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“How long will my claim take?” is the most common, if not the first, question we receive from clients within the personal injury department at Stephensons. How quickly a claim settles depends entirely on an individual’s circumstance,...
Being involved in any accident can be extremely stressful and upsetting but perhaps even more so when the accident has taken place abroad. We act for a number of clients who have been involved in accidents abroad. Whether that be through slipping on a...
In a recent Court of Appeal case it was decided it was reasonable to expect that a conveyancing solicitor should explain the detail of a Plansearch report which provided details of a school development in close proximity of the property being...
Social media has expanded rapidly over recent years. It allows people to share information, ideas and views and is important for both individuals and businesses. Once more it can also distort the boundaries between home and work and this has been a key...
Under the Equality Act 2010, a private club, society and/or association, must not discriminate against an individual or group of people. What is discrimination? Discrimination is the unequal treatment of an individual or a number of persons...
Last week, we saw Australian politician, Senator Larissa Waters, breast feed in Parliament. This opens quite an interesting debate as to female employees’ rights regarding breast feeding in the work place. While it is rare for female...
The world has been overtaken by social media, Facebook, Skype, Snapchat, Twitter and – apparently – ‘WhatsApp’. Today, many people’s personal lives are being played out publicly, marriages, separations and divorces. There...
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force in the UK on 25 May 2018. In short, the GDPR is a new law that significantly extends and strengthens the current law and regulatory regime in relation to data privacy and data...
Whether it is a 20-minute video of the funniest cat moments, or a day in the life of a daily ‘vlogger’. For some YouTube channels and the people/companies behind them, advertisement revenue is their main source of income. Google’s...
This year’s Deaf Awareness Week is taking place from 15-21 May 2017. It is promoted by the UK Council on Deafness, the umbrella body for voluntary organisations working with deaf people in the UK. Deaf Awareness Week is an opportunity to raise...
If you believe that you have been treated less favourably than another individual in the workplace and you feel that the treatment is connected to one or more of the characteristics protected and defined in the Equality Act 2010, then you may be able...
It’s Sun Awareness Week from 8 th – 16 th May 2017, and what a week it’s been so far with the news headlines announcing that an “unexpected mini heatwave is set to hit Britain.” In marking Sun Awareness Week, the British...
As a firm we have an active Corporate Social Responsibility forum. Our CSR committee have decided to carry out a ‘time’ project at Barnardo’s Preston Foyer. The project involves a ‘changing rooms’ exercise in the common...
A study in the Medico-Legal Journal has recently demonstrated a worrying trend of patients being sent home from A&E departments with undiagnosed fractures, particularly of the hand and hip. A delayed diagnosis of a fracture can lead to non-union of the...
It’s Mental Health Awareness week this week and the theme this year hosted by the Mental Health Foundation is ‘surviving to thriving’. The Mental Health Foundation is seeking this year to look at why so few people in the UK, and...
It’s Action for Brain Injury Week this week and brain injury charity, Headway, is seeking to raise awareness of the impact of brain injury on injured people and their families by encouraging them to share their experiences and address the common...
Are workers entitled to the national minimum wage when 'on-call', or sleeping, at work? ‘It depends’ according to a recent decision in the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT). The EAT confirmed the following factors can assist in...
According to new research from insurers Royal London, over £400 billion in wealth is due to be passed down from grandparents to younger generations over the next few decades . Data was collected from over 5,000 people from three different...
The Criminal Trial relating to the disgraced former NHS Surgeon, Ian Paterson, has now concluded with a jury finding him guilty of 17 counts of wounding with intent and three further wounding charges. Paterson was a Consultant Breast Surgeon working at...
