A third of lawyers admit to padding time sheets
Poll results in
Source: rollonfriday.com
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In an anonymous online poll conducted by RollonFriday, a law industry website, over a third of lawyers admitted to padding time sheets, with 13% admitting to doing so regularly.
Colin Passmore, chairman of the City of London Law Society, made the plea amid reports of lawyers working 3,000 hours a year - the equivalent to working an 11.5-hour day, five days a week.
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Stephen Denyer spent 36 years at Allen & Overy, where he was once regional managing partner