With a hung parliament expected following the UK general election this week, most partners would prefer another coalition over a minority government, with more than two-thirds of respondents to a new Legal Week survey arguing a minority government would be bad for the economy.

Legal Week's latest Big Question survey, which canvassed the opinion of nearly 100 partners at leading UK and US law firms, found that 80% would prefer another coalition in the absence of a single party winning an outright majority.

Seventy-two percent believe a minority government would be either 'bad' or 'very bad' for the economy.