The rigid structure of traditional law firms means that successful lawyers often face a difficult choice between their career and their family or other interests. As a result, many female lawyers are pushed out before they can reach the top. But not at Setfords. The vision of CEOs Guy and Chris Setford has always been
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ARE YOU A HAPPY LAWYER? Really? Do you wake up on Saturday mornings and think: ‘I wish there wasn’t a whole weekend to trudge through before I can get back to work’? To all lawyers whose mood suddenly lifts on Monday mornings, we salute you. You really have cracked it. You don’t have to be
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A dedicated and driven young lawyer, Richard Hiron found himself feeling despondent in his role as an associate solicitor at a traditional law firm. He felt hampered by the pressure of targets, politics and management duties. With his enthusiasm for the law quickly waning, Richard knew he needed to make a change… The road to
Tracey O’Dwyer was a successful family solicitor at a traditional firm. However, looking around at her stressed and overworked colleagues and reflecting on what she wanted from her own life, Tracey decided she needed to make a change… A stressful working environment Throughout Tracey’s career as a family lawyer at several traditional firms, she realised
“We would like to take a moment to thank everyone at Setfords for the part they have played in our incredible, record-breaking year”, Guy Setford, our co-founder begins. “Nearly two years into the Pandemic we have been amazed by the resilience of our staff and consultant solicitors throughout this challenging time. Their diligence and determination
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Workplace culture has been shown to directly impact the mental, and often physical, health of lawyers and the quality of work that they produce for their clients. It has been proven time and again that the firms which treat their lawyers well, for whom every individual matters – they’re the ones where people stay and
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After 10 years spent in traditional law firms, David Miers saw the opportunity to build his own practice, specialising in psychiatric injury and stress at work claims. Following David’s move to become a consultant solicitor at Setfords in 2019, he is now one of the UK’s top legal specialists in this area, having won compensation
As life returns to the ‘new normal’, many traditional law firms are offering work from home arrangements. Yet, just last week, the FT reported that lawyers are working longer hours than ever with a negative impact on their health. The FT reported that lawyers are working through weekends and holidays without a break in order
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Setfords’ Residential Conveyancing Consultant, Sonal Rabheru, qualified in 1999 and became a partner in 2007 at TWM. She had been working for 16 years before she decided to move to Setfords. Sonal soon discovered that life as a partner wasn’t all it was cracked up to be… Life as a Partner For many lawyers within
Working as a lawyer can be incredibly stressful, with overwhelming workloads and physically and emotionally challenging cases. By no means is poor mental health within the legal sector a new revelation. Some firms, such as Setfords Solicitors have already started to work towards improving the wellbeing of their staff. In recent years, the stigma surrounding
TO UNDERSTAND WHY SO MANY LAWYERS are falling out of love with the profession they worked so hard to get into, let’s take a step back. Let’s remind ourselves what falling in love looks like in a more general sense. At the start of a personal relationship, you are a giddy mess. Your stomach churns.
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Setfords Solicitors’ exemplary commitment to promoting a better way of working within the legal sector and the wider community has been recognised after their record-breaking year with the award for ‘Regional Law Firm of the Year’ at this year’s Legal Business Awards. This award highlights the UK-based firm with headquarters outside of London that has
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Commercial property lawyer Tim Westhead imagined a time when he no longer needed to go into the office: then he would finally have time to enjoy life. However, as a ‘young 63-year-old’, Tim realised that he didn’t want to quit work completely. He simply wanted to find a way to work less and live more.
Setfords Solicitors has been listed among the UK’s top 100 law firms, with record growth seeing it rise rapidly up The Lawyer’s turnover-based rankings. Founded in 2006, Setfords was the first full-service law firm to launch a consultancy model. Over 15 years Setfords has grown into a multi-million-pound business with over 400 lawyers throughout the
From struggling single mum to running her own office: Sarah Gillbe celebrates 10 successful years as a consultant solicitor at Setfords. Sarah’s Story: How it all began Long days and even longer nights, drenched in stress – this was Sarah Gillbe 15 years ago. Her only certainty was knowing that she would leave the office
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FIRMS OF CONSULTANT LAWYERS are set to grab a much bigger slice of the legal cake, according to a recent news article. The report goes on to say that a third of the profession – around 50,000 solicitors – could be working in this way by 2026. Setfords has every reason to believe the prediction
Today is Positive Thinking Day, established in 2003; it is a day to be grateful for all things positive in life. What could be better than celebrating positivity and reminding ourselves that negativity is just a choice most of the time? Everyone has control over their thoughts and actions, and if there is something in
Flexible working dramatically increased during the pandemic. Now, more companies are embracing the idea that employees do not need to be chained to a desk between 9-5 pm to do a good job. Yet, despite its rising popularity, flexible working is still frowned upon by some. Here, we look at what is meant by the
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A recent survey by the Lawyers Division found that more than 93.5 per cent of 1,800 lawyers surveyed had experienced stress in the past month, while more than a third said workplace stress had affected their physical health. The Setfords consultancy model ensures that lawyers are not subject to the pressures of set timings and set
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