Below, Claire Brook, an Employment Law Partner at Aaron & Partners LLP, talks to Lawyer Monthly about the recent case of Bogdan Mihai Barbulescu, and delves into the legal bindings of monitoring private messages in the workplace. In 2016, the Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that a Romanian employer did […]
Bermuda has affirmed its record in terms of transparency and international compliance, ahead of EU talks this week. The Bermuda delegation will be led by the Premier, The Rt Hon E. David Burt, JP, MP. In a statement, the Premier said: “This week I have a series of meetings in London, Paris and Brussels. Bermuda […]
Mark Gardner is a debt recovery and insolvency specialist at national law firm Excello Law, and here he explains for Lawyer Monthly why the recently introduced pre-action debt protocol might have gone a little too far. The government introduced a new pre-action protocol for debt on 1st October 2017. This new protocol, from the Head […]
Following the Las Vegas shootings, where 58 people died, much discussion has riled up surrounding US President Donald Trump’s reaction to the massacre, and largely about weapons regulations and restrictions. The man behind the attack, Stephen Paddock, shot and injured a security guard just minutes before the attack. A full timeline of the tragedy can […]
Over the weekend, big time gun lobbyists, the National Rifle Association said they would oppose an outright bump-stock ban. A bump-stock is a device that enables rifles automatic firing, such as we saw in the recent Las Vegas massacre, where 58 people died. According to police, Stephen Paddock, 64, fitted 12 of his weapons with […]
New research has revealed that the Court of Protection is now hearing in excess of 4,000 cases each year - more than 20 times what was originally anticipated when the Court was set up in 2007 - which is causing delays of up to nine months for care decisions. Annabelle Vaughan, Partner and Head of […]
Expert journalist Dominic Carman here provides Lawyer Monthly with an overview of the “false picture” he claims is being portrayed in regard to the country’s battle against serious fraud, shedding light on the true scale of the UK’s fraud problem, and touches on the increasing and ongoing uncertainty surrounding the SFO’s future. The Serious Fraud […]
Police recovered two rifles outfitted with bump-stocks in the Las Vegas hotel room from which a gunman carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history, the Associated Press reports. A bump fire stock is a device that harnesses the recoil of a semiautomatic firearm to fire several shots in succession, mimicking automatic gunfire. […]
As part of A&O’s 2017 Annual Review, ‘Leading in Uncertain Times’, its ‘Perspectives on Brexit’ report considers some of the key questions for Allen & Overy and its clients regarding a UK exit from the EU. The A&O website reads: “With the negotiations gaining momentum, we have focused this report on three main issues: the future of EU/UK trade, […]
How does one use their law degree to pursue the career they want? How does a newly qualified lawyer aim for the executive leadership side of business? How do they begin their degree with this in mind? Kenneth Cutshaw, President & CEO of GCG, here discusses with Lawyer Monthly how to get from a law […]
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