Setfords Solicitors has more than 250 consultant lawyers working from home, and in 2018 won the Lexis Nexis Legal Award for Wellbeing. As the Government begins to ease the lockdown, Setfords’ co-CEO Guy Setford offers his advice to those in traditional firms who have been working from home and might want, or need, to continue. […]
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As the Coronavirus pandemic continues, the ability to work remotely has never been more important. Setfords Solicitors is continuing to recruit consultant lawyers who are based in their own homes. We can get you set up in a few days so you can start helping clients. Our business development and marketing teams, and our customer-facing
With the ongoing spread of COVID-19, we would like to take this opportunity to inform all of our customers, both current and new, of the steps we are taking to protect our staff and customers. We would also like to highlight some of the unique ways in which we work that will ensure the continuous
The wellbeing of our staff and customers is Setfords top priority. Read More »
Remote working, also known as ‘homeworking’, is a valued benefit for many employees and valuable option for employers for many reasons. Of current interest with the COVID-19 pandemic, homeworking is a tool available to many employers to continue to operate when it is impractical, unwise or impossible to have employees in a central office or
At last night’s event, we were the proud recipients of the Lexis Nexis award for ‘Business Development’, being one of five firms which had been shortlisted for the prestigious award. Collecting the award (pictured above) are both our Associate Director – Head of Sales, Jenny Powell (right), and Business Development Executive Alicia Keen (left). Working
With over 200 remote working lawyers and a business model that has spanned over 13 years, we have outlined 6 useful tips to help you make working from home a success.
At the end of February, I shall reach the milestone of having been a Setfords consultant solicitor for ten years. Working this way over the past decade has enabled me to change my lifestyle by moving away from the traditional “nine to five commute” to being able to fulfil my dream of living on a
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The majority of Setfords consultants have school-age or dependent children. A big question – What do you value most in life? Family, friends, travel, challenges won, successes earned…? Where did the office feature in that collage? How about your daily commute? Your boss? Probably not at all. This begs the question – why do we
I have always believed success should be about talent, but the workplace can often tell a very different story. Office politics of course plays its part, but I’m certain age plays another. And I’m not just talking about discrimination suffered by older workers, I’m talking about younger ones too. The old But let’s start with
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Setfords Solicitors’ recruitment website www.consultantsolicitor.co.uk has been relaunched with an entirely fresh design and new content as it looks to even better serve the thousands of lawyers who visit the site every year. The site has seen a 240% increase in traffic in the past 12 months as thousands more lawyers explore working as consultants
Tom Flatau is Head of Real Estate at Setfords. At his last firm he was offered equity partnership – he turned it down to become a consultant.
A Day in my Legal Life
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Congratulations, you’ve survived another six months as a successful lawyer and that much-needed summer break is just around the corner. Chances are that as you grab a few weeks to recuperate, your thoughts will turn to your career and you will ask yourself a few questions. What am I doing this for? Will it lead
Family lawyer Anne Thomas lives in Horsham with her husband and two children, Freddy, 4 and Lilia who’s 16 months.
A Day in my Legal Life
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I read with sadness but no great surprise that four out of 10 senior associates would not choose to become a lawyer again, according to The Lawyer’s Salary Survey 2016. The high stress, long hours, culture[…]
Mood swings, panic attacks, and skin problems – no, you’re not a teenager, you’re a lawyer in a traditional law firm. The level of stress within the legal profession is well documented – in fact LawCare[…]
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Tell me if this sounds familiar: you wake up on a Saturday morning and you’re tired and irritable. Your children, if you have any, run into the room and jump on your bed looking[…]
The reality of the traditional legal industry is this: you will earn far more for the law firm that employs you than you will ever earn for yourself. Now for most of you that will not come as[…]
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Anyone who works in a traditional law firm will tell you that, bar sitting down in a restaurant with a client, lunch is spent at your desk. With so many clients and so little time, you can’t spare[…]
Reasons to become a consultant solicitor at Setfords… #4 You’ll be healthier Read More »
Happiness – we all want it and time and again we’re told the Danes have it. Denmark is often ranked as the happiest country in the world. But why? And what have the Danes got in[…]
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What do you think about when you think of a lawyer’s life in a traditional firm? The fight to make partner? Working long hours? High stress? A competitive working environment?[…]
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