All articles by Paul Rogerson – Page 19
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OpinionRisk - a new frontier
How can one reach a new definition of ‘risk’ to a legal practice in an environment of remote and/or hybrid working?
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OpinionRebels with a cause
Junior lawyers have become increasingly vocal – indeed militant – on issues such as diversity, bullying, toxic masculinity in the City and work-life balance.
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OpinionTaking the high road
It was clear to me that many solicitors south of the border envied the Scots their seemingly inviolable autonomy.
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OpinionCovering the bases
Law firms renewing PII last year encountered the hardest market seen since demutualisation two decades before.
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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 ...