Eduardo Reyes
Features editor
Contact info
- Tel:
- 020 8049 3813
- Email:
- eduardo.reyes@lawsociety.org.uk
- Feature
Look back in anger
It is 50 years since the pub bombings which led to the convictions of the Birmingham Six. Eduardo Reyes revisits episodes that shame the police, lawyers and judges with Chris Mullin, whose campaign exposed a notorious miscarriage of justice.
- Opinion
Hardware failure
While the profession’s equality ‘software’ look promising, it is not compatible with law’s ‘hardware’.
- Feature
Double indemnity
Greater choice is driving a more competitive PII renewal round. Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette roundtable discussion.
- News
Greater competition between insurers softens PII market
Number of firms having to close due to difficulties in obtaining professional indemnity insurance has fallen.
- Profile
Been there done that
Tony Williams, legal business seer and twice a global managing partner, looks back on a career punctuated by seismic shifts in the profession. Eduardo Reyes reports.
- Feature
'Left in the lurch' in Liverpool
The city’s housing and homelessness crisis is not just a consequence of austerity. Government at both local and national level is failing in its legal duties to vulnerable people, reports Eduardo Reyes.
- Profile
Brief encounter
New Bar Council chair Sam Townend opens up to Eduardo Reyes about diversity and an existential crisis for criminal justice.
- News
News focus: SLAPPs - lawyers are still poles apart
Controversial lingerie tycoon Michelle Mone has triggered fresh public debate on UK libel and defamation tactics. But the prospect of further reform to combat so-called SLAPPs continues to divide the profession.
- Opinion
Financial innovation is making a comeback – lawyers should stay well away from it
Innovation, creativity and animal spirit should be the preserve of entrepreneurs – not bankers, and certainly not financial regulators.
- Opinion
Jack, the beanstalk and the SEND Tribunal
Tribunal figures show councils to be doubling down on the creation and enforcement of Education, Health and Care Plans.
- News
Tributes paid to 'exceptional' former Linklaters chief
Robert Elliott, former senior partner and chair of the magic circle firm, has died at 71.
- Feature
Life support
As a practice area, private client is both protected from ‘AI’ and struggling with government automation of life-critical processes. Eduardo Reyes reports.
- Feature
Watching brief
In the second of two articles on lawyers supporting justice abroad, Eduardo Reyes reports on the work of the 15-year-old Colombia Caravana.
- Opinion
Unlimited shelf life
‘Legal London’ boasts world-class libraries. They all have gaps which should be filled.
- Profile
Obituary: Benedict Birnberg – 1930-2023
Solicitor Benedict Birnberg, who has died aged 93, is remembered as ‘one of the greatest lawyers of his generation’ and founder of a law firm that continues his work at the cutting edge of civil liberties and social justice cases, writes Eduardo Reyes.
- News
Trailblazing civil rights lawyer Ben Birnberg dies
Firm founded by solicitor over 60 years ago was a crucible that forged radical lawyers representing the 'marginalised and unheard'.
- Feature
Scandal sheet
Our biggest banks have been battered by mis-selling claims and governance failures for over a decade. As PPI and interest rates swaps payouts tail off, Eduardo Reyes asks, are they finally managing to reduce their exposure?
- Feature
Home truths
Average house prices are falling – just one of many developments piling pressure on residential conveyancers. Eduardo Reyes reports.
- News
'Mercy killing' addressed in CPS guidance
Homicide prosecutions guidance includes criteria used to assess whether prosecuting a ‘mercy killing’ is in public interest.
- News
News focus: Financial crime - good intentions, poor resources
An update for solicitors on anti-money laundering and financial crime.