Leader – Page 5

  • Paul rogerson
    Opinion

    Beginning of the end game

    8 April 2022

    We have reached the point of no returns, literally and metaphorically.

  • Paul rogerson
    Opinion

    The moral maze

    1 April 2022

    There is an important difference between morals and professional ethics. How many could adequately articulate the distinction?

  • Paul rogerson
    Opinion

    New model army

    25 March 2022

    The impact of ABSs has been great - just not in the way many predicted.

  • Monidipa Fouzder 2018
    Opinion

    Make or break

    18 March 2022

    If Dominic Raab hoped to satisfy and appease criminal legal aid lawyers with his package of reform proposals, he failed.

  • Paul rogerson
    Opinion

    Retreat from Moscow

    11 March 2022

    Client selection is going to be the next big ethical conundrum for the profession to address.

  • Paul rogerson
    Opinion

    Pea-shooter in a war

    4 March 2022

    When does representation become facilitation? And is it feasible or desirable to revisit the boundaries between the two for the purposes of regulation?

  • Paul rogerson
    Opinion

    Taking steroids

    25 February 2022

    Will cryptoasset payments catch on? Perhaps. But law firms need to be wary.

  • Paul rogerson
    Opinion

    Show us the money

    2022-02-18T00:01:00Z

    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 ...

  • Paul rogerson
    Opinion

    A corporate awokening?

    2022-02-11T09:42:00Z

    ‘Woke capitalism’ has been defined as the corporate takeover of secular morality.

  • John-Hyde-2019
    Opinion

    Long hours and small hours

    2022-02-11T00:01:00Z

    What is demanded of junior lawyers in return for such high salaries?

  • Paul rogerson
    Opinion

    Taking the fifth

    2022-01-28T00:01:00Z

    Back to the office? Not quite. A Gazette straw poll of the top-30 law firms revealed that the vast majority will continue to allow staff to work flexibly at least two days a week. Hybrid working is the new default and a return to the status quo ante appears inconceivable. ...

  • Paul rogerson
    Opinion

    Get happy

    2022-01-21T00:01:00Z

    Solicitors are turning themselves into self-employed consultants by the hundreds. Is a quiet revolution in legal services passing under the radar?

  • Michael-Cross-2019
    Opinion

    Mainstreaming crypto

    2022-01-14T00:01:00Z

    Crypto technology stands today roughly where the worldwide web stood in 1996.

  • Paul rogerson
    Opinion

    Room service

    2022-01-07T00:01:00Z

    With hybrid working set to become the default, it is refreshing to report on a law firm that is bucking the trend. 

  • Paul rogerson
    Opinion

    Turning the page

    13 December 2021

    After 118 years and more than 3,000 editions, today marks the last weekly Gazette magazine that will appear in print.

  • Eduardo-Reyes-2019
    Opinion

    Plugged in to the network

    6 December 2021

    It was an interesting moment when Bim Afolami MP used his keynote slot at a City forum to tell attendees they were wrong on diversity. 

  • Paul rogerson
    Opinion

    Protect and survive

    29 November 2021

    What can solicitors worried about potentially crippling claims in retirement actually do to protect their interests? 

  • Paul rogerson
    Opinion

    Gilded youth

    22 November 2021

    If the trend in NQ salary increases continues, magic circle newbies could be earning £180,000 by the end of the decade. But money isn't everything.

  • Paul rogerson
    Opinion

    Cop 26: Are you ‘angry’ about global heating?

    15 November 2021

    Lawyers have been criticised for not taking the lead on climate change. Is this unfair?

  • John-Hyde-2019
    Opinion

    Priced out of the market

    2021-11-09T00:01:00Z

    The big takeaway from Pure Legal and Hampson Hughes going to the wall may be that lenders are going to demand much more of firms before parting with cash.