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Robert Heslett
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The Law Society is meeting the needs of members in difficult times
In my very first Podium last August, I wrote of the challenges facing the profession in what I anticipated would be one of the busiest years in the Law Society’s history. In my final article as president, I can state with confidence that the Society has met and dealt with ...
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A new government offers an opportunity to look afresh at old issues
Earlier in the year, before the election, the Law Society brought its major concerns, anxieties and ideas together in one handy document, Delivering Justice: The Law Society Manifesto. The main theme was that of curbing the increasing power of the state and safeguarding the freedom of the individual.
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Solicitors must do all they can to avoid being victims of mortgage fraud
by Robert Heslettthe president of the Law Society
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The Law Society can help solicitors navigate cost issues and training
The law is a noble profession, where to succeed requires not only flair, but business acumen. This is as true for in-house solicitors (whether commerce or government-based) as it is for private practice. We all have to work within a budgetary framework and provide outputs and outcomes relative to cost.
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We must embrace international talent in order to remain a global legal hub
If English law sits at the centre of international business, international business remains central to the strength of the English and Welsh legal sector.
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Delivering justice: The Law Society’s manifesto 2010
In 1835, at the opening of the Law Society’s hall in Chancery Lane, the Society was mandated by the profession to ‘make its complaints by petition, remonstrance and appeal to parliament, the bench and several other constituted authorities’.
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The Law Society and SRA will rise to the challenge of regulatory change
A favourite quote of mine often used at this time of the year comes from a poem written in 1908 by Minnie Louise Haskins: I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year,"Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown."
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Politically, access to justice is as important as health and education
Last month I mentioned how those abroad observe our work, paying particular attention to the independence of our profession and to the perceived balance and fairness found in our legal system, both criminal and civil. Their perception is built on the outstanding reputation of the judiciary, the trusted skills and ...
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Importance of legal sector to UK economy is underappreciated
On becoming Law Society president I resolved that the commercial success of all English and Welsh law firms should be recognised and applauded.
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Chancery Lane is fighting for members’ interests in testing times
Time passes quickly. Three months after becoming president it remains the case that the main challenge facing the profession is change.
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The notion of a global ‘legal family’ is more than just a lazy cliche
This year, the opening of the legal year is especially significant, for it marks a new chapter in the eminent history of our profession – the Supreme Court is to open its doors for the first time.
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Leading the profession through changes to the legal services market
Just as the profession has changed over the past five years, so has the Law Society.
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Law Society's new president will focus on 'the rule of law'
It is an immense privilege to be able to write this piece as the new president of the Law Society. I do so not only with an immeasurable sense of pride, but also in the knowledge that the year ahead will be a considerable challenge.
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Alternative business structures must preserve the rule of law
by Robert Heslett, vice-president of the Law Society
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Regulation that will have the respect of the regulated
by Robert Heslett is vice-president of the Law Society