All articles by Eduardo Reyes – Page 4
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FeatureShow 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.
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NewsGovernment hints at action on ‘unregulated experts’
Commitment on use of regulated psychologists in Family Court follows Gazette article.
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NewsIn 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?
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FeatureMy London club: reflections on the Garrick row
It matters how accessible elite institutions are.
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NewsSolicitors 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’.
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NewsNo 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.
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FeatureLook 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.
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OpinionHardware failure
While the profession’s equality ‘software’ look promising, it is not compatible with law’s ‘hardware’.
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FeatureDouble indemnity
Greater choice is driving a more competitive PII renewal round. Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette roundtable discussion.
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NewsGreater competition between insurers softens PII market
Number of firms having to close due to difficulties in obtaining professional indemnity insurance has fallen.
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ProfileBeen there done that
Tony Williams, legal business seer and twice a global managing partner, looks back on a career punctuated by seismic shifts in the profession. Eduardo Reyes reports.
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Feature'Left in the lurch' in Liverpool
The city’s housing and homelessness crisis is not just a consequence of austerity. Government at both local and national level is failing in its legal duties to vulnerable people, reports Eduardo Reyes.
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ProfileBrief encounter
New Bar Council chair Sam Townend opens up to Eduardo Reyes about diversity and an existential crisis for criminal justice.
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NewsNews focus: SLAPPs - lawyers are still poles apart
Controversial lingerie tycoon Michelle Mone has triggered fresh public debate on UK libel and defamation tactics. But the prospect of further reform to combat so-called SLAPPs continues to divide the profession.
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OpinionFinancial innovation is making a comeback – lawyers should stay well away from it
Innovation, creativity and animal spirit should be the preserve of entrepreneurs – not bankers, and certainly not financial regulators.
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OpinionJack, the beanstalk and the SEND Tribunal
Tribunal figures show councils to be doubling down on the creation and enforcement of Education, Health and Care Plans.
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NewsTributes paid to 'exceptional' former Linklaters chief
Robert Elliott, former senior partner and chair of the magic circle firm, has died at 71.
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FeatureLife support
As a practice area, private client is both protected from ‘AI’ and struggling with government automation of life-critical processes. Eduardo Reyes reports.
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FeatureWatching brief
In the second of two articles on lawyers supporting justice abroad, Eduardo Reyes reports on the work of the 15-year-old Colombia Caravana.
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OpinionUnlimited shelf life
‘Legal London’ boasts world-class libraries. They all have gaps which should be filled.