60 per cent of respondents were aware of a gender pay gap where they worked.

The Law Society has released its findings from the largest international survey of women in the law after a survey of 7,781 people (5,758 women, 554 men and 1,469 unknown or other) which aimed to shed light on current state of gender equality in the legal profession.

Asked whether progress had been achieved on gender equality in the last five years, 74 per cent of men and 48 per cent of women reported that it had.