Eduardo Reyes
Features editor
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News‘Savile Row’ Brexit strategy wrong on justice, government warned
Plans for enforcing UK judgments in EU member states post-Brexit do not provide parties with sufficient certainty, the leading academic authority on private international law has warned.
FeatureConveyancing: Home truths
Conveyancers are generally upbeat, though pressure on fees, demanding clients and cyber fraud all present urgent challenges. The Gazette’s latest roundtable.
OpinionNeuberger's distaste for executive fudge
Outgoing Supreme Court president is not demob-happy - he has form.
NewsNeuberger calls for clarity on judgments post-Brexit
Judges will be left to ‘do their best’ if government intervention does not happen now.
FeaturePII update: Double indemnity
Most law firms will renew their indemnity insurance next month. Solicitors, brokers and insurers talk to us about the latest market trends.
ProfileNoble cause: Anne-Marie Piper
Can you go forward when you have not moved since 1790? Of course, according to Farrer & Co’s new senior partner.
FeatureHow to: Take a sabbatical
A solicitor can return from a sabbatical refreshed and brimming with ideas. The experience can leave a lasting imprint on a law firm’s culture too.
NewsWar crimes judge joined a ‘terrorist’ organisation, Turkish court rules
Outrage at seven-year sentence for UN judge whose detention in Turkey stalled genocide trial.
NewsUN judge convicted in Turkey resumes trial work remotely after passport is forfeit
A UN judge found guilty in a Turkish court of membership of a terrorist organisation has resumed work on a stalled Rwanda genocide appeal.
FeaturePII special: Cheap and cheerful?
Kicking off the Gazette’s PII special focus, Eduardo Reyes highlights the distinguishing characteristics of this year’s ‘benign’ renewal season.
FeatureConference: In-house in order?
The Modern Slavery Act, Brexit and measuring performance were among key themes at this year’s conference of the Law Society’s In-house Division.
NewsBar regulator urged to drop ban on LGBT barrister data
Rules preventing chambers publishing diversity figures on members’ sexuality have come under fire.
FeatureRoundtable: Out in the open
LGBT lawyers believe that the profession has yet to deliver on full equality.
FeatureHow to: Prepare for the succession
In smaller practices, succession planning is often left until retirement comes into view. That is a mistake.
NewsUse YouTube, not lawyers, ministers tell disability parents
Department for Education and the MoJ want lawyers kept out of hearings to determine disputes between parents of disabled children and local authorities.
NewsCourt of Appeal allows right-to-die case
The High Court was wrong to decide an assisted suicide case should not be heard, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
NewsFire your law firm’s misfits within weeks - ex-John Lewis boss
Efforts by law firms to stand out by defining their ‘values’ and purpose commonly fail through lack of management commitment, the former head of customer service at iconic department store chain John Lewis has said.
NewsFirst woman to lead Farrer & Co
Charities specialist Anne-Marie Piper elected senior partner at venerable London firm.
FeatureLaw management: Law Society reveals plans for career improvements
The Law Society must go further than help solicitors meet basic ‘competence’ requirements, providing services to help members develop and progress their careers, Society president Robert Bourns told the annual Law Management Section conference last month.
FeatureLaw management: Cyber attacks ‘keeping partners awake at night’
Ransomware features in half of all cybercrime reports to the police where a business suffers an attack on its computer system, a senior City police officer told the conference.
