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Section 1 of the Children Act 1989 states that when a court determines any question with respect to the upbringing of a child the child’s welfare shall be the court’s paramount consideration. There are seven statutory factors that the Court is directed to have regard in any Children Act proceedings, one of which is the […]
Satinder Hunjan QC, the multi-award winning silk has today joined Kings Chambers and 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square. Satinder was head of International Group and previously the head of the Clinical Negligence Group at No5 Chambers and is one of the UK’s top silks. He was called to the Bar in 1984 and took silk in […]
Research conducted by GO DPO, the strategic partner for the Henley Data Protection Officer (DPO) Programme, estimates that around 7,000 large companies (employing in excess of 250 employees) will need to recruit and train at least one DPO each over the next 24 months; between now and when the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) […]
As part of its commitment to the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) business community, the UK200Group has launched its Campaign for Clarity ahead of the EU Referendum on June 23rd. With this in mind, the UK200Group asked its members and their clients to contribute their most important business questions to a document that was then […]
Intellectual property law firm, EIP, is supporting the Remain position in the EU referendum, warning that a UK exit from the EU will be bad for IP rights holders and the UK’s creative and technological industries generally. IP plays an important role to the UK economy. A 2013 study from the European Patent Office and […]
More than half of women working in the legal profession – 62% – say their gender has hampered their career progress, according to research from specialist legal and compliance recruiter Laurence Simons. In contrast, only 16% of men felt their gender had ever been a barrier to advancing their career. These findings, from a survey […]
The International Bar Association (IBA) has endorsed ground-breaking guidance for business lawyers on how to practice law with respect for human rights. On 28 May 2016, the IBA Council, the organisation's governing body, voted unanimously to adopt the IBA Practical Guide on Business and Human Rights for Business Lawyers (Practical Guide) during its mid-year meeting […]
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