Paul Rogerson
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OpinionLife comes at you faster
As everyday life screeched to a halt, the evolution of the legal profession itself accelerated.
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Reed and learn
It's three years since Lord Reed delivered a devastating rebuke to government in the Supreme Court’s judgment outlawing employment tribunal fees.
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Remember Brexit?
Chancery Lane is set to open a new front in its campaign by appealing to the EU 27 direct.
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A ‘new deal’ for housing?
Sunak’s stamp duty holiday is a welcome boost for conveyancing. But for society as a whole it is a distinctly mixed blessing.
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Back in the (new) routine
Pandemic proves that working outside normal office hours – and outside the office – need not reduce productivity.
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Jury trials: apportioning guilt
As many point out, proposal to abolish jury trials is unintended consequence of avowedly political choices.
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You belong in a museum
Is it wise for campaigners to be diverted into a culture war over the fate of embrowned masonry?
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Public relations
In the City certain time-honoured traditions are not quite dead – or are at least not dead everywhere.
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A cautionary tale
If the demise of McMillan Williams teaches us anything, it’s the recurring lesson that it can be difficult for investors to make money out of a commoditised consumer law offer.
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Honesty, the best policy
A profession is a disciplined group of people who adhere rigorously to codes of ethics. The question is, how rigorously?
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Testing, testing
Has the UK’s fifth-biggest accountancy firm already identified a partial route back into the office?
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Disappearing High Street
When the EU referendum was held in June 2016, the Civil Service employed fewer people than at any time since the second world war – rather unhappily, given the result.
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Shutter island
Tory MP Tom Tugendhat, son of the judge, rather unexpectedly quoted Lenin last week in a Mail article berating lawyers for aiding money launderers.
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Pleading your case
A significant number of lawyers, particularly those serving people most in need, are at risk of not being able to continue in practice because of the Covid-19 crisis.
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Tough conversations
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is having a better Covid-19 crisis than the prime minister. This is something of a turn-up, given that the Westminster commentariat had Sunak down as a Boris Johnson cipher following Sajid Javid’s noisy departure from number 11. OddsChecker tells me the 39-year-old is as short as 5/2 ...
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Out of the knacker’s yard?
Remote and agile working is certainly one for the medium-term. I speak from experience.
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London first
Capital’s pole position in cross-border dispute resolution will take some shifting.
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Get ready for AML swoops - SRA
Rolling monthly programme of anti-money laundering spot checks to begin this year.
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Market contagion
Coronavirus is here. But UK government action plan unveiled a week ago had little detail to impart about business continuity in law.
