All articles by Eduardo Reyes – Page 6
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NewsGallery: Law Society marks women solicitors centenary
Attorney general joins celebration of first four women admitted to the profession.
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FeatureTime's arrows
Changes to law firm pricing models and productivity were among the business-critical topics discussed at the Gazette’s latest roundtable. Eduardo Reyes reports.
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FeatureSlowly does it
UK immigration policy puts the Home Office on a collision course with ‘global Britain’ and the government’s growth aspirations. Eduardo Reyes reports.
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OpinionHow far to the toilet?
Legal London is a desert for disabled toilets with a hoist and a changing table. If that’s not shameful, it is at least a shame.
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FeatureBecoming equal to the task
The legal profession’s uneven progress on racial diversity is enduring and well documented, so what needs to change? Eduardo Reyes reports from the Gazette’s latest roundtable.
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NewsNew powers for forensic science regulator by end of March
Statutory code will create 'the ultimate power of prohibition'.
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FeatureHome ground
For residential conveyancers, commoditisation and unrealistic demands on their time amid a staffing crisis are high on a list of challenges. But, as Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette roundtable, there are signs that the downward pressure on fees is easing.
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OpinionThe 'how' of coping
Resilience isn’t just something you have, or don’t have, though people often talk about it as if it is.
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FeatureYou can’t take it with you
Covid-19 focused the minds of the wealthy on their legacies – on life, death and what exactly it is they want to leave behind. This is making for novel discussions with their lawyers, Eduardo Reyes discovers.
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FeatureOn the march
A trawl of the Gazette’s archives to mark Black History Month yields some surprises for Eduardo Reyes
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FeatureWritten in the stars
The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill envisages ripping up the EU lawbook, sparking concerns about the rule of law and parliamentary scrutiny. Eduardo Reyes reports.
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OpinionAll quiet on the legal front?
If we are in for a quieter time, there is a chance that the hard slog of overdue maintenance work can start.
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FeatureBringing the house down
A sustained boom in property transactions generated huge volume but has done little to resolve conveyancing’s systemic problems.
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OpinionCompetition law still isn’t up to the job
The government and the CMA always insisted competition law would protect people. It doesn’t and it never did.
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FeatureCouncil’s junior lawyers
Lizzy Lim and Baljinder Atwal, two of four junior lawyer members of the Law Society Council, talk to Eduardo Reyes about their background, experiences and role representing their peers.
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FeatureAll at sea
New legislation designed to usher in the government’s hardline stance on asylum remains mired in controversy and bogged down by the courts. Solicitors are in the government’s sights too, reports Eduardo Reyes.
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OpinionA morally flawed act
Case for the Nationality and Borders Act to be revised is a technical as well as a moral one.
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OpinionOn social mobility, aim for the ceiling
Government’s social mobility tsar says working class people should take ‘smaller steps’ rather than aiming for elite universities. This puts a ceiling on ambition.
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OpinionSkilling me softly
Technology’s impact on law in the last two decades is endlessly discussed. However there has been a quieter but no less important transformation in the human attributes needed to succeed. Eduardo Reyes reports.