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It’s recently been highlighted in the press that there are significant shortfalls in the Court of Protection system which ironically should work to protect the affairs of vulnerable people. It’s usually the onset of a mentally incapacitating...
February 29th 2012 – a leap year. Tradition dictates that a woman can ask a man for his hand in marriage. Historically it has never been seen to be appropriate for a woman to propose. In fact public humiliation could be faced if it is rebuffed. There...
Amendments to the Legal Aid system are never far from the minds of any high street lawyer. We have all been caught up in the lobbying, arguing and worrying about what is going to happen and the potential destruction of access to justice. After the initial...
Getting involved in a deeply entrenched emotional divorce means that the recovery will be so much slower and more painful. Not only that it can lead to financial and professional ruin. Only this week a Consultant haematologist appeared before Southwark...
It has been reported this week that tenants who rent from private sector landlords are living in poor conditions and that the condition of privately rented accommodation has deteriorated. This is at a time when more reliance than ever is placed on private...
More than 600 people have died throughout Europe recently as a result of the cold snap we have been experiencing. Clearly this is having an effect on the 3 million people currently sleeping rough in Europe. According to statistics, the number of...
The Court of Appeal handed down their ruling in the case of Marley v Rawlings [2012] EWCA Civ 61 last week confirming that where couples sign the wrong Wills by mistake, those Wills are not valid and cannot be rectified by the Court. The case involved an...
Three breaches of health and safety laws have been admitted this month by Network Rail following the deaths of two teenage girls in Essex in December 2005. Charlotte Thompson, 13, and Olivia Bazlinton, 14, were hit by a train as they walked over tracks at...
The Welfare Reform Bill has returned to the House of Commons this week for MPs to vote on the various proposals. The Government’s aim by introducing these proposals was to cut the annual housing benefit bill by £500 million a year. The...
When parents separate or divorce it often brings pain not only for the parties themselves but for the children. It is well know that divorce, if managed badly, can be very negative for children. Much research has been undertaken about children and those...
A record number of applications to remove children into care was announced today. Is this the result of a dramatic decline in the standard of parenting across the country? Is it a reflection of over-caution by social workers? Is it a symptom of deeper...
According to the Insolvency Service’s figures, personal insolvencies in England and Wales dropped 11.3% in 2011 compared to 2010 figures. Bankruptcies registered the steepest drop plummeting by 29.3% from the previous year and Individual...
It has been reported that UK retailers suffered their second worse January since the British Retail Consortium’s (“BRC”) survey began in 1995. Overall like for like sales were down 0.3% compared to 2011 and the 2.1% increase in total sales...
The government announced today that it will introduce a legally binding presumption of shared parental for fathers and mothers after separation. Australia introduced a similar law giving shared parental rights several years ago resulting in an avalanche of...
Holidays are a time most of us look forward to - some for many months, but for some they turn out to be a nightmare rather than the rest and relaxation they were hoping for. When we holiday abroad, we have a right to expect the hotel we are staying in to...
We have entered a new era in the last week when we found that not only are jobs not for life but nor are knighthoods! Fred Goodwin was stripped of his knighthood which he received for banking services in 2004. He does of course get to keep his pension. He...
Is this an example of a growing compensation culture or an example of why we must ensure that health and safety regulations protecting employees must stay? I read an article in the Daily Mail online which in my opinion shows an example of why health and...
I listened with interest to a news item on BBC Radio 2 this week about plans to “overhaul” the existing Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme – due to the fact that running costs are spiralling out of control, having trebled since 1997 to...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have published several press releases which have caught my eye this month and involve falls from roofs. The most tragic being the death of a labourer following a fall from the roof of an industrial unit, just months...
A scheme which has helped rough sleepers in London is to be launched in Liverpool and the surrounding area on 2nd February 2012. ‘No second night out’ is a government backed scheme which tries to ensure that rough sleepers spend no more than one...
