Michael Loup

Opinion
Office politics
22 January 2018
The appointment of a lawyer lord chancellor is welcome, but we must not forget the fact that this high office was imperfectly abolished by Tony Blair, so that our colleague is entitled to wear the robes but has no office. Should this not revive the will of all lawyers (most ...
Opinion
Stop solicitors using word ‘industry’
5 September 2016
Solicitors have a habit of undermining their own status.
Opinion
Taxing dilemma
13 April 2015
Law Society’s proposed Tax Law Charter will prove a double-edged sword.
News
Professions and industrial workers - vital distinction
10 June 2013
It is not just a question of ‘what’s in a name’. There is a real ethical difference between professionals and industrial workers. If society does not recognise this or we, as professionals, do not defend this difference, we are in danger of sliding behind the doors of a Stalinist state.