All articles by Eduardo Reyes – Page 19
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News
Bar will end ‘poor-quality, expensive’ training route
More details published of proposals to slash the cost of training and tackle high exam failure rates.
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Opinion
BOOK REVIEW: The Trials of the King of Hampshire: Madness, Secrecy and Betrayal in Georgian England
There is much to interest a lawyer-reader in Elizabeth Foyster’s account of the lunacy commission convened to decide whether the Third Earl of Portsmouth should be declared insane.
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News
Checks needed on clients’ human rights records
Geneva: client acceptance procedures must be reviewed by law firms seeking credit for being human rights compliant, an influential business group has concluded.
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Feature
Roundtable: solicitor-advocates
The legal system remains loaded against solicitor-advocates, so what needs to change to level the playing field with the bar?
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News
Diversity champion Okoro is new World Bank GC
Sandie Okoro has held a string of high-profile in-house roles.
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Feature
Pro bono: a job for life
The range of pro bono legal work is vast and involves solicitors at every stage of their careers.
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News
News focus: International Criminal Court
With the withdrawal of three African countries, is the future of the International Criminal Court in doubt?
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Feature
How to: make pro bono work
Ahead of National Pro Bono Week, we preview of a free new guide to how solicitors can give something back.
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Opinion
Legal trouble with ‘aid for trade’
Legal and governance problems arise from the international development secretary's latest aim.
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News
Major companies missing legal human rights risks
Some of the world’s largest businesses have a poor grip on the legal human rights risks in their supply chains, research on 152 corporations concludes.
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News
Criminal finances bill to boost National Crime Agency powers
Bill would increase the regulatory burden on financial services businesses - though lawyers warn of inadequate resources.
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Feature
Roundtable: mediation
Mediation could – and should – be used to resolve many more disputes than it does. What’s holding it back?
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News
Mexico investors bypass London, lawyers warned
The City is failing to capitalise on strong investor interest in Mexico, with New York remaining the dominant securities market for inward investment, London conference told.
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Feature
Education and training: take solicitors’ word for it
As ‘continuing competence’ becomes the mandatory professional development mantra, can the SRA just accept a solicitor’s pledge that they have put in the necessary work?
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News
Lib Dems ‘regret’ coalition’s legal aid bonfire
Motion passed at party conference accepts that cuts created ‘advice deserts’.
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News
City hires boost competition watchdog
The Competetition and Markets Authority has hired legal directors from Freshfields and Hogan Lovells.
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Feature
How to: set up a law firm
Establishing a new firm is a daunting prospect but help is at hand.
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News
New legal firms set to top 1,000 this year
From 1 January to 31 July, 612 new business entities were authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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Opinion
Goddard – what next for child abuse inquiry?
The inquiry into child abuse is much bigger than one person, but Dame Lowell Goddard’s approach means she will be a hard act to follow.
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News
City split on ‘woeful’ white-collar crime law
‘It is hard to see that the Proceeds of Crime Act will ever be fit for purpose.’