All Leader articles – Page 7
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OpinionA morally flawed act
Case for the Nationality and Borders Act to be revised is a technical as well as a moral one.
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OpinionGoing soft
‘Soft skills’ are indeed a commodity, but if they are perceived to be increasingly important in the law then this is all to the good.
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OpinionThird degree
‘Social justice warriors or ambulance chasers?’ That was a question recently posed by one European newspaper, in a rare explainer for the general public on litigation funders. Paul Rogerson The answer, of course, is ‘neither’. The third-party funding industry exists to generate a profit for investors, and ...
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OpinionPulling rank
I hesitated before alluding to the ‘Brexit dividend’ at the outset of this column. Please hold your fire, dear reader, while I find my tin helmet…
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OpinionMinister of defence?
Sir Christopher Bellamy’s appointment as justice minister means he may have to defend government policy which is seemingly at odds with his own report.
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OpinionWAGS and tales
You can’t blame the tabloids for the media feeding frenzy which has attended the so-called ‘Wagatha Christie’ trial, presently unfolding a stone’s throw from where I am now sitting. As an episode of Footballers’ Wives (highly recommended), it would probably have ended up on the cutting room floor. Totally unrealistic. ...
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OpinionPaying for the privilege
International firm Stephenson Harwood made an unprecedented splash by laying down the law on home working.
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OpinionSounding off
Judicial diversity (or the lack of it) remains a seemingly intractable bone of contention among lawyers.
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OpinionDisaster averted
Research published two years ago indicating thousands of small firms could collapse within months seems alarmist now.
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OpinionBeginning of the end game
We have reached the point of no returns, literally and metaphorically.
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OpinionThe moral maze
There is an important difference between morals and professional ethics. How many could adequately articulate the distinction?
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OpinionMake or break
If Dominic Raab hoped to satisfy and appease criminal legal aid lawyers with his package of reform proposals, he failed.
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OpinionRetreat from Moscow
Client selection is going to be the next big ethical conundrum for the profession to address.
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OpinionPea-shooter in a war
When does representation become facilitation? And is it feasible or desirable to revisit the boundaries between the two for the purposes of regulation?
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OpinionShow us the money
This week: from the sublime to the ridiculous. Paul Rogerson Tales of eye-watering pay hikes for City NQs are now resonating in the mainstream media. Sir Nigel Knowles, CEO of DWF and former chair of DLA, is the latest to opine on the subject. He warned ...