Law Society updates guidance on greetings to avoid gender-specific terms in legal correspondence – Local Government Lawyer

Posted October 17th, 2025 in news by sally

‘The Law Society has updated its guidance on greetings in correspondence, observing that the historical use of “Dear Sirs” as a standard greeting in legal correspondence “originates from a time when the profession was predominantly male”.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 16th October 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk