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Stricter Regulation Needed as Personal Insolvencies Set to Rise by 17% in 2018

19th June 2018
Following the release of the Q1 2018 Insolvency Service insolvency statistics, Richard Haymes, Head of Financial Difficulties at TDX Group, calls for stricter rules when promoting insolvency services online. The figures released by the Insolvency Service, showing an increase in both company and personal insolvencies, support our expectation that the number of individual voluntary arrangements […]
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Brexit-Led Skills Shortage Leaves Gaps for Gig Economy

19th June 2018
As the business world navigates the political uncertainty of Brexit, Charlotte Allery, Solicitor at Coffin Mew, comments on the skills shortage issues facing employers. Even before the UK leaves the European Union and potential restrictions on EU migrants are imposed, research reveals that the on-going skills shortage is hitting employers. The results of a study […]
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Navigating the Professional Indemnity Insurance Renewal Process

11th June 2018
For the majority of solicitors, the renewal of professional indemnity insurance (PII) has become a relatively painless process. Insurance capacity remains high and most law firms have a significant choice of insurers available to them. This competition has led to highly competitive insurance rates at this point in the insurance market cycle. For some firms, […]
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How Can Legal Reform Encourage Cycling?

7th June 2018
We all know that cycling is a great form of exercise, benefitting both mind and body. Various studies have shown that cycling to work or school substantially improves fitness and helps to maintain a healthy weight. Taking a bicycle instead of a car is also a Green option. However, according the British Social Attitudes Survey […]
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Mind the Gap: Why We Need to Discuss Females’ Finance

6th June 2018
The gender pay gap is a topic that has been widely discussed online and has steadily been gaining traction in terms of popularity and awareness. Though figures released by the Office of National Statistics for April 2017 revealed that the gender pay gap based on median hourly earnings reached an all time low of 9.1%, […]
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Proposals to Ban Harmful Gender Stereotypes in Advertising

4th June 2018
The body responsible for writing the UK's advertising rules, the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP), recently published a consultation on a proposed rule to prohibit the use of harmful gender stereotypes in marketing and advertisements (ads) together with draft guidance to help explain how the rule would apply in practice. Nicky Strong, Consultant, and Ashley […]
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Burying the Dead: A Lot of 'Hassell'

1st June 2018
On 27 April 2018 the High Court ruled that Senior Coroner Hassell’s policy never to prioritise any decision on the basis of the religion of the deceased or family was unlawful and should be quashed. This is Hassell’s third defeat in Court. A pattern is emerging. She attempts to avoid her duties to a minority; […]
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Don’t Get Caught Out by the Computer Misuse Act

1st June 2018
Specialist IT lawyer and Head of Technology at national law firm, Clarke Willmott LLP, Susan Hall, warns that the idea of ‘hacking’ can cover a number of offences and online pranksters should be aware that what they’re doing probably won’t be considered harmless fun. Online pranks can carry serious consequences. When a journalist asked Kemi […]
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How to Negotiate Salary and Benefits as a Female Lawyer

31st May 2018
Law students and young lawyers are faced with many employment considerations: what practice area to pursue, how to land a position with growth opportunity, and how to negotiate a salary and benefits package commensurate with the time and effort their career will require. Below Angela Ferrante, Senior Vice President of operations at GCG, a leading […]
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The Script Vs James Arthur: Unconscious Plagiarism & Intellectual Property

31st May 2018
Music is often a determined sequence of chords and rhythms, words and melodies, but sometimes a song has an ‘essence’; this is according to The Script’s lawyer, and plaintiff against James Arthur, Richard Busch. Below Robert Lundie Smith, Partner at EIP Legal, talks Lawyer Monthly through a complex history of subconscious copying and IP infringement […]
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