All articles by Paul Rogerson – Page 19
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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.
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Feature
Future of legal services
In the first of two articles about The Future of Legal Services, we reflect on what the Law Society’s new report foretells for private practice.
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News
Whiplash curbs could hand insurers £1bn-plus boost
Industry has pledged to pass on ‘savings’ to motorists – but there will be no audit trail.
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News
Creditors bear £300m cost of law firm collapses
Returns in the legal sector well below the average when controversial pre-pack administrations are deployed.
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Opinion
Insurers and whiplash – sultans of spin
The media is seemingly ignorant of the grievous impact of George Osborne’s reforms on access to justice for PI victims.
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Opinion
Unlimited holiday, what's not to like? Well...
Giving your staff as much leave as they want is not guaranteed to make you popular.
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News
Bar 2015: barristers lukewarm on innovative business models
The vast majority of aplications have come from ‘one-man bands’ seeking to exploit perceived tax advantages that chancellor George Osborne has recently moved to abolish.
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News
Bar 2015: Gove will need to defy backbenchers on prison reform
Andy Slaughter said the lord chancellor will enjoy a ‘large measure of cross-party support’ if he perseveres with changes.
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News
Sampson ‘dismissal’: ministry seeks urgent clarification
Former chief legal ombudsman insists he resigned.
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Profile
Interview: Paul Philip
The SRA’s chief executive reveals how the regulator is engaging with solicitors to win respect and improve the way it works.
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News
EU-US trade deal compromise ditches arbitration
MEPs vote for ‘transparent’ justice system to resolve investor-state disputes, but critics remain unconvinced.
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News
UK setting wrong example on human rights, says top jurist
Sir Francis Jacobs QC believes arguments for reform are flawed and based on a misunderstanding of how the rule of law is applied.
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News
Gateley float raises £30m
Share price surges in early trading as national commercial firm makes history by listing on Alternative Investment Market.
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News
Gateley stock exchange float makes history
Sector analysts expect competitors to follow firm’s fortunes closely as they review growth strategies and consider whether to follow suit.
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Opinion
Going Dutch
Does the University of Law’s sale to a foreign consolidator offer a glimpse into the future of higher education?
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Opinion
Sales are for vanity, profits for sanity
Crude revenue numbers don’t tell us much about a law firm’s performance.
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News
Profits surge at University of Law
UK’s first for-profit university posts hefty trading surplus as asset sales cut debt.
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Profile
Interview: Catherine Dixon
The Law Society’s new chief executive wants to hear from solicitors about how the organisation can best serve members and stay relevant in a rapidly changing legal sector.
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Opinion
Co-op Legal reboots
Like its fellow pioneer QualitySolicitors, Co-op Legal is looking to a digital future after moving into the black.
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Feature
Roundtable: Wales – devolution revolution
Will further devolution prove a boon or a burden for solicitors in Wales? The latest Gazette roundtable tries to find out.