All articles by Paul Rogerson
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OpinionWilting under the strain
At what point does this ever-growing list of additions and subtractions for lawyers become insupportable?
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NewsAxiom Ince: SRA making 'timely progress' on raising its game
Independent review calls on regulator to consider whether law firms should continue to hold client money.
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NewsSRA proposal on M&A disclosure ‘unworkable’, says top adviser
CM Murray also urges regulator to define what actually constitutes a law firm merger or acquisition.
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NewsMagic circle PEP has grown by £1m in a decade
Analysis of annual results suggests that double-digit percentage profit rises are once again the norm across the City.
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OpinionData overload
We’re not quite into the ‘silly season’, even though the first coils of tumbleweed are drifting across the legal media beat.
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NewsIn depth: Good times roll on
Double-digit profit rises remain the norm in the City. A remarkable success story – but there are caveats
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NewsIn depth: LSB's Mazur postscript prompts new bout of mudslinging
Regulators remain worryingly disunited in the wake of Mazur, judging by the caustic response of CILEX to the Legal Services Board’s final report on the fiasco. But the institute has its own agenda.
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News‘You failed too’: CILEX hits out at Legal Services Board over Mazur
LSB’s final report is ‘insensitive’ and fails to acknowledge the board’s own deficiencies, says legal executive body.
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OpinionTax and spend?
Is Alex Norris MP the most left-wing lord chancellor and justice secretary yet? Could well be.
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NewsFresh blow to India legal market liberalisation hopes
Bar Council of India seeks to codify restrictions on foreign lawyers and firms after years of deadlock.
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NewsWho is Alex Norris MP?
New lord chancellor is fifth non-lawyer in the modern role - but he is no household name.
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OpinionAn old buffer
A scathing report of an independent review of the LSB will do nothing to restore confidence in the uber-watchdog.
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OpinionNo cause for complaint
SRA proposals could see law firms obliged to give a timetable for resolving client complaints.
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OpinionRules of the games
We are still told that elite sport and politics should not mix. This is patronising. They cannot help but mix. Paul Rogerson It’s 52 years since Sir Stanley Rous was ousted as president of FIFA, world football’s governing body. It was suggested that his fiscal integrity had ...
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OpinionThrough the labyrinth
The government has set out proposals for the Financial Conduct Authority to become AML supervisor for firms in the legal, accountancy, trust and company services sectors.
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OpinionTaking to the air
This week marks the launch of the Law Society Gazette podcast. After 123 years, the Gazette has finally taken to the air.
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OpinionBrave new world
AI is democratising legal action and civil society in deeply disconcerting ways. We are only just beginning to understand the enormity of the consequences.
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NewsDisputes Week: national courts team up to tackle ‘avalanche of legal spam’
Cost of accessing the courts will also have to be reviewed as AI-generated claims multiply, says former lord chief justice.
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OpinionSlapped down
A New Statesman article declares lawyers for the super-rich have ‘strangled Labour’s Slapp bill’ by means of a ‘discreet lobbying campaign’.
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NewsLammy repeats anti-SLAPPs pledge as media lawyers deny lobbying coup
Society of Media Lawyers angrily rebuts allegations that 'discreet lobbying campaign' for super-rich has torpedoed fresh legislation.