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In 2016, black candidate attorney appointments in the Group
exceeded the set Group target of 32% black candidate attorney
appointments with an average of 53.7% of all candidate attorney
appointments in the Group being black, and 30% of all candidate
attorney appointments being black female appointments. From a
gender perspective, female candidate attorneys of all races in the
Group made up 56.3% of all appointments confi rming that the
majority of new candidate attorneys appointed in 2016 were female.

The above metrics received affi rmation in 2017 with a 52.7% average
of all candidate attorneys appointed in the Group in 2017 being
black candidate attorneys, and 29.8% of all candidate attorney
appointments being black female appointments. From a gender An average of
perspective it is interesting that 2017 saw the average for new female
candidate attorney appointments increase even further to 64.9% more than 50%
of all appointments, hinting at a growing (and long overdue) shift
towards a larger female contingent of legal professionals. black candidate

Holistically viewed, the progress of member fi rms is satisfactory, with attorneys are
further growth expected for 2018 as a result of recruitment campaigns
and programmes aimed at attracting more black and female appointed year
candidates to member fi rms. Member fi rms have also understood
the need to up their buying power and have increased the average
candidate attorney remuneration in the Group by nearly 11% from on year across all
2016 to 2017, exceeding the normal infl ationary salary increments
encountered at law fi rms and evidencing a concerted effort to Group fi rms
attract quality candidate attorneys.

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