All articles by Paul Rogerson – Page 14
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OpinionDemobbed armies
What the Uber case has once again demonstrated is the tardiness of the law and its enforcement.
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OpinionOffice politics
Firm’s blueprint for a post-pandemic office environment was met with scorn from some of the profession’s more conservative moral gatekeepers.
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OpinionThe human touch
One’s experience of lockdown is intensely personal, shaped as it is by temperament, age, material circumstance and even gender (women do more home schooling, for example).
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OpinionThird-party poopers
Malicious content posted by unhappy customers on third-party web platforms can cost a firm money.
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OpinionAway from home
In current circumstances, how many examples are there where it is business-critical that staff come in to the office?
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OpinionHiding from history
The past is messy, contradictory and often ambiguous. But it does a disservice to the present to hide from it.
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OpinionEnd of the beginning
The appearance of legal services in last month’s Brexit deal was certainly a pleasant surprise.
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NewsNews focus: Post-Beckwith, SRA must focus on 'what matters to clients’
Will the SRA stop insisting 'solicitors are paragons of virtue' in their private lives?
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NewsBeckwith: Solicitors’ sex lives ‘their own business’, says regulation guru
Regulators should not 'hitch themselves to transient public bandwagons', says Solicitor’s Handbook author.
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OpinionIrish eyes not smiling
Few can be surprised the Republic of Ireland appears disinclined to indulge the UK as we skirt the cliff-edge of ‘no deal’.
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OpinionReality checking
The legal profession is no more immune to cognitive dissonance than any other sector.
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OpinionBig game hunting
‘Game-changer’ sprang to mind when Big Four outfit Deloitte announced acquisition of Kemp Little.
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OpinionPretty green
Paul Rogerson You will have noticed something different about the weekly Gazette. I am delighted to confirm that we have made the permanent switch from plastic polywrapping to paper envelopes. Many environmentally aware readers have requested this in recent months and I am delighted to oblige. Studies ...
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OpinionMake the connection
Paul Rogerson Editing the Law Society Gazette, a behemoth among B2B magazines, is a genuine privilege. But it can be exasperating. For as long as I’ve been around, small firms have complained that we write too much about big firms – and vice versa. (And don’t forget ...
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ProfileIn search of a ‘new better’
For David Greene, the Law Society’s new president, the best of times has come at the worst of times. But he is raring to go, hears Paul Rogerson
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OpinionFamily duels
HHJ Stephen Wildblood QC fulminated about extent to which court lists are filled by private law litigation that should not require court involvement.
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OpinionMilitary conflict
Overseas Operations Bill commits government to consider derogating from ECHR before future conflicts – a move which Society condemns.