All Leader articles – Page 2
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OpinionA call to equality of arms
Law Society deliberations on ways to support solicitors hauled before the SDT will not be straightforward.
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OpinionGender agenda
The gender pay gap for legal professionals is significantly above the UK average for all occupations. Law firms need to rebalance their power structures.
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OpinionBar to progress
Social mobility remains the Cinderella of the diversity and inclusion industry.
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OpinionClosing the laptop at 5pm
There has been a culture change fomented by the hybrid working revolution.
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OpinionInside information
The SRA came under fire last year for allegedly ‘understating the severity’ of the risks faced by the 34,500 solicitors who work in-house.
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OpinionHardware failure
While the profession’s equality ‘software’ look promising, it is not compatible with law’s ‘hardware’.
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OpinionTruth at a premium. Again
Association of British Insurers unveils a ‘10-point plan for reducing motor premiums’.
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OpinionMargin calls
What stands out from the latest batch of LLP accounts are inflation-busting increases in wage bills.
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OpinionAttitude problems
How can a regulator tell lawyers how to be good citizens as well as good lawyers? It that even a regulator’s job?
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OpinionCompassion on the ration
This week’s Gazette carries an exposé of what happens when the tattered compact between state and citizen starts to break down completely.
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OpinionLabour pains
Organised labour is predictably outraged by the resurrection of employment tribunal fees. Trade unions can hardly claim to be surprised, however.
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OpinionBucking the market
We have learned to accept the primacy of ‘market forces’. Yet exceptions can always be made for reasons of political expediency.
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OpinionNew year resolution
As we enter 2024, I am determined to strike an uncharacteristically optimistic note.
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OpinionViolence in court
A disgruntled spouse in hot pursuit of a fleeing judge through the corridors of a courthouse sounds like something from a Carry On film. In reality, the scene which played out at Milton Keynes last week could hardly be a less appropriate prompt for ribaldry.
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OpinionThinking the ‘unthinkable’
I wish the Office for Budget Responsibility had been around when I was a young reporter.