All Leader articles

  • Paul Rogerson
    Opinion

    Casual redress

    2024-10-04T09:50:00Z

    Where the state and its agents are culpable for avoidable tragedies, ad hoc compensation schemes are not the answer.

  • Paul Rogerson
    Opinion

    Staying the course

    2024-10-02T15:40:00Z

    Anna Bradley has been reappointed as SRA chair for another two years, after the regulator called off its search to fill the post. 

  • Paul Rogerson
    Opinion

    Declaration of independence

    2024-09-17T15:04:00Z

    It is well past time for the UK’s corporate governance framework to take account of the conflicted predicament of in-housers.

  • Paul Rogerson
    Opinion

    X marks the rot

    6 September 2024

    Many lawyers have quit the social media platform, but no one should feel compelled to join the exodus.

  • Eduardo Reyes coutout
    Opinion

    Down with all this

    2024-07-31T10:43:00Z

    The way protest is treated by the law is one of those legal topics where everyone has a view.

  • Paul Rogerson
    Opinion

    Complaints track

    2024-07-25T12:53:00Z

    Legal Services Consumer Panel has a penchant for accentuating the negative when it comes to client service.

  • Paul Rogerson
    Opinion

    Taking stock

    2024-07-16T13:47:00Z

    Will an overhaul of the listing rules aimed at alleviating the stock market malaise work?

  • Paul Rogerson
    Opinion

    Called to account

    2024-07-09T19:30:00Z

    Election purdah and the nascent holiday season have muted the news klaxon somewhat. So the reprise of a couple of golden oldies is welcome.

  • Paul Rogerson
    Opinion

    Unchartered territory

    2024-07-01T10:39:00Z

    It is not just the SRA that is moving its tanks on to someone else’s lawn.

  • Paul Rogerson
    Opinion

    Bars to progress

    2024-06-27T15:48:00Z

    It would seem positively eccentric to suggest that a former DPP will not be prime minister in three weeks. So how must we read the runes for justice?

  • Eduardo Reyes
    Opinion

    Lawyers to lawmakers

    2024-06-19T14:22:00Z

    The Law Society’s public affairs team has compiled a list of lawyers who are candidates to be elected to the Westminster parliament for the first time.

  • Paul Rogerson
    Opinion

    Purdah poser

    2024-06-12T13:55:00Z

    LSB's assertion for delay in report on SRA’s role in the lead-up to the Axiom Ince collapse is not a good look.

  • Paul Rogerson
    Opinion

    Politics and public health

    2024-05-29T13:46:00Z

    Findings of a discrete but complementary public health investigation seem to have passed the mainstream media by.

  • Paul Rogerson
    Opinion

    A call to equality of arms

    17 May 2024

    Law Society deliberations on ways to support solicitors hauled before the SDT will not be straightforward.

  • Paul Rogerson
    Opinion

    Walk talk

    2024-05-03T07:01:00Z

    The Access to Justice Foundation has changed its policy on distributing the proceeds of the regional Legal Walks.

  • Joanna Goodman
    Opinion

    Gender agenda

    2024-04-29T10:00:00Z

    The gender pay gap for legal professionals is significantly above the UK average for all occupations. Law firms need to rebalance their power structures.

  • Paul Rogerson
    Opinion

    Burdens of office

    2024-04-24T15:40:00Z

    Who wouldn’t want to be a partner? Quite a few, it appears.

  • Paul Rogerson
    Opinion

    Bar to progress

    2024-04-17T14:45:00Z

    Social mobility remains the Cinderella of the diversity and inclusion industry.

  • Paul Rogerson
    Opinion

    Pushing the boundaries

    2024-04-11T13:40:00Z

    Are some law firms guilty of ‘wellbeing washing’?

  • Paul Rogerson
    Opinion

    Closing the laptop at 5pm

    22 March 2024

    There has been a culture change fomented by the hybrid working revolution.