Eduardo Reyes
Features editor
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- Tel:
- 020 7242 1222
- Email:
- eduardo.reyes@lawsociety.org.uk
FeatureFive tips for saying what you do
You’ll never again have to worry at parties when someone asks the dreaded question, ‘What do you do then?’, thanks to Eduardo Reyes’ top small-talk gambits
NewsMagic circle firm warns banks on middle management
A decade after the financial crisis, survey suggests managers have a vested interest in problems not being identified.
NewsEducation secretary loses disability test case appeal
Equality Act regulation had been used by schools to exclude pupils with challenging behaviour.
FeatureRoundtable: house parties
Residential property transactions are taking much longer and price transparency presents a new challenge to solicitors in a softening market.
ProfileInterview: Gerald Shamash
Gerald Shamash has represented errant members of parliament, hacking victims, and butchers’ insurers over limbs lost to sharp professional blades. Eduardo Reyes met him
OpinionWe are right to place high expectations on elite firms
Many of our most famous law firms are keen to do well in the employer Social Mobility Index, and this is a good thing.
NewsCity reacts with frustration to Brexit white paper
Ditching mutual recognition ‘regrettable’, declares lobby group TheCityUK, as the Law Society forecasts a period of ‘tough negotiation’.
Feature5 tips for going on holiday
Should lawyers on leave have a digital detox, or is it easier to relax by checking email and assuring oneself there is no crisis?
ProfileHigh Atlantic
Susan Bright, managing partner of Hogan Lovells in London, tells why partnerships are not like corporates and how she likes nothing better than a blank sheet of paper.
NewsLawyers strike over safety following Milosevic counsel’s murder
Serbian Bar Association said murder should be seen in the context of growing threats to the safety of lawyers.
FeatureRoundtable: Second to none?
After an IRA bomb tore the heart out of Manchester in 1996, the city faced a long haul to rebuild its confidence. Now lawyers enjoying an economic resurgence claim to be giving London a run for its money.
OpinionArmed forces chief has no desire to end prosecutions
Despite the headline there is little appetite for exempting soldiers from investigation and prosecution.
ProfileInterview: Sandie Okoro
How can a lawyer help end world poverty and spread the benefits of economic growth? It starts with remembering to make your bed, World Bank general counsel Sandie Okoro tells Eduardo Reyes.
FeatureFive easy ways to improve people's wellbeing
Stress, unhappiness, bad health and burnout hurt organisations. Plants, painting and exercise should be encouraged.
NewsConduct code called for as private prosecutions rise
Spending cuts will fuel non-state prosecutions, new association hears.
FeatureTrading blows
Political brinkmanship drives decisions on sanctions and puts allies at loggerheads. Eduardo Reyes looks at the advisory and enforcement efforts that trail in the geopolitical wake.
FeatureFive views on dressing for the law
For men and women working in law, ‘casual’ dress offers limited change.
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Romania loses European torture case
Secrecy over rendition and torture arrangements ends as they are detailed in 300-page judgment.
