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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
Blog

The dangers of working at height

A significant number of injuries are caused when workers fall from a height whether from ladders or scaffolding. Many employers are not aware of the law or fail to adequately…

February 27, 2017
Opinion

Bristol police Taser their own community relations adviser, raising major concerns about Taser use

Last month, police in Bristol wrongly Tasered a race relations adviser who had worked to improve links between the police force and the local African Caribbean community. The incident raises...

February 24, 2017
Opinion

It was all #Doris’ fault

The country woke this morning to start assessing the damage caused by Storm Doris. My own shed roof and the roof of my daughter’s playhouse was strewn around the garden...

February 24, 2017
Opinion

The NHS – our complex, underfunded service

Our National Health Service is often in the news, and usually, sadly it is not for positive reasons. It is a great national service, and yet the difficulties it faces...

February 23, 2017

Abbie Roberts

Opinion

Better Combat Compensation – Consultation published by the Ministry of Defence Response by Hodge Jones & Allen LLP

Hodge Jones & Allen has represented Armed Forces’ families for a period of over a decade, principally in cases handled by partner Jocelyn Cockburn. This work has arisen out of…

February 22, 2017
Opinion

Promoting Equality for Unmarried Couples

According to the Office of National Statistics in 2016 the fastest growing family type between 1996 and 2016 were co-habiting couples; more than doubling from 1.3 million to 3.3 million...

February 20, 2017
Blog

What to do after a car accident

If you have been injured in a car accident and can show that it was not your fault, or that you were only partly to blame, you will be able...

February 17, 2017

Anne Sanders

Opinion

House of Cards

With a demand for lower rent and affordable housing, it has become apparent that sacrifices by Housing Associations have been made in the maintenance of current property standards. It appears...

February 17, 2017
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