All articles by Eduardo Reyes – Page 40
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Five firms ‘put in intensive care’ by banks
Five of the UK’s top-30 law firms have been put into ‘intensive care’ by banks, a top solicitor claimed this week. Mark Jones, chairman of national firm Addleshaw Goddard, told the second Global Managing Partners Summit conference in London that he fears another law firm failure ...
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Why the timidity around billing?
In the current economic environment, law firms, like other businesses, are keeping a close eye on cashflow. This is always a particular concern for professional firms, who are rarely paid up front for their services.
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Lib Dem minister faces economic reality
The justice system cannot escape the ‘realities of the economic situation’, Lord McNally, minister of state at the Ministry of Justice, said in an interview with the Gazette this week. The Liberal Democrat peer said he is relying on the ability of the legal profession ...
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Should lawyers get out more?
On any weekday, in reception areas from the high street to Herbert Smith, clients are giving their name, then waiting to see their solicitor. Depending on the firm, they might wait looking at a Howard Hodgkin poster in a clip frame, or wait looking at the genuine article – whatever ...
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Army cuts could hit support for Afghan operations
The defence spending and security review will result in cuts of at least 25% in the numbers of lawyers in the Army and Royal Air Force, the Gazette understands. The cuts will include lawyers who advise frontline troops and commanders on compliance with the Geneva ...
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Why government is taking wrong approach to cutting lawyers’ jobs
As the Gazette reported this week, the government’s spending review, to report next month, will lead to substantial cuts in the ranks of the 2,000-strong Government Legal Service.
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Government Legal Service facing deep cuts
The 2,000-strong Government Legal Service is facing job cuts of 20% to 40%, as government savings targets translate directly into headcount reductions, the Gazette has learned. The news comes as the Attorney General’s Office confirmed that government departments will also be seeking to ‘look critically’ at ...
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Media management skills becoming a must for in-house lawyers
In-house lawyers don’t expect a high profile in the press over the summer months. But July and August this year were different.
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Social mobility and exclusion in the legal profession
Last summer, when arch-Blairite Alan Milburn produced a report for the Cabinet Office on social mobility and the professions, it got limited publicity.
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Is the legal profession to blame for the fall in social mobility?
When the Cabinet Office issued its call for evidence for an investigation into social mobility and the professions, it was very clear on one point: it did not want any backchat on the impact of an unequal society on social mobility.
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Results season matters more this year
It’s law firm results season – with every day bringing news of financial results, for the top-100 firms in particular.
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Fiji rule of law report found in contempt
A Methodist minister in Fiji is awaiting sentencing for contempt after he quoted a Law Society Charity report whose contents were first revealed in the Gazette. The organisation headed by the Reverend Akuila Yabaki, the Citizens’ Constitutional Forum, also faces a crippling fine for ‘scandalising the court’ after its newsletter ...
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Interview: Helen Broughton
Helen Broughton describes herself as one of Liverpool’s ‘imports’, arriving in the city in 1979 from Blackpool.
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OpinionThe NHS blame game and legal accountability
In the House of Commons, in media studios, in the pages of national newspapers and on Twitter the NHS and its regulator are the subject of a fairly fierce blame game, still spilling over from last week. In summary, did the Care Quality Commission (CQC) cover up hospital failings, did ...