CANTOR LAW LIMITED
DIVERSITY DATA
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 November 2013. 80% of the personnel completed the survey; of whom 10.4% selected the “prefer not to say” option.
The diversity survey data results are set out below.
|
Category of Personnel |
|
|
Sole practitioner, partner, member or director of the firm |
5.3% |
|
Associate or Assistant |
26.3% |
|
Other employee or staff member |
63.1% |
|
Prefer not to say |
5.3% |
|
Age |
|
|
16 – 24 |
15.8% |
|
25 – 34 |
47.4% |
|
35 – 44 |
5.3% |
|
45 – 54 |
5.3% |
|
55 – 64 |
15.8% |
|
65+ |
0% |
|
Prefer not to say |
10.4% |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
57.9% |
|
Male |
31.7% |
|
Prefer not to say |
10.4% |
|
Disability |
|
|
Having a disability |
0% |
|
Not having a disability |
89.6% |
|
Prefer not to say |
10.4% |
|
Ethnicity |
|
|
British/English/Welsh/Northern Irish/Scottish |
89.4% |
|
Irish |
5.3% |
|
Prefer not to say |
5.3% |