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Growing Levels of Personal Insolvencies, Why?

27th February 2019
Following a recent release of the 2018 Insolvency Service statistics, Richard Haymes, Head of Financial Difficulties at TDX Group, an Equifax company, believes widespread confusion over the consequences of personal insolvency mean more education is required.
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Forget Current Party-Political Turmoil, Who Has Thrown the Best Political House Party?

26th February 2019
The UK’s current political landscape is in turmoil and with both main parties fighting among themselves and the latest developments of a Labour Party split with seven of its members resigning the party whip.
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Is Xiaomi Selling Patent-Infringing Smartphones to the UK Market?

26th February 2019
IPCom, an Intellectual Property (IP) management and patent licensing compayh, has offered Xiaomi, the electronics company, a patent license on FRAND (fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory) terms, to which it has received no response.
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Supreme Court Rejects Government Appeals on Criminal Records Disclosure Scheme

25th February 2019
Many people have been haunted by their past minor transgressions, which on any view bare no indication of who they are and have become in the present day. Naturally, many people have probably been fearful of applying for jobs knowing that their past will hinder them.
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10 Bizarre Laws In Japan

25th February 2019
If you’re in Japan, and someone challenges you to a duel, what do you do? Also, where are you allowed to spit?
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Trials and Tribulations of the SFO: Plain Sailing from Here On?

21st February 2019
Following a tumultuous 2018 for the Serious Fraud Office, Iskander Fernandez, Partner and white collar crime expert at BLM, addresses the agency’s recent investigations, whether recent changes in senior leadership could steady the SFO ship, and issues surrounding corporate criminal liability.
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What’s in Store for the Partner of the Future?

20th February 2019
For senior qualified legal staff, the world really is their oyster. There are a wide range of potential career options available for solicitors, not least the path to partnership.
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Lawyer Bots Can Do More Than Automate Mundane Legal Tasks

19th February 2019
The legal industry faces ever-increasing demands from clients for faster services and accurate results. An obvious response is to adopt the time-saving and efficiency-driving technologies that are widely available and being incorporated into many other industries.
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The Criminal Law Disclosure Process: Why Is the System Failing?

19th February 2019
Some weeks back the Attorney General appeared before the Commons Justice Committee and vowed to “crack the whip” to rectify the all too well known failings in the criminal disclosure process.
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Claims or Lost Opportunity Claims: It All Has to Be Honest

18th February 2019
The Supreme Court has this week handed down judgment in Perry v Raleys Solicitors [2019] UKSC 5, a much-anticipated decision on the court’s approach to causation and quantum where the claimant’s claim is that the breach of duty has caused him to lose an opportunity he would allegedly otherwise have had.
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