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Eduardo Reyes
Features editor
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- Opinion
Council bodies want shot of SEND legal duties
Am I too cynical in my assessment of what I see as a partial, self-serving report, whose conclusions were never in doubt?
- News
Council bodies demand end to SEND tribunal role
Local authority groups intensify their campaign for their duties on special educational needs provision to be watered down.
- Opinion
The government is chasing growth, with implications for law and regulation
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced the biggest change for the stock exchange in more than 30 years.
- Opinion
To fix civil justice, the new government has a mountain to climb
Problems in civil justice are more like climate change – an existential threat, but one that, day to day, many find easier to ignore.
- News
Curbs on expert cross-examination could lead to wrongful removals, family silks warn
Opportunity for counsel to cross examine experts in cases where children may be removed from families could be limited under controversial pilot scheme.
- Opinion
Lawyers to lawmakers
The Law Society’s public affairs team has compiled a list of lawyers who are candidates to be elected to the Westminster parliament for the first time.
- Opinion
Let there be art
The 64th annual exhibition of the Law Society’s Art Group is worth a detour to Teddington.
- Feature
Gen Z: Coming through
Stereotypes abound in any discussion about ‘Gen Z’. Many are unfair, but it is clear that the professional and life priorities of this generation are different from those who came before. Can the legal profession adapt? Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette roundtable.
- Opinion
Z marks the spot
Maybe the question isn’t 'are Gen Z ready to fit in?' but instead 'are we ready for them?'
- Feature
How to: use LinkedIn
With its humble brags and ‘personal journeys’, LinkedIn is the professional networking and social media platform everyone loves to hate. Yet, as Eduardo Reyes hears, it’s too big to ignore. Lawyers may as well get it right as they carry on posting.
- Feature
Show us the money
Windrush, contaminated blood, child sexual abuse – the state claims victims of high-profile scandals don’t need lawyers to secure proper compensation. Experience suggests otherwise, reports Eduardo Reyes.
- News
Government hints at action on ‘unregulated experts’
Commitment on use of regulated psychologists in Family Court follows Gazette article.
- News
In depth: War of words - is inter-state justice in danger of becoming a dead letter?
Against a backdrop of Ukraine’s cases at the International Court of Justice, is inter-state justice a dusty irrelevance, or a key part of a long game to frustrate aggressors and win the peace?
- Feature
My London club: reflections on the Garrick row
It matters how accessible elite institutions are.
- News
Solicitors among signatories of Israel sanctions letter
Letter cites provisional order of the International Court of Justice, which the authors say concluded that there was ‘a plausible risk of genocide in Gaza’.
- News
No new legal challenge on tribunal fees as consultation closes
Legal advice network warns that for many low-income workers, the new ET charges will be unaffordable.
- 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.