Sporting rights generally comprise the rights to short, hunt or fish on a specific measure of land. But when it comes to buying, selling, renting or leasing land, what power do sporting rights have and what part do they play in the real estate game? Lawyer Monthly hears on this from leading landed estate management […]
According to the data revealed by the ONS, Britain has the fifth largest gender pay gap in Europe behind Estonia, Czech Republic, Germany, and Austria, but ahead of countries like Poland and Greece. In London, the gender pay gap has barely changed in over two decades, with full-time female employees earning 14.6% less per hour than their […]
The US justice department is currently in the process of setting quotas for immigration judges in an attempt to speed up the processing of immigration cases. Below Lawyer Monthly benefits from expert insight from Jamie Kerr Specialist, Immigration Partner at Thorntons. Judges will need to clear at least 700 cases a year in order to […]
On International Women’s Day last month, a personal injury specialist called for the legal sector to #PressforProgress and address the potential for gender inequality in personal injury claims. Helena Oxley, trainee solicitor at Roythornes Solicitors, here considers the potential issues between claims for men and women and the impact these can have on calculating a […]
Responding to the Bar Standards Board’s announcement last week of a new consultation on removing the restriction on reporting sexual orientation and religion and belief data, the Bar Council made the following comment. Sam Mercer, Head of Policy: Equality & Diversity and CSR, said: “The Bar Council welcomes the BSB’s consultation on relaxing rules with […]
The cap on skilled non-EU workers reached its annual limit for the fourth month in a row in March, latest evidence from immigration law firms showed, meaning that companies applying to bring non-EU workers in most jobs had to offer annual salaries of more than £60,000. It means that more than 80% of professional employee […]
Easy tips to avoid your privacy being breached! In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica & Facebook scandal, many are worried about their privacy. F-Secure Connected Life's expert Sean Sullivan explains what he does to not be the product.
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