and individual solicitors. It also works in partnership with local law societies, offering support for local membership drives and CPD programmes and helping them to provide services to their members. We work to complement local law society provision. Close and supportive relationships have also been developed with some of the larger local law societies in the South East.
Our area closely matches that of the 32 London Boroughs, reaching the M25. The office is based at the Law Society’s Chancery Lane site.
Profile of the profession
- 42.1% of private practice firms are located in London and the South East.
- 27% (2,672) of private practice firms are in London, employing 38% of all private practitioners in England & Wales. 2,268 of these firms have 4 or fewer partners, accounting for 84.9% of solicitors in the region. In contrast, 31 firms, all in the City of London, have 81+ partners.
- 1,789 non-private practice organisations represent commerce and industry, central and local government, and other services.
- The future of high street practice and the growth of medium to large firms
- The future of Legal Aid; the introduction of competitive tendering.
- The high cost of living and working in an ever-expanding Greater London and the effect this has on solicitors as employers.
The Greater London Regional Office has 2 staff:
The regional manager, responsible for the development and delivery of a range of services throughout the region, to promote solicitors’ personal and professional development; support their business interests and promote the profession to the regional business community and the public.
The office manager/PA provides full administrative, secretarial and project management support, including financial management of the office and event management of the CPD programme.