All articles by Eduardo Reyes – Page 7
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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.
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FeatureAge-old problems
The ethics surrounding capacity, autonomy, legacy, values and digital assets were front of mind at the annual conference of the Law Society’s Private Client Section.
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OpinionDamning verdict on Raab’s Bill of Rights
It is, in one striking phrase, ‘a powerpoint of key messages…mashed together in a piece of legislation’.
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NewsDebating equality: student Pride moot
In the 1920s, the Gazette and Solicitors Journal routinely reported the results of law’s debating societies and student mooting competitions – a tradition that sadly ceased at some point.
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FeatureFight club
From coping with the explosion of data to the challenge of keeping disputes in the UK post-Brexit, commercial litigators have a full in-tray. Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette roundtable discussion.
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FeatureEmergency room
Medical negligence cases benefited from pragmatic collaboration by all involved during the pandemic. Politicians intent on reforming the handling of disputes which arise from clinical failings should take note. Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette roundtable
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OpinionBringing a clin neg claim – it could easily have been me
Arguments that frame cases as a ‘drain on the NHS’ are promoted by people who have not experienced the fallout of clinical negligence.
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FeatureIf you were there
As the cost-of-living crisis worsens, can lawyers and the legal system do anything to ensure a just outcome for society’s most disadvantaged people? Many are helped, Eduardo Reyes finds, yet the scale of the problem is daunting.
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OpinionWhy did no-fault divorce take so long? Blame my parents
I benefitted from my parents’ mature approach to divorce. I would like it to be a more common experience.
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OpinionThe SEND Green Paper: more obstacles to access to justice
The paper contributes to a culture where families involved in the process need not be listened to.
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ProfileA life on the edge
Media favourite Mark Stephens reviews a career that has encompassed hit men, Tom Jones and groundbreaking human rights cases. Eduardo Reyes reports.