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Why do we need family lawyers?

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We are in a new era where some people feel they do not wish to take legal advice and they trawl the internet. We check out medical advice on the internet and are even told to go and read articles about the safety of drugs...maybe we don’t need doctors...

Strains placed on relationships by baby arrival

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In The Times today there is reference to a study 'Sleep Sex and Sacrifice' which examines the stresses and strains placed on relationships by the arrival of a baby. The study was based on a survey of 1403 parents, a third of whom were classed as...

Domestic abuse leads to mothers death

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Maria Stubbings of Chelmsford in Essex was strangled with a dog lead in 2008 by Marc Chivers who had already killed a previous girlfriend. This happened despite the fact that Chivers had already been convicted of assaulting Ms Stubbings and had served a...

Since 8th April 2013 the North West has begun trialling the new benefit known as Personal Independence Payment (PIP). But what is PIP and how will it affect people? Firstly, we need to cast our minds back to 5th December 2012, when George Osborne delivered...

Andrew Norfolk, a journalist at The Times, has jointly won the Orwell prize for journalism alongside Tom Bergin from Reuters. Andrew won the accolade based on his investigation into the sexual abuse of girls at care homes in Rochdale and beyond. Andrew has...

Earlier this year, there were reports concerning the case of Caroline Woollen, the manager of a global offshore company, who stole almost £160,000 from her employer. Caroline Woollen tricked her Danish employer, Nordic Offshore, into believing she had...

Surprise safety checks began taking place on building sites across Britain in April after a rise in the number of deaths. In the previous 12 months 41 people have died on building sites. Fifty people were killed and 2,298 seriously injured in 2010-2011. The...

Police Commissioner in favour of tasers

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The use of taser guns is an increasingly hot topic in the press. And rightly so. There is strong opposition to the use of these police weapons, as injuries and deaths are believed by some to have been caused as a result of their use. The guns fire two darts...

Parliament approve Deferred Prosecution Agreements

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Deferred Prosecution Agreements have received Royal Assent and are on track for a 2014 introduction. But what is a DPA and how will it affect businesses in the UK? A Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) is an agreement between the prosecution and the...

Taser guns used to restrain the mentally ill

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It has come to light that it is not uncommon for police to use taser guns to restrain mentally ill patients. According to an article posted on the This is Leicestershire website, a response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 show that...

Calls for speed reduction on rural roads

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Although National Road Safety week isn't until November this year, road safety charity Brake are stepping up the campaign to lower road speed limits everywhere with particular emphasis on rural roads, with their aim being for the Government to reduce the...

Police arrest motoring menace

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Any criminal solicitor worth his salt will be able to tell you that crashing a recently stolen vehicle into a Police Officer's car is not going to end well. This was exactly what happened to a Mr Beard who was already well known to the Court for previous...

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