While there are more women working in law firms than men - women comprised 69 percent of all staff in 2019 - there is a concerning gender gap at partner level.

Only 37 percent of partner roles in law firms were held by women in 2019, according to specialist law firm Bolt Burdon Kemp.

For its research, the firm used used bi-annual data from 2014 onwards from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), as well as national statistics, UCAS data and other related research and studies.

This is also an issue in court.

The proportion of court judges that are female stood at 32 percent as of 2019, although th...