2018

A bit more information

The Chancellor’s Increase to NI: The Devil Is in the Detail

7th November 2018
There was much fanfare last week when the Chancellor announced he would honour the Conservative manifesto pledge to raise the income tax threshold – bringing the lower rate to £12,500, and the higher rate to £50,000 – and he would actually bring this forward a year to be effective from April 2019. However, as is […]
Read full article

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Announced Full Self-Driving Features by August - and Rocket Thrusters for the New Tesla Roadster 2020

6th November 2018
Tesla has wowed fans and automobile aficionados again by announcing new features on its line of pioneer electric cars. Elon Musk, the co-founder and CEO of Tesla Inc., teased Tesla owners with the promise of full self-driving capabilities on their cars by August 2018 – and also casually mentioned that the upcoming Tesla Roadster 2020 might […]
Read full article

Justice Funding Slashed By 27% Over 10 Years

6th November 2018
New research commissioned by the Bar Council reveals the full scale of a decade of dis-investment in justice and argues that decisions to make wholesale budget cuts cannot be blamed on austerity measures alone. Produced by Professor Martin Chalkley for Justice Week, the research shows that a 27% real term cut to Ministry of Justice […]
Read full article

Facebook’s Disappointing Q3 Results & Regulatory Challenges Ahead

6th November 2018
Following on from recent news regarding facebook’s poor Q318 results, Jon Tipple, Chief Strategy Officer, Worldwide at FutureBrand, discusses further bad news for the firm. Facebook’s disappointing Q3 results – despite strong earnings, the social media giant failed to reach analysts’ estimates on revenue, daily active users and monthly active users – reflect some difficult […]
Read full article

Separating Morality from Legality, and Why Yachting Has the Moral High Ground

5th November 2018
Following the disclosure of the ‘Paradise Papers’ in 2017, an onslaught of misguided moral righteousness resulted, villainising the wealthy for using perfectly legal means of investing their wealth in offshore corporations in order to achieve tax efficiency. In the process, many august journals blurred the lines between entirely legal tax avoidance and illegal tax evasion. […]
Read full article

Who is George Soros?

5th November 2018
Hungarian-American businessman and philanthropist George Soros has become a divisive figure in global politics and has been ostracised by his home country. He was the first person targeted in the recent mail-bomb attacks against high-profile critics of President Trump in the United States, and has been the topic of numerous fake news stories and conspiracy […]
Read full article

Understanding of Forensic Science Is Poor in UK Criminal Justice System

2nd November 2018
The level of understating of forensic science among lawyers, judges, and juries is poor, according to evidence submitted to parliament by a group of researchers from Queen Mary University of London. The researchers suggest that forensic science is contributing to injustices because of misunderstandings about matching trace evidence to a particular person. The group have […]
Read full article
1 15 16 17 18 19 134

About Lawyer Monthly

Lawyer Monthly is a news website and monthly legal publication with content that is entirely defined by the significant legal news from around the world.