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Law firms advised to stop addressing each other as ‘Dear Sirs’

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Joshua Rozenberg
Oct 13, 2025
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The Law Society, which represents solicitors in England and Wales, is advising lawyers to abandon the traditional salutation that many still use when writing letters to other law firms.

Guidance on diversity and inclusion, published earlier this month, says:

The historical use of “Dear Sirs” as a standard greeting in legal correspondence originates from a…

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