Belfast, UK-based L’Estrange and Brett has made two solicitors and three secretaries redundant.
One of the city’s oldest and largest law firms, L’Estrange made the redundancies as the housing and property market continues to suffer.
The firm has around 90 staff, and has announced a pay freeze and the cancellation of bonuses.
The firm, founded as Ramsey and Garrett around 1796, has warned more lay-offs may yet take place as the profession as a whole waits for signs of an upturn.