Not that long ago, if you’d said that people or businesses could raise money by asking some strangers on the internet you would likely have been met with incredulous looks. Yet crowdfunding is a massive area of growth and alternative forms of finance are threatening traditional banking in ways that one once would have thought […]
When it comes to regulatory law, rules and proposals for new ones, every lawyer, business and often individuals need to keep up to date. Here Clive Rich, lawyer and chairman of online legal service provider LawBite, gives Lawyer Monthly a rundown of the latest important changes every small or medium enterprise needs to keep an […]
Following yesterday's Court of Appeal judgment in relation to Sharp v Sharp, ruling in Julie Sharp's favour, Mr Sharp has been awarded £2 million in total, less than the initial £2.74 million awarded in 2015 but more than Mrs Sharp's request of only £1.2 million. This judgement follows several years of divorce proceedings between the couple, where the […]
According to several news outlets, an alleged ‘Jihadi terrorist’, who is currently fighting deportation form the UK, has been awarded £250,000 in legal aid handouts despite being found with instruction manuals on bombing nightclubs and airports. The question is, under the law, is it just to provide him with legal aid? The Sun claims he […]
Announced this week, UK PM Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron are set to unveil proposals that would fine big companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google for failing to remove extremist content form their sites. This comes following a series of attacks on both France, the UK and other European nations. According to May, […]
As part of Lawyer Monthly’s new series on law school, recruitment and careers in the legal sector, John Oxley, Barrister at Vardags relays an educational piece below on the journey from paralegal to managing partner, and everything in between. Lawyers often have little idea what those above and below them in their firm actually do. […]
The Free University of Brussels (ULB) was accused of being sexist after it asked its female students to wear low-cut dresses for graduation day. It was later forced to apologise. An email sent round to all medical students informed that makes could wear suits, but women were told: “From an aesthetic point of view it […]
Next up on the celebrity internet nudity line-up are TV stars from Coronation Street, Sally Lindsay and Catherine Tyldesley, as well as Melanie Sykes, TV and radio presenter. These celebs are feared to have had their iCloud accounts hacked, as photos and videos, including several explicit snaps and clips, have been leaked to X-rated sites. […]
China's new Cybersecurity Law goes into force on Thursday with an aim to tighten what is already one of the world's most restrictive online environments. With more on this and other news around the world we turn to Ro Aram. Aram… the law seeks to protect China's networks and private user data, but foreign firms […]
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