All articles by Paul Rogerson – Page 11
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FeatureSME law firms still hitting the mark
Society's annual bellwether makes encouraging reading for small and medium-sized solicitor firms.
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OpinionIt’s all in the numbers
Chancery Lane's financial benchmarking survey is required reading for SMEs which aspire to rank among the best managed of their peers.
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NewsLaw firms sustain pandemic profits rise – but WFH hurting productivity
Law Society’s annual benchmarking survey also shows SME practices remain cautiously optimistic for 2023.
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OpinionIndustrial revolution
Is generative AI about to do for legal services what the spinning jenny did for the textile industry?
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OpinionLabour's bingo card
Plumbers do not have to pay out of their own pockets for people to have access to sound pipes. Do solicitors have broader social obligations to their sector?
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OpinionTruth at a premium
Inquiry into whiplash claims and impact of reform will seek to determine whether government has met objective of passing on cost savings to motorists through lower premiums.
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OpinionRate for the job
There’s a reason only 4% of duty solicitors are under 35. It’s the same reason the NHS has 50,000 nursing vacancies.
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ProfileGo your own way
Westminster remains hostile, but Cardiff is already preparing for the comprehensive devolution of justice policy and funding. Paul Rogerson meets Mick Antoniw MS, counsel general for Wales
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OpinionSplit ends – and means
As the devolved government in Cardiff continues to make new law, the current hotchpotch of devolved and reserved responsibilities pertaining to justice becomes ever harder to justify.
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NewsDevolving justice to Wales: MoJ acts on just five Thomas recommendations
Counsel general believes ‘door will be open’ to devolving responsibility for more justice matters if Labour government takes power at Westminster.
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OpinionGravy trains
A review of 2023’s jobs market reveals hybrid working could ratchet up pay rates for some solicitors - a trend driven by those who only go in to the office a couple of days a week.
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NewsProfits top £30m at Weightmans
National firm took RadcliffesLeBrasseur under its wing last June.
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OpinionGame over?
With Metamorph gone, I wonder whether we have finally seen the last of the big, brash ‘game-changers’.
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NewsTop-50 firm’s final accounts reveal plunge in profits
Insurance and dispute resolution specialist BLM was acquired by Clyde & Co last July.
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NewsStellar performer Macfarlanes pays top earner £3.8m
Mid-sized City law firm ranks as one of London’s most profitable.
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NewsEversheds' cash pile swells nearly 50% to £160m
Highest-paid partner at international firm received 30% rise in 2021/22.
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OpinionBreaking the spell
Former senior partner at Slaughter and May, Christopher Saul, reckons the magic circle has problems.
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