Author Archives: Richard Moorhead

An interesting little footnote on the hourly rate emerges from litigation over an ex-Clifford Chance partner (Martin Rogers) between US law firm Davis Polk and Alan Metz, a headhunter according to the Lawyer. The point which caught my eye, picked … Continue reading →

Ask yourself this question: do you think of yourself as a professional? For many readers of this blog, I suspect the answer to that question is a rather straightforward, Yes. Now ask yourself this question. Does thinking of yourself as … Continue reading →

The following is the substantive section of my response to the Government’s legal aid consultation.  The deadline for submission of responses is 4th June.     I acknowledge the Government’s overall aim of making significant further savings in the legal … Continue reading →

There are some interesting findings on attitudes risk and the incidence of legal problems in small businesses in the new study done by my colleagues Pascoe Pleasence and Nigel Balmer for the Legal Services Board. That study has drawn attention … Continue reading →

Legal Week have just posted an interesting looking survey.  This caught my eye: The top five reasons that influence students to apply for a training contract at a particular firm are career prospects post-qualification; the brand of the firm; gender … Continue reading →

The Government’s proposals for legal aid cuts have drawn a great deal of criticism, but the focus of nearly all of this has been on criminal defence work. It’s a failing I have been guilt of myself (I co-signed a … Continue reading →

I have been thinking quite a bit recently about how lawyers conceptualise and manage ethics within their organisations. Also, separately, I have begun to look at how they conceptualise and manage legal risk. Whilst the temptation is to see these … Continue reading →

The Government has announced its intentions to make further cuts to the legal aid programme; concentrating especially on prisoners cases; and criminal legal aid.  The oft mooted and abandoned price competitive tendering of criminal work (but not Crown Court advocacy) … Continue reading →

The Cabinet Office and the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel have published a very interesting report criticising the complexity and quality of legislation and suggesting a much greater willingness to do something about it through a Good Law initiative. In … Continue reading →

Sir Alan Ward  has signed of his “penultimate judgment in the Court of Appeal” with some rather poetic prose; so poetic in fact, I could not resist the urge to put in line breaks. The two key passages of the … Continue reading →