Charity gave financial aid to three times the usual number of solicitors last year

Half of solicitors surveyed by The Solicitors Charity have said they were overworked and found it stressful working from home. During 2020, the charity handed out £1.1m worth of grants to 399 people – three times the usual number. Sole practitioners and solicitors at small firms made up 71 per cent of those awarded financial help. The charity also found a significant shift in the profile of solicitors it helped, with almost half of black and 36 per cent of Asian respondents put on furlough.