All articles by Paul Rogerson – Page 18
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Profile
Interview: Quantuma, the 'specialists in failure'
What happens when law firms go under – and how can they stay afloat in choppy waters? We consult Quantuma’s ‘specialists in failure’.
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Opinion
Judicial independence: media circus moves on
Pro-Brexit tabloids renew their assault on legal ‘elite’ – but this time it feels tokenistic.
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Opinion
A lecture from HSBC on the rule of law? That’s a tough sell
The Bingham Centre’s high-rolling GC network is well-intentioned, but it has an image problem.
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News
Clifford Chance chiefs share £15m after bumper year
Clifford Chance LLP has reported pre-tax profits of nearly £500m in its latest statutory accounts.
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News
Conveyancing tax hike on 1 January? Society demands answers
An apparent 'stealth tax’ hike on housebuying has left conveyancing solicitors facing an uncertain Christmas. The Law Society is today seeking urgent clarification from HMRC on unconfirmed reports that VAT will be imposed on searches conducted by local councils from 1 January - just six working days away. Chancery Lane ...
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News
Brexit: top global firm seeking to expand – but UK-qualifieds ‘unlikely to be of interest’
Solicitor-advocate Trevor Soames, one of EU competition law’s biggest hitters, is turning his back on the UK and has applied for Belgian citizenship.
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News
Let graduates represent litigants in person – master of the rolls
Sir Terence Etherton says judges and the professions need to ‘think more creatively’ about improving access to justice.
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News
News focus: a Welsh legal jurisdiction?
Should the adoption of a reserved powers model of devolution in Wales be accompanied by the establishment of a separate jurisdiction? Many lawyers still think so.
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News
English solicitors ‘could pay extra to practise in Wales’
Welsh businesses subsidise litigation between foreign oligarchs in London. Access to justice would be enhanced in a separate jurisdiction, policy forum hears.
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News
Law Society president: why are regulators silent on cuts?
SRA and LSB both have a duty to promote access to justice and should speak out on public policy, says Robert Bourns.
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News
‘Dirty tactics’ and ‘racism’: Asons lambasts rival solicitors over council grant
Bolton firm issues defiant statement accusing rival practices of pursuing their own agendas as row escalates over 'secret' £300,000 grant from council.
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News
Bolton firm handed £300k of taxpayers’ cash faced £300k tax demand
HMRC disputed ‘profit extractions’ by Asons Solicitors ahead of local authority’s controversial decision to hand the PI firm a grant.
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News
News focus: a vulnerable child failed by the system
A solicitor has been found culpable over a vulnerable child’s murder. But the police, protection agencies and a sclerotic justice system were also at fault.
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News
ABSs in Scotland – rarer than Nessie
It’s nearly six years since the Scottish Parliament sanctioned the introduction of new business models north of the border. The profession is still waiting.
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News
ABSs ‘haven’t worked’ and it’s our fault – SRA chief
Paul Philip urges solicitors to form ‘one-stop shops’ with accountants and details plans to allow solicitors to practise outside law firms.
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Feature
Roundtable: Brexit legal strategy
Anxious business clients are queueing up for advice on the potential implications of a Brexit vote. As the Gazette’s latest roundtable heard, the legal services industry is also gripped by uncertainty.
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News
Government to expose gender pay gulf in law
Mandatory reporting requirements on how much businesses pay men and women will include partner pay – and the vast majority of partners are men.
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News
Law Society calls for single legal regulator
Chancery Lane supports ‘holistic’ regulation of all providers of legal services by a single regulator.
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News
Profits up but law firms warned on drawings
Median profit per equity partner increased for the fifth consecutive year, finds Law Society’s Financial Benchmarking Survey.