All articles by Paul Rogerson – Page 23
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NewsSir Henry Brooke's legal aid rallying cry
Standing ovation as renowned chair hits out at recent cuts.
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Bar Conference: New five-year plan for appointing judges
The Judicial Appointments Commission is to publish an unprecedented forward programme for appointing judges in a bid to boost the appeal of the bench to candidates from all backgrounds. The five-year plan, running from 2017-2022, will enable aspiring judges to identify ‘clear pathways’ to office and help candidates decide which ...
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NewsBar Conference: Chambers 'price war' and 'collusion' fears over fee transparency
Barristers and solicitors should be forced to publish prices online, conference hears.
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NewsLegal Wales: Pro vice-chancellor calls for 'decolonisation' of Welsh law schools
Differentiation from England 'essential' if Wales is to attract legal talent to confident emerging jurisdiction.
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NewsLegal Wales: New Supreme Court judge calls for institute of Welsh law
Sir David Lloyd Jones calls for greater devolution in justice system.
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FeatureBorn fighter: Jenny Beck
For Jenny Beck, defending people on the margins of society from the depredations of government is a vocation.
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OpinionBrutal and elegant - tribunal judgment will resonate for years
This richly deserved slapdown for the executive has moved at least one lawyer to tears. Bravo, Lord Reed et al.
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ProfileOff the buses: Joe Egan
Bus conductor, itinerant waiter, traveller, solicitor. New Law Society president Joe Egan has seen a lot.
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NewsNews focus: LASPO four years on
A damning report from the Law Society addresses the devastating consequences of civil legal aid cuts and calls on the government to implement a string of reforms.
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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’.