This column was first published on the October 19th in the Wigan Obsever Q: This will be the first Christmas since my partner and I have been separated. We can’t agree on who will have our children on Christmas day. What is the best way to reach a...

The Environment Agency published its annual waste crime report, which it says shows its efforts to identify and close illegal waste sites is paying off. The number of sites closed in 2012/13 increased by 70% on 2011/12 figures, with a total of 1,279 illegal...

The Manchester Evening News reported recently that a woman had come home from her holiday to find her house had been stripped bare by a local housing association. Unfortunately this story is not all that unique. However, in this instance there had been a...

 Wythenshawe Hospital has developed a new scheme which will mean that patients can be seen by consultants seven days a week. It may come as a surprise to some people, but many hospitals currently have low levels of senior staff working at weekends and...

As the FCA continues to reveal its regulatory plans for a number of areas, the latest published proposals focus on crowd funding. As set out on the IFA Magazine website, “Crowd funding is a way businesses, organisations and individuals can raise money....

A 95-year-old blind man and his 86-year-old wife, who had visited Wythenshawe Hospital after suffering a fall, had to wait almost 8 hours in a waiting room following a mistake by the transport provider. The woman was left waiting for transport to an...

The Bribery Act 2010 came into force July 2011. For a long time the Act seemed to ‘lack teeth’ and now finally it seems to be having an impact. In July 20103 the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) admitted the Act appeared to be lying dormant and then by...

There is an increased desire to see large corporations brought to account particularly following the banking crisis. Individuals are far more likely to be investigated and senior management brought in for questioning particularly when a fraud is committed...

I recently represented a client who had been the tenant of the same landlord since 1994. The client had moved properties during this time but his landlord remained the same. The landlord had served a Section 21 Notice and issued accelerated possession...