You may have just started your new law job at a criminal law firm, or made the long-awaited transfer to the career path of your dreams, in criminal defence. Your first case is coming up and you need some expert advice. Robert Conway, Director, Criminal Defence lawyer at Vardags has a mass of experience and […]
Patent rights are crucial value drivers for individuals and technology companies, large or small. We speak with George Schlich for a selection of best practice pointers under the law of the European Patent Office (EPO) on how to get the most out of patent applications, especially the “first filing” that establishes a priority date […]
It was perhaps with a degree of irony that I happened to turn on my television on the 4th July to be confronted with a controversial news story regarding independent experts or, to be more precise, potentially ‘tainted’ independent experts. Let me explain. Most people will be aware of the terrible fire that occurred on […]
Arie Blitz is an independent cardiac surgeon who, after training at UCLA Medical Centre, has been practicing in the field for 20 years. He spent most of his career in the academic environment, having achieved full professorship, serving on numerous national committees, performing a broad range of cardiac surgical procedures, presenting at national and international […]
With the UK leaving the EU, many legal experts are eagerly anticipating the various changes and methods the UK administration will address, and the legislative changes and adoptions at hand. We hear from Aleksandra Kowalik who always offers such insightful thoughts to Lawyer Monthly; drawing on her bilateral experience, she touches on the European Arrest […]
This week the Supreme Court upheld a challenge by Unison that employment tribunal charges were discriminatory. The government is now due to scrap employment tribunal fees and pay back around £27 million in previous fees. The court has ruled that the government was acting unlawfully and unconstitutionally after bringing in the fees, some of up […]
Macedonian Thrace Brewery (MTB) recently welcomed a damning appeals court judgment against Heineken’s 98.8%-owned Greek operating company, saying this clearly supports its claim for damages of €100 million-plus against Europe’s largest brewer. The Administrative Appeals Court, in Athens, has upheld the substance of a 2015 landmark antitrust finding by the Hellenic Competition Commission (HCC) against […]
In a letter to a newspaper, Judge Philip Shorrock suggested rape prosecutions are harder to prove when the victim was either drunk or high, and has now been reprimanded by the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office. His comments were made after a number of trials in which men were acquitted after allegedly raping women that were […]
The use of social media by clients is increasingly causing problems for their lawyers and the legal system. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and a wealth of other sites are now routinely consulted in the course of case preparation to glean information that can be used for and against the relevant party. Social media use is also […]
Campaigning law firm Thompsons Solicitors recently (Tuesday 4th July) highlighted an extract from a report from an insurance law firm that quotes the Department for Work and Pensions admitting that they ‘no longer have the expertise…to produce robust data’ in relation to personal injury claims. Insurance law firm Weightmans, who produce an annual report on […]
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