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Bar Council: Justice Is At Breaking Point

23rd April 2018
Andrew Walker QC, Chair of the Bar Council, has made the following statement ahead of last week's Vigil for Justice outside the Ministry of Justice. “As a result of repeated cuts, our justice system has deteriorated over many years to breaking point, and we are now seeing the cumulative impact on practitioners seeking to operate […]
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The Great Legal Bake 2018 Kicks Off Next Week

5th February 2018
The Great British Bake Off may be over but the Great Legal Bake is just around the corner. This 12-16th February, hundreds of law firms, chambers, courts and legal advice centres will bake to raise funds for access to justice. Almost 250 organisations are already signed up to bake for justice across the UK. All […]
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What do Research and Development Tax Credits mean for your Manufacturing Company?

10th January 2018
For some time now, the government has been aware of the link between innovation and economic growth. They have sought ways to reward those within industry and business for the role they play in promote efficiency and growth. Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has distributed over £14 billion in Research and Development tax credits […]
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Intel CPU Issues Just Made Your Entire Systems Vulnerable

9th January 2018
A serious design flaw reportedly present in all Intel’s CPUs made in the past ten years is leaving devices vulnerable to hackers, requiring an operating system (OS) update in order to fix it – and it has been reported that ARM and AMD are also at risk. The Meltdown flaw allegedly affects all systems running […]
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What do Research and Development Tax Credits mean for your Food Company?

4th January 2018
Fish, poultry, meat, dough, milk, cheese and eggs. You might be thinking why we are talking about this. But, if you are in the food industry, you may have a fair idea of where we are going with this. They’re ingredients for your final products and they are your gateway to R&D tax credits and […]
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Are Cyber Ransoms Still a Huge Problem?

20th December 2017
With recent research predicting that global ransomware damage costs will exceed $5 billion in 2017 – a fifteen-fold increase in just two years – it is evident that ransomware will continue to be a clear and present danger as 2018 approaches. However, the fact that ransomware has existed in some form since 1989 demonstrates that […]
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10 Arrested for Smuggling Drugs into Prison with Drones

20th December 2017
Ten accused criminals have been sentenced to up to seven years and two months in jail after it was revealed they had been smuggling drugs, phones or other contraband into UK prisons using drones. In jail for armed robbery, Craig Hickinbottom, 35, was the captain of the operation, arranging the drone routes into the prison […]
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