When will reports of the elite getting the country’s top jobs become a thing of the past? ‘By ‘eck. Did tha si news that them wiyan accent are missin’ tha chance wi top jobs? Dunt semuch f’me prospects int’ City.’ Not quite my softened Yorkshire accent, but one that is certainly familiar to me. News … Continue reading
Supermarkets aren’t obliged to dispense free produce from their back doors, why should lawyers? It’s taken a short while for the recently installed justice secretary to get to grips with the challenges he will face in office, but oh, how he has come out fighting. Laying down the law like only a Lord Chancellor can, … Continue reading
When dealing with allegations of misconduct, all employers must understand what procedure will apply, how it will be managed, and by whom, advises Kevin Poulter Issues of misconduct can be difficult for employersto deal with, no matter what their size, sector, orpublic profile. The recent ‘dismissal’ of three judges and resignation of a fourth, involving … Continue reading
Des Hudson has been one of the enduring faces at the Law Society since he took up the role of chief executive in 2006. After almost eight years at the helm, he is set to retire and depart Chancery Lane. SJ’s editor at large, Kevin Poulter, met Hudson to discuss his time at the society … Continue reading
If you follow me on Twitter, you can’t have escaped the news that in April I was appointed as the Editor at Large of the Solicitors Journal. What this means is that I am even busier and writing more than ever. Below is my first editorial Foreword. Follow the blog to keep up with what … Continue reading
I’ve written a little about the so-called ‘right to be forgotten’. You can read them right now on the Solicitors Journal website Continue reading
Good service is something we take for granted, both giving and receiving. I am sure that we each deliver it to our clients daily and expect it in return from those who we instruct and deal with in our working day. In fact, the Solicitors Regulation Authority prescribes the minimum level of service we must … Continue reading
A couple of months ago I suggested that there was a host of new (and not so new) legal dramas making the world of law seem like a sexy world of cut and thrust, intrigue, mystery and satisfaction. Now it seems that the profession is taking tips from primetime television programmes in an attempt to … Continue reading
By the time you read this it will be a new year. Once again there will be new starts, new resolutions and new gym memberships. It’s time to wipe the slate clean and start over again (as I suspect the Law Society will want to do after the year it had) and to make a … Continue reading
Anyone who has driven a car, cycled or walked in the streets around Britain will think that there are more potholes than not. The recent storms and freezing temperatures have only gone to exacerbate the problem. Apart from patching up the roads and pavements yourself, what can you do to smooth over the cracks and … Continue reading
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