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 …
Rose Davis recently celebrated her 7th anniversary as a Setfords consultant, and has written about her experiences since joining the firm, and how her life has changed. Read on to find out why Rose sees Setfords as more than a law firm, “it’s a way of life”. It was a Head Hunter last week who …
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.
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 …
David Taylor lives in Ross-on-Wye with his wife and 10-year – old son. He works as a residential property consultant lawyer. He joined Setfords in 2010.
Matthew is a consultant lawyer at Setfords specialising in planning and other regulatory law. He lives in Stafford with his wife Jan who is also a planning lawyer.
Family lawyer Anne Thomas lives in Horsham with her husband and two children, Freddy, 4 and Lilia who’s 16 months.
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