All articles by Eduardo Reyes – Page 23
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Feature
How to: leave the City
More solicitors than ever work in the City, but some decide it’s not for them. What then?
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Feature
Roundtable: civil litigation
Litigators are trained to think on their feet – which is just as well, given the recurrent bouts of legislative and procedural reform imposed on them.
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Feature
Civil law disputes: written in code
For lawyers schooled in a common law tradition, the conduct of civil law disputes can be an uncomfortable experience.
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News
Karadžic: 40-year sentence for genocide and other crimes
Founder member of the Serbian Democratic Party convicted at the International War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
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News
Judge backs Libor trader confiscation order
Tom Hayes, who is serving 11 years, must pay nearly £900,000, court rules.
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News
SFO ends forex investigation
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has closed its investigation into allegations of fraudulent conduct on the foreign exchange market, raising questions over government decisions that have limited its powers. Last week the SFO said that after reviewing 500,000 documents, it decided ‘there were reasonable grounds to suspect the commission of ...
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Feature
How to: progress in-house
When lawyers move in-house they must be prepared to take control of their own careers.
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Feature
Future of legal services: in-house
What does the Law Society report foretell for the in-house sector?
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Feature
Roundtable: junior lawyers
Partnership is not necessarily the ultimate goal for a generation of junior lawyers turned off by stress, risk and internal politics.
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Feature
Roundtable: planning for growth
How should law firms grow? Are mergers best or could they even issue 10-year bonds?
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Profile
Interview: Helen Garthwaite
Our relationship with the built environment is changing radically and lawyers need to keep up, says Wedlake Bell partner.
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Feature
How to: make hot-desking work
What if you left for work not knowing where you would be sitting that day? We looks at the pros and cons of hot-desking.
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Profile
IKEA’s ‘fundamental dishonesty’ failure
Sheldon Fagelman acted for Carol Ravenscoft, who sued the retailer after she suffered arm injuries.
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Opinion
Prison for financial crime
Confirmation of a long sentence for rigging Libor is a flash of steel at a time when the political pressure on corporate wrongdoing seems to be easing.
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News
Mirror’s appeal against phone-hacking awards dismissed
Awards made in the High Court to victims of phone hacking were part of a ‘careful and comprehensive judgment’, Court of Appeal rules.
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Roundtable: social mobility
How can aspiring solicitors gain a foothold in a profession that is perceived as elitist? And how can legal employers change that perception?
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News
Regulator highlights lack of standards in forensics
Digital and firearms lead 'high priority' concerns of forensic science regulator.