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£23 Million Compensation Awarded To 12-Year-Old Girl

24th July 2018
A 12-year-old girl, who was left with brain injuries - after her delivery was negligently managed at Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, in 2005 - has been awarded one of the largest ever clinical negligence settlements. Clinical negligence specialist Paul Kingsley, of national law firm, Moore Blatch, acted on behalf of the young girl, IBC, who […]
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Spousal Maintenance: An Ongoing Legal Controversy

24th July 2018
Spousal maintenance, either interim maintenance until proceedings are concluded (maintenance pending suit) or maintenance to maintain a spouse post-proceedings (periodical payments) is a controversial and hotly debated topic in family law. Below Lawyer Monthly hears on some of this topic’s intricacies and challenges, as Bryan Scant, family law expert at Coffin Mew, discusses the controversy […]
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Government Must Admit Link Between Funding Cuts and Disclosure Failures

23rd July 2018
The Bar Council has responded to the Justice Select Committee’s report on the disclosure of evidence in criminal cases. Chair of the Bar Andrew Walker QC comments below. We welcome the urgent call for action in today’s report from the Justice Select Committee on the serious and systemic failure in our criminal justice system regarding […]
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Justice Week to Put Rule of Law & Justice at Centre of Public Debate

23rd July 2018
The legal profession is gearing up for the first ever Justice Week, a new initiative to put justice and the rule of law at the centre stage of public and political debate. Taking place between Monday 29 October and Friday 2 November 2018, the week will promote a vibrant mix of research, public events and […]
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Israel Approves Controversial Nation-State Legislation

23rd July 2018
The Israeli government says the bill, passed last week, will merely enshrine into law Israel's existing character. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called its passage a 'historic moment in the history of Zionism and the history of the state of Israel'. Israel's 1948 declaration of independence defined its nature as a Jewish and democratic state, a […]
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The ‘Bank of Mum & Dad’ Lifeline and the Stamp Duty Land Tax Trap

20th July 2018
Flagship measures introduced by the Government to assist first-time buyers, could actually be pricing them out of the market, say leading accounting, tax and advisory practice Blick Rothenberg. “Due to a toxic combination of rising house prices, the squeeze on wages, high rents, stricter affordability tests for mortgages and higher deposits, the ‘Bank of Mum […]
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Theme Park Injuries: Complexity, Transparency & Accountability

20th July 2018
When it comes to theme park injuries, a lot of the case work is swept under the rug and never heard of again. Scott Monge, Founder of Monge & Associates, believes theme parks should be held accountable by law, and provide total transparency in the cases of serious injury or accidental deaths, the numbers of […]
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Want to Make It as a Barrister? Here’s Some Top Tips

19th July 2018
To support aspiring barristers The University of Law’s National Programme and Student Affairs Director – BPTC, Jacqueline Cheltenham, and its Careers and Employability Advisor, Anna Williams, have shared their advice on making it as a barrister. With 16,435 practicing barristers registered in 2017 and 815 students successfully completing the BPTC, becoming a barrister is undoubtedly […]
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Law Firms Do Not Encourage Men to Take Parental Leaves

19th July 2018
The professional ethos of law firms discourages men from taking parental leave, a new Finnish-Canadian study shows. Carried out by the University of Eastern Finland and TÉLUQ University in Quebec, the study found that the professional culture in law firms rests on traditional masculine ideology, with men regarded as the providers for their families. This […]
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Workplace Pensions & the Auto-Enrolment Dilemma

18th July 2018
Since the introduction of the UK’s auto-enrolment system for workplace pensions, the cost of saving up has become a dilemma for many. Below Lawyer Monthly hears from David Bird, Head of Proposition Development, LifeSight, Willis Towers Watson, on the issues behind this predicament. The first workplace pensions were given to nurses in 1874 and we […]
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