All articles by Eduardo Reyes – Page 31
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ProfileLisa Cameron
Ernst & Young’s UK general counsel Lisa Cameron talks about ‘the best legal role in London’.
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NewsRoundtable: immigration
Former home secretary John Reid described the immigration system as 'not fit for purpose'. Judging by the way cases are dealt with, it plainly still is not
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Woolwich, crime and mental health
Murder of a soldier in south-east London – a horrid event with some further nastiness in its wider repercussions. Woolwich isn’t too far from my home, and as when Damilola Taylor was murdered (close enough to our old flat to have the home secretary interviewed ...
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ProfileElisabeth Jones
As chief legal adviser to the Welsh assembly, Elisabeth Jones is politically neutral.
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Wragge & Co takes axe to legal support jobs
Top-30 firm Wragge & Co has confirmed that up to 30 jobs could go after a review of its legal support services. The announcement was made after the firm’s board proposed a new structure for back-office functions. The new structure includes a ...
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Lawyers need to ‘network widely’
Corporate counsel who cannot show ‘cultural awareness and affinity’ will fall behind in the competition for senior in-house roles, a leading headhunter has warned. Nicholas Hedley of search consultancy Hedley May told the Law Society’s third annual in-house conference that ‘it is not enough to ...
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Britain’s fragile legal legacy
The Queen’s decision to cut back on long-haul flights has avoided the need to address the rights and wrongs of her presence at the Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka, where the rule of law is cause for concern. As has been widely reported, the removal and impeachment of their chief ...
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Governance threat to M&A
Worries about compliance and governance standards in companies that are takeover targets are having a chilling effect on the international M&A market, a major international study has shown. The study, by the Economist Intelligence Unit for international law firm Baker & McKenzie, says that unless ...
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The Tyco-Eversheds deal – from whiteboard to renewal
News broke late last week that Tyco is extending the 2006 deal it signed with Eversheds, whereby the firm provides the company’s legal needs for a fixed price – in return for sole-provider status for huge swathes of Tyco’s external legal needs.
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The yes and no of Scottish independence
On 18 September 2014 two sets of nationalists – Scots and UK respectively – will be hoping their supporters vote in large numbers. Personally I think they’ll both struggle with turnout – given what’s at stake, these campaigns are oddly technocratic. The ‘yes’ campaign, perhaps ...
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ProfilePaul Bowden
Times of rapid, far-reaching change invite talk of ‘burning platforms’, ‘perfect storms’ and ‘shifting tectonic plates’.
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The problem with the language judges use
‘Hey-ho the witch is dead.’ This isn’t a piece about Margaret Thatcher’s life or death. But as with a handful of court cases from the past year, I’m struck by the language used – that, and the fact it often passes without comment. ...
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Cyber threat warning to UK’s top 100
The security services have advised the UK’s largest law firms to take urgent action against cyber attacks, the Gazette can reveal. Partners from 40 top firms attended a private briefing last month with officials from the government’s Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure and ...
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Treatment of whistleblowers
Children’s heart surgery is something I have a close interest in as a parent – till she had an operation at the hands of a world-leading surgeon, my daughter had a rather large hole where four distinct chambers should be. And I’ve known more than my fair share of children ...
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Jackson reforms: trials and tribulation
One could be forgiven for thinking the campaign to halt or defer the main planks of the civil justice reforms devised by Sir Rupert Jackson is still in full swing. To be fair to the refusniks, the impression that all was not settled has been given in part by the ...
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Picture-perfect in-house advice
In-house counsel were last week urged to show the value they add ‘in pictures’ not ‘words’, to be better understood by the rest of their business. This was among the tips Richard Tapp, director of legal services at construction and support services giant Carillion, shared with 110 lawyers who attended ...
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NewsRoundtable: diversity in the law
It is not enought to pay lip service to diversity when progress is so slow
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Risk and Compliance conference
The Law Society has unveiled a new consulting service to help members meet their regulatory obligations. Launched at the Society’s annual Risk and Compliance conference, the service aims to provide clarity and reassurance to law firms, in particular through guidance to newly appointed compliance officers. ...