All articles by Paul Rogerson – Page 21
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ProfileRobert Bourns: Parting shots
As access to justice is emasculated, public and private sector bodies are losing sight of their responsibilities, says Law Society president Robert Bourns.
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FeatureEurophile in at Petty France
David Lidington claims to care passionately about access to justice, but his voting record is open to question.
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NewsULaw profits dip as highest-paid director banks nearly £800k
Trading has got tougher for Britain’s first for-profit university, but the University of Law has banked tens of millions of pounds from selling its property.
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ProfileInterview: Robert Elliott, Linklaters
‘This sucker could go down!’ George W Bush said during the global financial crisis. Robert Elliott – on his way to the top at City behemoth Linklaters – could see that for himself, hears Paul Rogerson
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FeatureRisk and compliance conference: ‘Get your millennials involved in media strategies’
Millennials for whom the use of technology is almost an unconscious reflex must be in the sights of firms drawing up and revising social media and marketing policies.
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FeatureRisk and compliance conference: Don’t leave ethics to compliance officers, leading risk expert warns
Francis Dingwall warned 300 fellow solicitors gathered for this year’s Law Society Risk and Compliance conference not to ‘contract out’ ethical issues to compliance officers acting in isolation.
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FeatureRisk and compliance conference: Brexit ‘plan B’ vital, Blacklaws tells firms
Law firms whose bottom line may be affected by Brexit must have a ‘plan B’ to reassure regulators they are preparing for the fallout.
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NewsLaw Society – your law firm may need a Brexit ‘plan B’
SRA's current guidance can be summarised as 'keep calm and carry on', conference hears.
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OpinionDead in a decade? The collapse of our local press undermines the rule of law
The plight of local newspapers epitomises our diminished civil society - who will hold the parish panjandrums to account?
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ProfileInterview: 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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OpinionJudicial independence: media circus moves on
Pro-Brexit tabloids renew their assault on legal ‘elite’ – but this time it feels tokenistic.
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OpinionA 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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NewsClifford 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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NewsConveyancing 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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NewsBrexit: 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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NewsLet 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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NewsNews 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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NewsEnglish 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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NewsLaw 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.