Jayne Harrison, partner and head of employment law at Cleggs Solicitors, has been practicing law for 17 years. As part of our features dedicated to young lawyers and newly law graduates, here she shares her opinion with Lawyer Monthly on whether it is best to be a specialist or generalist. In most modern-day practices, it […]
As part of our features aimed at law students and newly graduates, those looking for work in the legal sphere, and those simply interested in the colours of the law world, Associate Dean and Professor of Western Michigan University’s Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Nelson Miller answers the question: is the bar exam for me? […]
Ralston Dodd, 25, was imprisoned in 2016 after attempting to murder Jerrell Holland with three knife strikes in the back. However, after being sentenced to nine years, he walked free just months later, and nobody noticed. The criminal is now at large and unfound. Dodd stabbed Jerrell in the back three times after an unfriendly […]
The impact of Brexit will not be uniform and there will be winners and losers, which as lawyers is something that we see every day. Below, Lawyer Monthly hears more on this from Archie Sherbrooke at Moore Blatch Solicitors. I practice in the commercial property sector, which is an area that many people assume could […]
UK Prime Minister Theresa May plans to fine companies like Google and Facebook for lack of efforts, or all together allowing the hosting of extremist material online. Even her very own counter-terrorism watchdog has said this is anti-democratic. In past months May’s government pointed the finger at Google and other social media platforms and websites […]
Landlords that are currently housing Grenfell tower fire victims are being paid up to £250 per day for their one-bedroom flats. According to reports, estate agents in the vicinity are being told to offer deals for housing that match five times the market value, given the lack of housing for the fire survivors. All in […]
In the recent case of Charlie Gard, who a court has decided can be removed from life support following a fight by his parents to take him to the US for treatment, protesters have gathered outside Buckingham Palace, in London, to oppose the court’s decision and all in all, ‘show Charlie love’. According to the […]
Below, Rose Carey, Partner at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP, tells Lawyer Monthly how it’s going to go in regard to immigration law, the so called ‘settled status’ proposed, and discusses some other angles on what’s to be of UK based EU nationals. Theresa May has offered to allow EEA nationals who have lived in the […]
Reports suggest fees the NHS pays to medical negligence lawyers are up by 80% compared to the previous year, which is almost four times the rise in payouts to patients involved in the cases. The top five law firms were paid out £107.8million by the NHS cash in 2015/16 — up 49% from the previous […]
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