All Leader articles – Page 4
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OpinionCalled to account
Election purdah and the nascent holiday season have muted the news klaxon somewhat. So the reprise of a couple of golden oldies is welcome.
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OpinionUnchartered territory
It is not just the SRA that is moving its tanks on to someone else’s lawn.
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OpinionBars to progress
It would seem positively eccentric to suggest that a former DPP will not be prime minister in three weeks. So how must we read the runes for justice?
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OpinionLawyers to lawmakers
The Law Society’s public affairs team has compiled a list of lawyers who are candidates to be elected to the Westminster parliament for the first time.
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OpinionPurdah poser
LSB's assertion for delay in report on SRA’s role in the lead-up to the Axiom Ince collapse is not a good look.
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OpinionPolitics and public health
Findings of a discrete but complementary public health investigation seem to have passed the mainstream media by.
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OpinionA call to equality of arms
Law Society deliberations on ways to support solicitors hauled before the SDT will not be straightforward.
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OpinionGender agenda
The gender pay gap for legal professionals is significantly above the UK average for all occupations. Law firms need to rebalance their power structures.
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OpinionBar to progress
Social mobility remains the Cinderella of the diversity and inclusion industry.
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OpinionClosing the laptop at 5pm
There has been a culture change fomented by the hybrid working revolution.
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OpinionInside information
The SRA came under fire last year for allegedly ‘understating the severity’ of the risks faced by the 34,500 solicitors who work in-house.
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OpinionHardware failure
While the profession’s equality ‘software’ look promising, it is not compatible with law’s ‘hardware’.
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OpinionTruth at a premium. Again
Association of British Insurers unveils a ‘10-point plan for reducing motor premiums’.
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OpinionMargin calls
What stands out from the latest batch of LLP accounts are inflation-busting increases in wage bills.
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OpinionAttitude problems
How can a regulator tell lawyers how to be good citizens as well as good lawyers? It that even a regulator’s job?
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OpinionCompassion on the ration
This week’s Gazette carries an exposé of what happens when the tattered compact between state and citizen starts to break down completely.
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OpinionLabour pains
Organised labour is predictably outraged by the resurrection of employment tribunal fees. Trade unions can hardly claim to be surprised, however.