All Leader articles – Page 11
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OpinionA cautionary tale
If the demise of McMillan Williams teaches us anything, it’s the recurring lesson that it can be difficult for investors to make money out of a commoditised consumer law offer.
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OpinionHonesty, the best policy
A profession is a disciplined group of people who adhere rigorously to codes of ethics. The question is, how rigorously?
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NewsTesting, testing
Has the UK’s fifth-biggest accountancy firm already identified a partial route back into the office?
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OpinionDisappearing High Street
When the EU referendum was held in June 2016, the Civil Service employed fewer people than at any time since the second world war – rather unhappily, given the result.
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OpinionShutter island
Tory MP Tom Tugendhat, son of the judge, rather unexpectedly quoted Lenin last week in a Mail article berating lawyers for aiding money launderers.
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OpinionPleading your case
A significant number of lawyers, particularly those serving people most in need, are at risk of not being able to continue in practice because of the Covid-19 crisis. Paul Rogerson Not my words, but those of Tony Blair’s former lord chancellor Charlie Falconer, recently restored to the ...
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OpinionTough conversations
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is having a better Covid-19 crisis than the prime minister. This is something of a turn-up, given that the Westminster commentariat had Sunak down as a Boris Johnson cipher following Sajid Javid’s noisy departure from number 11. OddsChecker tells me the 39-year-old is as short as 5/2 ...
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OpinionOut of the knacker’s yard?
Remote and agile working is certainly one for the medium-term. I speak from experience.
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OpinionLondon first
Capital’s pole position in cross-border dispute resolution will take some shifting.
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OpinionMarket contagion
Coronavirus is here. But UK government action plan unveiled a week ago had little detail to impart about business continuity in law.
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OpinionNot rocket science
In forensic science, as in so much else justice-related, the UK’s position of global pre-eminence has been compromised by funding cuts and falling standards.
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OpinionExpensive trainers
Aspiring solicitors who amass debts to enter the profession are surely entitled to information that would enable them to make an informed choice of training provider.
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Opinion
Bread and the circus
We are seeing a subtle form of brazen disrespect towards in-lawyers – and it centres around fees.
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OpinionPrisoner of conscience
Author Chris Atkins’ harrowing account of nine months in prison is required reading for anybody concerned with what entitles a society to call itself civilised.
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OpinionElephants in the room
Huge numbers of poorer people who are eligible for legal aid just aren’t aware.
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OpinionLaw plus lifestyle
Employers know offering more money and the chance to move up does not cut it any more - at least not on its own.
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OpinionIndependent variable
What if, by some devolutionary concession, Scotland opts out of Supreme Court jurisdiction?
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OpinionThere may be trouble ahead
Is it realistic to expect Johnson’s administration suddenly to embrace pluralism and consensus on the back of December’s emphatic election victory?
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OpinionWorkforce in progress
The number of legal professionals soared by 145% in the quarter century from 1993 to 2017.
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