All articles by Jonathan Rayner
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FeatureHow to: Retire
Retirement can herald the happiest days of a lawyer’s life – or the start of a new career. Jonathan Rayner talks to three solicitors about how they have made the most of their golden years.
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FeatureLaw Society spotlight: Risk and compliance
How remote working has complicated your regulatory duties – and how the Law Society can help.
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FeatureIn the giving vein
It is hard to imagine the charitable sector without lawyers, yet the interaction between the two has not always been harmonious.
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ProfileBy royal appointment
Leeds legal mainstay Shulmans this year became the first law firm to win a prestigious Queen’s award for enterprise. Employment partner Jim Wright tells Jonathan Rayner how they did it
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FeatureLaw Society spotlight: The Law Society Charity
Founded 45 years ago, the LSC mostly depends upon legacies and donations from law firms and individual practitioners.
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FeatureHappy anniversary?
As the Commercial Court turns 125, litigators are confident it can remain globally pre-eminent despite the threat of rival jurisdictions and Brexit uncertainty. Jonathan Rayner reports.
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FeatureOnly connect: Sarosh Zaiwalla
Sarosh Zaiwalla has always looked overseas for work – a strategy, hears Jonathan Rayner, that has brought him cases ranging from sanctioned banks to the return of ancient religious idols
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ProfileNews and the noose
‘Idealist’ Tamsin Allen acquired a taste for fighting miscarriages of justice by taking up one of the biggest causes célèbre of the post-war era. Now she has the pedlars of ‘fake news and lies’ in her sights, reports Jonathan Rayner.
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FeatureLaw Society spotlight: Reaching out for a support lifeline
As the Law Society’s Practice Advice Service turns 30, Jonathan Rayner looks behind the scenes at how the team helps hard-pressed solicitors.
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FeatureIn-house conference: inside stories
Budgeting, recruitment, new technology and pro bono ranked high on a list of topics under the critical gaze of GCs at the Law Society’s In-house Division annual conference. Jonathan Rayner reports
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ProfileWills power
In 27 years at Freshfields Claire Wills has risen to become the magic circle’s most senior woman. And this after a childhood marred by upheaval.
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FeatureFeel the difference
A special roundtable on new ways of providing legal services – in association with Thomson Reuters.
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ProfileBreaking new ground
As a magic circle lifer one of Michael Castle’s toughest assignments was paving the way for development of Arsenal FC’s iconic Highbury stadium. Recently headhunted to lead Deloitte’s ambitious legal arm he now has more hallowed turf in his sights, hears Jonathan Rayner
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ProfileMinority report
Wesley Gryk gave up a lucrative career as a Wall Street corporate lawyer to take up the mantle of penniless asylum seekers and the rights of lesbian and gay couples. Jonathan Rayner met him
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NewsEndangered lawyers: 216 jailed in Turkey
Declaration lays bare the scale of President Erdogan's abuse of legal process.