The term ‘legal malpractice’ is both a rising and evolving concept. It is a rising concept because as a term of art, it didn’t exist in the lexicon of the common law until the late mid-20th Century. It is an evolving concept because the meaning of the term has matured greatly since first coming into […]
Philip Hammond has done something extraordinarily positive in this Budget – he’s not tinkered with pensions to raise cash, affirms the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations. The praise from Nigel Green, Founder and Chief Executive of deVere Group, comes after the Chancellor delivered the Autumn Budget 2017 a week […]
A leading independent medical reporting organisation has responded to an academic’s call for an overhaul of the claims process before the government presses ahead with plans to increase the small claims limit from £1,000 to £5,000. Reacting to comments made by Cardiff Law School academic Annette Morris at the Westminster Legal Policy Forum that ministers […]
Government parking fines, permit fines and speeding fines are, to the public’s expense’ all very legitimate. But the latest figures show councils across the UK have been raking in the profits as drivers were hit with £1.6 billion in parking fines alone last year. This figure sits as a record revenue to councils, as they […]
More work is needed to address judicial diversity and issues with recruitment that threaten the UK’s world-renowned legal system, the House of Lords Constitution Committee has warned. The Committee has examined the progress made on judicial recruitment and diversity since its 2012 report on Judicial Appointments. The Committee says that: It is deeply concerned that […]
Lawyer Monthly hears form Susan Hall, a Partner and specialist lawyer in intellectual property and information and communications technology at national firm Clarke Willmott LLP, who reacts to the latest news that Uber concealed a huge data breach affecting 57 million users and drivers in 2016. The news that Uber suffered a substantial data breach […]
The Commission recently launched the second round of discussions with trade unions and employers' organisations at the EU level, on how to support access to social protection for all people in employment and in self-employment. This is yet another important step forward in making the European Pillar of Social Rights a reality on the ground, and only […]
In and amongst tomorrow’s autumn budget announcement from UK Chancellor Philip Hammond, questions have been raised regarding housing, property and first-time buyers. The Help to Buy scheme is set to end in 2020, that’s just over two years away. So what does the future of the UK property conundrum look like? This week’s Your Thoughts […]
In a recent turn of events, Deliveroo came out victorious in a legal battle with its drivers, which are to be considered self-employed. On the other hand, just weeks ago, Uber won a case against its drivers, to now be considered employed workers and be entitled to worker benefits. Below Anthony Robinson, Consultant Solicitor at […]
Here Adrian McClinton, Associate Solicitor at Coffin Mew LLP discusses the Digital Economy Act 2017 and its implications for landowners trying to get telecommunication companies to remove antennas and other apparatus from their land. When farmers are offered a few thousand pounds each year by telecommunication companies (i.e. mobile telephone network providers) to put up […]
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