All articles by Eduardo Reyes – Page 28
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NewsFirms face 10% PII hike – broker
Conveyancing practices are bearing the brunt of an expensive and chaotic renewal season.
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NewsRegional firms ‘bounce back’
Half of all regional firms increased revenues by more than 10%, compared with just 27% of City firms.
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OpinionOur foreign policy could reach for the law
A summer of distressing international news bolsters the case for using universal jurisdiction to apprehend people accused of war crimes.
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NewsNew tools designed to target in-house clients
Commercial firms in civil law jurisdictions will face increased competition from ‘lawyers on demand’ services following a pioneering move by a German-based provider.
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NewsWave of JRs expected over special needs deadline
Many local authorities unable to cope with Children and Families Act changes.
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OpinionWhen planning drives local government
It would be a mistake to let planning law drive the shape of London’s local democracy.
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OpinionLegal legacy of 1914’s ‘boy soldiers’
Protests over under-age recruitment have their echoes today.
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NewsAdvisers scramble as US imposes new sanctions
Energy firms in rush for export licences as corporate governance comes under microscope.
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OpinionThe short-lived planning legacy of the Great War
Noble attempts were made to set a new standard for social housing after the first world war.
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NewsRed tape cut opens way to private equity
SRA will ‘forge ahead with changes that remove restrictions and regulation that cannot be justified’.
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NewsQualitySolicitors’ owner in new private equity deal
Palamon Capital Partners has acquired controlling stake in conveyancing and probate business The Simplify Group.
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OpinionWhy guideline rates reform was doomed
Lord Dyson shows zero tolerance for far-reaching reform based on poor evidence gathered with insufficient funding.
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NewsReform of guideline hourly rates in shreds
Master of the rolls rejects key recommendations made by a Civil Justice Council committee
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OpinionAn in-house lawyer in the Cabinet
If the new education secretary lives up to the best attributes of successful in-house lawyers, she might set a very good example.
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NewsCity firms offer pro-bono help for FCA cases
Pilot scheme organised through the Financial Service Lawyers Association.
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NewsConcerns over medical negligence surge
Medical negligence claims are not covered by fixed costs rules imposed on most personal injury work in 2013.
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OpinionSpying on children’s special needs provision
How might the reforms being made to these needs affect legal rights and education?
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OpinionWindow shopping for lawyers
Solicitors behind the buying and selling of houses need to be publicly celebrated.
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NewsUrgent costs reviews if hourly rates are cut
John Bramhall says current drive to hire paralegals may end if the GHR changes.
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NewsNew hourly rates to hit firms using paralegals
Value per hour that can be recovered is vulnerable to a cut under the new guidelines, experts tell the Gazette.