All Interview articles
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ProfileHistory man
Criminal defence stalwart Richard Atkinson will lead the Law Society’s bicentenary celebrations as president in 2024/25. But his principal mission is to help rescue a justice system in ‘dire straits’, he tells Paul Rogerson.
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ProfileThe mighty Quinn
John B. Quinn and Richard East tell Paul Rogerson what it’s like to run the world’s ‘most feared’ law firm – and why they have been so successful in exploiting the London market.
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ProfileBrief encounter
New Bar Council chair Sam Townend opens up to Eduardo Reyes about diversity and an existential crisis for criminal justice.
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ProfileUnder oath
Blake Morgan chair Kath Shimmin talks with Eduardo Reyes about swearing, drinking, leadership and missing the diversity bus.
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Profile‘Something quite magical’
Rachel McKoy, president of Lawyers in Local Government, shares her passion for the ‘tapestry’ of planning and constitutional law, community and public service with Eduardo Reyes.
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Feature'We have very little time'
Seasoned climate litigator Kate Harrison has acted for Greenpeace for more than 20 years. But a good day in court only goes so far, she tells Eduardo Reyes – even now the policy arguments still need to be won.
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ProfileLeading light
Law Society chief executive Ian Jeffery talks to Paul Rogerson about leadership, law and serving the profession.
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ProfileGo your own way
Westminster remains hostile, but Cardiff is already preparing for the comprehensive devolution of justice policy and funding. Paul Rogerson meets Mick Antoniw MS, counsel general for Wales
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ProfileActivist lawyer
New Law Society president Lubna Shuja is determined to take the fight to the profession’s outspoken critics by focusing on ethics, discovers Paul Rogerson. And she wants to hear from you.
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ProfileAdrenaline junkie
Helen Johnson tells Catherine Baksi what it takes to run an ‘Oscar-winning’ legal aid firm.
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ProfileA life on the edge
Media favourite Mark Stephens reviews a career that has encompassed hit men, Tom Jones and groundbreaking human rights cases. Eduardo Reyes reports.
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Profile'I shouldn't be here'
Kingsley Napley’s Sandra Paul, a former social worker, talks to Eduardo Reyes about law as a second career and how she has seen the profession ‘change beyond recognition’.
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ProfileMoving the goalposts
Paul Watchman’s 40-year legal career has embraced a passionate commitment to pro bono work, promoting ethically responsible investment and combating climate change. And the former professional footballer tells Jonathan Rayner he is not slowing down.
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ProfileNursing ambition
Private practice solicitor of the year Anne Kavanagh talks about hospitals, career breaks and test cases.
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ProfileOn the ball
Legal Personality of the Year Neil Hudgell grew up on a council estate in Hull and failed his A levels. Jonathan Rayner meets a solicitor who is used to confounding expectations.
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ProfileClimb every mountain
For Polly Sweeney, public law is a compulsion. In her spare time, hears Eduardo Reyes, she scales different heights.
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ProfileStrength in numbers
Metamorph, the new owner of QualitySolicitors, claims to be revolutionising legal services. Executive chair Tony Stockdale tells Eduardo Reyes why the consolidator is prospering when so many other ‘game-changers’ have faded away.
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ProfileMan out of time: David Gauke
David Gauke has found a safe seat at Macfarlanes, but the former lord chancellor tells Nick Kochan he remains politically homeless.
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ProfileWe are family
In a stellar 50-year career in the law, culminating in a lifetime achievement award, Naomi Angell has witnessed a revolution in family and adoption law. And her passion for the profession remains undimmed.
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ProfileFirst impression
How will we persuade the politicians of the future to fund the justice system properly? Start teaching law to schoolchildren, new Law Society president I. Stephanie Boyce tells us.