Lawyers’ Clerks: Problem of Pensions “When Past Work”: M. H. B. Carslake, presiding at the annual meeting yesterday of the Birmingham Law society, asked what was to happen to their faithful old clerks when they got past work. The salary which most solicitors were able to pay their clerks did not enable them to save very much. A pension scheme was being considered by the committee, but it was quite clear that clerks over 40 years of age could not benefit by it. However, members of the profession would have the satisfaction of knowing that they were doings something for the younger members. Mr. R. A. Pinsent joined in the hope that something in the nature of a pension scheme would soon be established for clerks. It was stated that the membership of the society stood at 415, of whom 100 were from outside the district. There were 399 solicitors in Birmingham, and 315 were members of the society. …. …
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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948