The Law Society has issued new diversity and inclusion guidance urging law firms to ditch “Dear Sirs”, a standard legal greeting dating back to a time when the profession was predominantly male.

Law Society guidance on diversity and inclusion language was altered this month to ask members to stop using the words ‘Dear ...

Raise a glass (or a fountain pen) – the legal profession’s most antiquated greeting has finally been given the boot. The UK ...

Joshua Rozenberg, the veteran legal commentator, recalled that at the start of his legal career a letter beginning Dear Sirs ...

Changing workplace attitudes, and some new guidance from the courts, suggest clumsy greetings that assume gender could become ...

Solicitors in England and Wales have been advised to stop using "Dear Sirs" at the start of correspondence. The traditional ...