All articles by Paul Rogerson – Page 2
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OpinionA theory of rights
Labour claims new rights will be transformative for workers and private renters.
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Feature25 things for solicitors to look out for in 2025
Post Office Inquiry's ramifications for professional ethics, M&A mania, a busy year in the Supreme Court and the Law Society's bicentenary.
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NewsNational firm sells minority stake to private equity
HF on acquisition trail as external investor buys 30% of the business.
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NewsEuropean court delivers potentially fatal blow to alternative business structures
In a closely watched dispute, the CJEU rules that safeguarding the independence of lawyers justifies banning ‘purely financial’ investment in law firms.
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NewsMore justice cuts loom as ‘iron’ chancellor targets Whitehall waste
Rachel Reeves has ordered government departments to find ‘savings’ of 5% from 2026.
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OpinionExit signs
On Human Rights Day, I fear that Labour’s general election victory may have bred complacency over the UK’s continuing membership of the European Court.
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OpinionConduct unbecoming
Parliamentary group's scathing report describes the Financial Conduct Authority as ‘incompetent at best and dishonest at worst’.
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OpinionBar rebels on EDI duty
The Bar Council has rubbished plans to impose a positive duty to promote equality in the profession. Will the regulator back down?
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NewsJudiciary risks ‘debasement’ without more solicitors, warns lady chief justice
Nearly a third of litigators say the job damages their mental health, London event also hears.
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NewsMore ‘dither and delay’? Government issues timetable for leasehold reform
’Ambitious’ Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill will be brought forward late next year.
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OpinionBulldog spirit
Does the storied demise of Axiom Ince sound the death knell for the client account?
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NewsSRA chief urges experts to report bias ‘pressure’ from solicitors
Expert Witness Conference also hears from bar chair Sam Townend KC, who warned that a ‘crisis point’ has been reached.
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NewsIn depth: Hired guns but no wild west - Expert Witness Survey 2024
Should the SRA help resolve difficulties arising between experts and solicitors?
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NewsSurvey: Expert witnesses berate solicitors for bias 'pressure' and late payment
Annual Bond Solon report finds vast majority of experts want new process to complain to the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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OpinionA regulator in denial
The SRA provided a bellicose response to last week’s lacerating Axiom Ince report.
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NewsIn depth: Axiom Ince report makes grim reading for defiant SRA
Last week’s report into the SRA’s actions before shutting down Axiom Ince is a catalogue of omissions and missed opportunities. Will an aggressively expansionist – and unrepentant – regulator choose to learn any lessons?
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NewsBan for ex-Axiom Ince employee who transferred £54.5m from bank account
SRA also imposes section 43 order on a second employee, for doctoring bank statements and misleading forensic investigators.
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NewsBudget ’24: Justice spending to rise by £1.9bn
MoJ budget to rise 5.6% in real terms each year from 2024 to 2026 - but chancellor is silent on more cash for legal aid.