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What Constitutes as Police Misconduct?

30th June 2020
Police brutality and whether or not officers abuse their power is often debated and it is ever prevalent now, so we speak with Chris Eskew and Raeanna Spahn on how Section 1983 helps protects citizens against police misconduct.
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Will the Law Ever Evolve Quick Enough for New Technologies?

30th June 2020
With the digital era constantly evolving and thus posing new challenges for businesses and the legal sector alike, William shares with us how technology and the internet have impacted copyright law. New technologies provide new tools for creative expression and new vehicles for sharing those works[1]. But sometimes they also disrupt existing copyright regimes. How […]
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What Happens after a Brain Injury?

30th June 2020
When working on personal injury cases involving brain injury, what are the client’s main concern? Brain injuries can range in seriousness: from a mild concussion to a traumatic brain injury.  For some clients and their families, life may never be the same after suffering a brain injury. Clients come to us at a distressing moment […]
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Managing Yourself Through Construction Politics

30th June 2020
Speaking to Jamil Soucar, we explore what happens when politics or opposing personalities cause problems down the construction line. What “undisclosed causes” can cause issues during construction projects? The undisclosed causes for conflicts on construction projects have to do with human nature. Construction project teams involve a wide variety of people, who never met before, […]
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Moving from Partner to Chairperson

30th June 2020
  When did you know law was the career for you? When I started university, I had in fact planned to go into business management. I was doing a conjoint degree in commerce and law (B.Com/LLB) majoring in finance and economics and had a keen interest in global commerce. About three years into my studies, […]
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Doing Business with the Government and the Impact of COVID-19

30th June 2020
Pam also discusses the challenges COVID-19 presents for government contractors and changes we should be on the lookout for. Why should a business consider doing business with the government?   The U.S. federal government is the number one purchaser in the world, purchasing all sorts of supplies and services, so providing products or services to […]
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 The Challenges Experts May Face When Undergoing Assessments from Home

30th June 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic created an unprecedented challenge which has been the catalyst for the development of new modalities of delivering healthcare in order to maintain social distancing and minimising the potential spread of infection, especially in high risk specialities such as ophthalmology where there is close contact when the patient is examined. The Royal College […]
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Physician’s Potential Criminal Liability for Prescribing Medications

30th June 2020
In 2016, Dr Hsiu-Ying Tseng was convicted of second-degree murder for three patient drug overdose deaths, making Tseng the first doctor to be convicted of murder in the United States for overprescribing drugs.[1] In a study conducted by the National Attorneys General Training and Research Institute (NAGTRI), the researchers gathered information regarding the 378 cases […]
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How Should Employers Respond to Racial Unrest?

29th June 2020
In this article, member firms of Ius Laboris, the world’s largest HR and employment law firm alliance, provide suggestions on actions employers should consider in the light of recent events.
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Is the Criminal Justice System Doing Enough to Tackle Racism?

29th June 2020
It has been three years since David Lammy published his Review indicating that the Criminal Justice System (CJS) is lagging behind other institutions in its duty to tackle systemic racism.
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