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Today, the 15th of October 2013, sees a busy day in Parliament as MPs prepare to debate the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill 2013-2014. A key part of this debate will centre around changing existing legislation concerning dangerous dogs. ...
BBC News has this week reported of the widespread use of 15-minute care visits to the elderly and disabled. The Leonard Cheshire Disability charity says that these visits are not long enough to provide adequate care and “can force disabled people to...
The government has recently announced they are considering imposing further restrictions on learner drivers. The proposed changes include a mandatory 1 year learner stage, in which anyone under 18 would not be able to take their driving test, and then a...
Recent figures released by the Office for National Statistics show that the number of people aged 60 and over divorcing has risen dramatically since the 1990s. This is against the general trend of a fall in divorce rates. In 2011, nearly 9,500 men aged...
From the 28th October 2013, reforms to Employment and Support Allowance, Disability Living Allowance and other welfare benefit appeals will see claimants having to lodge appeals directly with the Tribunal and will leave some appellants with no income. The...
Talk of increasing the driving age is not a new suggestion, but a new report commissioned by the government recommends that drivers should wait until they are 18 to take their test and a 12 month learner period will then follow where drivers will...
I’ve just read of a terrible case in London. It is reported on London24.com that a man was found guilty on 9th October of a murder arising out of a neighbour dispute . The issue apparently arose from a female neighbour washing some carpets. Dirty...
Cycling is becoming more and more popular, and with good reason. The rising cost of living and the pressure from society for us to get fitter and healthier means that swapping the car for a bicycle kills two birds with one stone. However, cyclists need...
When Joseph McBrearty was arrested for drink driving in April 2001 he decided to give false details to the police arresting him at the time. He gave the name of Rory O’Donnell and backed up his identity with a fake US driving licence which he had...
A recent survey of Members of Parliament has revealed that 69% of parliamentarians agree there is a mistaken belief in the existence of 'common law marriage' among their constituents. Steve Kirwan, who leads Resolution's work on...
The latest case that shows the stark reality of driving with excess alcohol and dangerous driving comes from Bristol and involved a male who was over the drink drive limit and then drove into oncoming traffic forcing other road users to get out of his way...
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Kier Starmer QC, has published detailed reasons for the decision not to prosecute two doctors accused of agreeing to carry out abortions on the basis of the sex of the unborn child. This follows an undercover...
The Court of Protection makes decisions on behalf of people that lack the capacity to do so themselves. The recent reporting of a case involving Wanda Maddocks has attracted a lot of publicity and alleged that the Court is far too secretive. The Court had...
If you are entering into an agreement with multiple guarantors ensure that they all sign the document. In the recent case of Harvey v Dunbar Assets PLC the Court unanimously rejected the enforcement of a multiple guarantor agreement on the basis that one of...
This article was first published in the Wigan Observer on the 9th of October 2013 Q: I live with my long-term partner, we're quite happy as we are but where would we stand legally if we did separate? A: Over the past few years there has...
Many people have been bitten by the cycling bug. After the Beijing Olympics the number of organised bike events has rocketed. None more so than the annual Manchester 100. I, with the support of Stephensons, recently took on this challenge in aid of Joining...
An article in the Liverpool Echo this week tells of a further incident relating to the use of police taser guns. A Liverpool man is reported to have suffered a heart attack after being tasered by police. He was shot twice with a taser in September 2012...
The Manchester Evening News has reported that ITV will soon be making the transition to their new offices in Media City at Salford Quays. As a result, ITV has now agreed to sell their Quay Street complex for the purpose of re-development to Manchester City...
I read how a cyclist avoided an almost certain death collision with a train after failing to stop at a closed level crossing barrier in Cambridgeshire in September. The train driver acted quickly in pressing the emergency brake, but the train did not come to...
