All articles by Paul Rogerson – Page 3
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NewsIn depth: Benchmarking survey - client interest profit warning
Law firms buoyed by interest on client money must ‘wean themselves off’ this lucrative income stream. That is a key message of the annual Law Society Financial Benchmarking Survey.
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NewsBenchmarking survey: Law firms warned to ‘wean themselves off’ client interest as PEP soars
'Real prospect' of firms failing if they remain dependent on windfalls which averaged nearly £500,000 each in 2024.
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OpinionMoney isn’t everything
District judges earn £134,000 a year, more than 3.5 times the average UK salary for full-time employees. Is it enough?
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NewsHigh-profile costs lawyer will bow out ‘ashamed’ of ‘greedy’ City elite
Jim Diamond says hourly rates charged by City’s richest law firms have reached £1,600.
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OpinionThree’s no crowd
Gateley, Knights and Keystone Law are the only standalone law firm businesses with a stockmarket listing.
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News'Tin-eared' and 'arrogant' SRA must be reined in, says regulation specialist silk
Gregory Treverton-Jones KC accuses the regulator of being ‘generally unsympathetic to the realities of practice as a solicitor’.
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OpinionIn the national interest
Chancellor Rachel Reeves summoned a phalanx of industry regulators to lecture them on the need to ‘tear down the barriers’. Legal watchdogs appear to have received a pass.
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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.