All articles by Paul Rogerson – Page 22
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NewsBolton 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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NewsNews 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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NewsABSs 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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NewsABSs ‘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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FeatureRoundtable: 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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NewsGovernment 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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NewsLaw 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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NewsProfits 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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FeatureFuture 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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NewsWhiplash 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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NewsCreditors 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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OpinionInsurers 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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OpinionUnlimited 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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NewsBar 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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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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NewsSampson ‘dismissal’: ministry seeks urgent clarification
Former chief legal ombudsman insists he resigned.
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ProfileInterview: 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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NewsEU-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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NewsUK 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.