Always first to break the big news stories, as was the case with the DLA Phillips Fox mass redundancies, the Firm Spy can today also reveal that many of the sacked workers are rumoured to have been precedents staff.

We received the following anonymous tip last night:

What firm would get rid of the majority of their precedents team? DLA Phillips Fox, of course.

If this is true, one would imagine there are some understandably unhappy campers among the ex-Foxers.  Like most BigLaw firms, the precedents team customarily ensure that standard documents, which are used by lawyers as a starting-point and then modified to suit a particular client’s needs, are constantly updated to reflect changes in the law.  A new job for the winter clerks, perhaps?

The Firm Spy wishes to thank DLA Phillips Fox Media Relations Consultant Clare Buttner for her previous comments and emails and invites her clarify the roles of the sacked workers.

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