All articles by Paul Rogerson – Page 25
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OpinionFootball, celebrity and justice
What the Ched Evans case tells us about justice in the age of new media.
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ProfileInterview: Simon Cliff
Manchester City Football Club’s first general counsel Simon Cliff talks about his part in ‘building a structure for the future’.
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NewsConsumer credit switch will cost law firms dear - Society
President Andrew Caplen warns of ‘significant problems’ if SRA ceases regulating consumer credit work.
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NewsCall for pro bono rules exemption
LawWorks calls a halt to its debt advisory work for vulnerable consumers, amid continuing uncertainty over the regulatory landscape.
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OpinionNumber-crunchers nail ‘fat-cat lawyer’ myth
What does a ‘typical’ solicitor earn? Less than politicians with an axe to grind would have you believe.
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Bar accused of taking ‘cheap shots’ at solicitor-advocates
‘We shan’t pander to elitist notions that we are not able to bat for the first 11,’ says criminal solicitors leader.
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NewsBar Conference: Moses targets Grayling on ‘rule of law’
Retired appeal court judge Sir Alan Moses berates government over dearth of legal knowledge and law officer sackings.
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NewsBar Conference: level the advocacy playing field – barristers
Solicitor-advocates enjoy unfair advantage, Criminal Bar Association says.
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NewsCameron: we’ll scrap Human Rights Act
But prime minister appears to allay speculation that Britain would withdraw from European convention under majority Tory government.
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NewsMinister refuses to commit on advice deficit
Conservative conference event discusses Low Commission report on access to social welfare legal advice.
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NewsConservative Party Conference: as it happened
[View the story “All the justice updates from the Conservative annual conference” on Storify]
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NewsGrayling: ‘real plan’ on human rights imminent
Justice secretary prompts speculation of prime ministerial announcement tomorrow.
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Opinion‘Should we kill all the lawyers?’
Rod Liddle hates lawyers. But the media controversialist’s claim that we live in a ‘juristocracy’ is well over the top.
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ProfileInterview: Desmond Hudson
The now retired chief executive reflects on an eventful eight years at the Law Society.
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NewsQC aborts review of industrial relations law
Bruce Carr has blamed a ‘progressively politicised’ environment for his decision not to produce recommendations.
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NewsFormer Cobbetts partner speaks out
Andrew Wright is the failed firm’s biggest individual creditor, and says he was ‘treated very poorly’.
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Opinion‘Scuzzy’ pre-packs are here to stay
Review of insolvency vehicle used in many distressed law firm sales favours voluntary scrutiny.
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OpinionCPD reform: a ‘race to the bottom’?
The existing CPD regime may be ‘tick-box’; but what is likely to replace it is even more so.
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OpinionComing to a primary school near you
The European elections are just a week away. What’s in them for lawyers?
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NewsSRA set for insurance rethink
Regulator wants to counter the perception that it is ‘indifferent’ to small firms.