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The influence of the European Union upon the UK’s laws is a topic rarely out of the news, especially given the growing media attention surrounding the Brexit campaign. A recent decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal in the ongoing claim of Mr Lock...
Over 8000 patients have been contacted by the NHS advising them to have a blood test following reports from Lanarkshire Health Trust that two patients have probably been infected with hepatitis C from a former NHS clinician. It has been reported that an...
Are you staying on top of people who owe money to your business? Providing products and services on credit is something suppliers offer to their customers and which is widely taken for granted. You will probably have incurred costs to deliver what your...
The recent Ministry of Justice proposals to increase the Probate Registry fees are already attracting comment and concern from industry professionals. The progressive increase seems disproportionate and impractical. In a situation where the whole estate...
It has recently come to light in the media that a widowed grandmother, aged 58, whose husband died last year of cancer, was turned away from a caravan park in Norfolk because she is single. Unfair? Yes. Insensitive? Yes. But is this discrimination under the...
The prospect of introducing a contingency legal aid fund (CLAF) has been a hot-topic ever since the so-called ‘Jackson reforms’ were implemented in 2013. These reforms provided a significant shake up of civil litigation and changed the way in...
We all live in a very fast and stressful world with little time to take a minute and relax. Technology has helped us enormously to try and make life easier. Manufacturers of products are always trying to find new and innovative ways of...
According to a recent survey published in The Times, the number of challenges to Wills by relatives has increased by 20% over the past 10 years. Despite this, the majority of people surveyed considered that a deceased’s person’s wishes...
Barely two months on from suffering a significant data breach, the toy giant Vtech - best known for manufacturing digital devices for children - is back in the news and at the centre of a public relations storm. In December of last year, the company came...
Police officers are now able to interview suspects on the street using their body cameras for low level offences such as shoplifting and minor criminal damage offences. It has been widely reported that the police is having to deal with budget cuts. Andy...
Leaders of trade unions representing NHS workers have recently voiced concern about the growing number of private companies providing NHS care. Union leaders believe that this may threaten one of the core principles of the NHS: that treatment is to be...
Figures from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) suggest that the number of non-molestation orders issued by the courts have increased by 21 per cent from 4,925 to 6,101 in England and Wales, between 2012 and 2014. In the Midlands alone, the number of...
Social housing tenants can end up struggling with their finances for many reasons, from getting into debt or seeing their benefits cut. A major challenge faced by low-income tenants is managing money effectively to keep on top of monthly financial...
Everyone loves a good underdog story. Someone who battles through trials and tribulations to win out against all expectation. But while we revel in the exploits of fictional underdogs on television or in films and books, few of us get the opportunity, or...
When a relationship is breaking down, experience shows that effective communication is one of the first things to go. This can lead to all sorts of unintended misunderstandings, which then inevitably impact upon trust. Once this happens it can make...
Being a professional person can certainly have its ups and downs. It is often the case when family members or friends who require professional advice will contact their mate or their relative who happens to be an expert in the field they need assistance...
Mr Justice Peter Jackson, a senior family court judge, has made national headlines by speaking out about sex abuse cases not being investigated and going unsolved by the police following a case where our Partner Victoria Gethin acted for one of the...
It has been confirmed that as of April 2016 employers who fail to promptly pay awards made by the Employment Tribunal will be subject to an increase in the sum to be paid if they fail to respond to a penalty notice. The figure in question will be 50% of the...
