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Loot Boxes are under fire once again. The promotion of gambling to minors is currently on Germany’s hit list and will have an effect on all of Europe. Problem gambling affects people of all ages, including children. The promotion of gambling activities to minors is a big taboo, as children are not yet mentally developed […]
Law school is only the start. By now you could be anywhere between your first job as a paralegal or already have made Partner, and what you know by now is that law school didn’t prepare you for everything. Below Lawyer Monthly benefits from expert insight from Susanne Shah, Director of Divorce and Family Law […]
Following the London High Court Judgment in the fraud case of Kazakhstan Kagazy Group v Zhunus, Arip and Dikhanbayeva which awarded $300m to Kazakhstan Kagazy, Hugh McGregor, the General Counsel of Kazakhstan Kagazy PLC, outlines the process that his firm followed to uncover and litigate what Lord Justice Longmore described as almost the 'perfect' fraud. […]
In 2014, the UK Data Protection regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), issued a blog emphasising the importance of solicitors and barristers keeping personal information secure, following a number of data breaches involving the legal profession. A year later, 4% of UK data security incidents reported to the ICO still involved UK lawyers. Some mistakes […]
As of 1 April 2018, part three of the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015, more commonly known as the MEES regulations, came in to effect. These relate minimum energy efficiency standards and affect commercial property as well as residential property. Below Conor Geoghegan, Senior Associate Solicitor, Commercial Property at Coffin […]
With Brexit less than a year away, Alan Kennedy, Associate at Womble Bond Dickinson provides a summary of the latest position on EU workers' rights and what employers should do now to prepare for the UK's departure from Europe. Latest position on future status of EU nationals EU citizens who arrive in the UK before […]
A lawyer personality doesn’t always follow a defined criterion of chiselled traits and qualities, but there’s quite an array of factors that make ‘the lawyer mind’. Below Lawyer Monthly discusses with Charlie Bell, Director at Vardags. It’s a well-worn turn of phrase echoed throughout the hallowed halls of law school, but what does it actually […]
Brexit has often been described as a divorce, but there’s increasing debate over what brexit could mean for actual divorce and family law. Here Lawyer Monthly benefits from top expertise from Wendy Gouldingay, Co-chair of Resolution East Midlands/Nottingham & Director of Gouldingays Family Law & Mediation, who clarifies how things currently function, and how they […]
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 […]
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 […]
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