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When is an “employee” not an employee?

The recent Court of Appeal decision in Pimlico Plumbers & Charlie Mullins v Gary Smith sets out important guidance for establishing employment status. The Pimlico Plumbers case Gary Smith is...

March 23, 2017
Opinion

Policing and Crime Act 2017 – Implications for Police Bail – A Ticking Time Bomb

The Policing and Crime Act was given Royal Assent on 31 January 2017. It is anticipated to come into force in April 2017. It introduces a presumption of release without...

March 17, 2017
Opinion

Help for the families of missing persons

A very high number of people go missing each year in the UK. The figure is about 275,000. About one third of the missing are adults. Most people who go...

March 15, 2017
Blog

A valid Will – it’s how – not where…

In the case of Wilson v Lassman, the High Court has upheld the validity of a will that was witnessed on the bonnet of the testator’s car. The background to...

March 15, 2017

Nicola Waldman

Opinion

Tackling a deny, delay, defend culture

A NAO audit promises to shine a light on the NHSLA but will it come too late to influence the introduction of fixed fees, wonders Nina Ali For many years,...

March 14, 2017

Nina Ali

Blog

Tougher Penalties for Mobile Phone use while driving

Your phone buzzes while you’re driving – what do you do? Ignore it or take a sneaky peak? We all know that using your phone while driving is against the...

March 14, 2017
Opinion

#Get back on your bike!

So, you were riding along as usual and then, before you know it, as a result of someone else’s negligence you find yourself on the ground, in agony! So what...

March 13, 2017

Louise Jukes

Opinion

Immigration Detention – what is the real purpose?

I represent people at the police station almost every day of the week. In almost all cases, the child or adult who has been arrested will have spent hours in...

March 13, 2017
Opinion

Sarah-Cecilie – a personal insight into the impact of parental child abduction

I recently attended a private film screening of a film called Sarah-Cecilie made by a charity called Action Against Abduction. The organisation's founder Lady Catherine Meyer attended the screening and...

March 13, 2017
Blog

Good communication and costs savings in the NHS

On this morning’s Today programme Andrew McDonald, author of a Marie Curie report into NHS communication (The Long and Winding Road: Improving Communication with Patients in the NHS) invited NHS...

March 13, 2017

Emma Wray

Opinion

Beware the new early guilty plea sentencing guidelines

Criminal defence practitioners this week will have approached the publishing of the new definitive guideline on reduction in sentence for a guilty plea, which becomes effective in June, with some...

March 9, 2017

Ruth Harris

Opinion

Advances for Women? International Women’s Day 2017

On International Women’s Day, it is a good opportunity to take stock and reflect on how much we’ve achieved in terms of equality in the workplace. Without doubt we have…

March 8, 2017
Opinion

The UK’s homelessness cycle

Recent statistics revealed that more than 4,000 people a night have been sleeping rough on England's streets, a 16% increase on last year. The figures are fuelled by cash-strapped local...

March 8, 2017
Opinion

Not so Happy International Women’s Day

As many of you will know today is International Women’s Day – a day which traditionally celebrates the struggle for women’s rights, dating back to about 1900s. The theme this...

March 8, 2017

Chun Wong

Opinion

International Women’s Day 2017

Having attended the brilliant #IWD2017 event organised by Doughty Street Chambers last Saturday and the #March4women event last Sunday, my thoughts on this International Women’s Day 2017 turn to all...

March 8, 2017

Isobel Lovett

Opinion

Boys don’t cry

There is no doubt that awareness must be raised about the rise in domestic violence reports made in the UK, but it is often forgotten that it is not only...

March 6, 2017
Opinion

More ‘death taxes’ on the way…

Not only have the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) decided to press ahead with a significant rise in probate fees, but it seems that the Treasury is considering a compulsory levy...

March 6, 2017

Nicola Waldman

Opinion

Remembering that clients are people

As a solicitor I am bound by the Solicitors Code of Conduct. One of the mandatory principles by which I must conduct myself is to act in the best interests...

March 6, 2017
Opinion

Doctor – patient consent: supported decision making

The landmark ruling by the UK Supreme Court in Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] shifted the focus of the doctor-patient consent process away from a more paternalistic approach guided...

March 3, 2017

Abbie Roberts

Blog

Time off work for religious observance – what is the legal position?

Mr Gareddu was employed by London Underground. He is a practising Roman Catholic from Sardinia. He claimed that his religious beliefs required him to travel to Sardinia each year (during...

March 2, 2017
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