Law Firms Offer £1000 Cash Payouts to Ease Cost of Living Crunch

Clifford Chance is the latest firm to offer staff top-up cash
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By Katharine Gemmell and Olivia Fletcher

July 12, 2022 at 9:29 AM UTC

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London’s top law firms are offering some of their junior lawyers extra cash to offset the rising cost of living.

Clifford Chance LLP is handing out a one-time payment of £1,500 ($1,774) in July to its trainee lawyers and business services staff based in the UK, in a move that coincides with rising inflation and real wage drops.