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I honestly don't get it. It must go on, and women obviously are earning less for this story to appear. I just cannot understand why that would be though.

If I employed a person - I would do so on merit, entirely regardless of their gender, and if they worked hard, bringing in clients and fees, I would reward them accordingly. If a fee earner was struggling - again regardless of gender, I'd have to deal with the situation appropriately.

The same is true of race and sexual orientation - if the person you employ is good, why would any of this matter? I suppose that's the reason for the story in the first place...

As one of the commenators says above - it's difficult perhaps to draw any conclusion unless you're truly drawing a like for like comparison, and that may be difficult to do in view of different firms structures.