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Avoiding an appearance on ‘The Sheriffs are Coming’ and the like

This week I return to work from maternity leave and in addition to the bonus of engagement of my brain and having adult conversation, I welcome the escape from daytime...

February 1, 2017

Chun Wong

Opinion

Location, location, location. Has Westminster delivered the knockout blow?

So the saga continues. Westminster has finally broken its silence after what seemed to be, on its part, a longstanding stoic resignation after the Supreme Court judgment in Nzolameso in…

February 1, 2017
Opinion

New rules on transgender prisoners give a glimmer of hope after tragic deaths

The recent Prison Service Instruction (PSI) governing the care and management of transgender offenders (PSI 17/2016), provides some much-needed updates to the guidelines governing the treatment of transgender persons in...

January 31, 2017
Opinion

Are Legal Aid cuts against our human rights?

It’s been approximately four years since the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) came into force. The Act essentially wiped out legal aid for debt, immigration...

January 30, 2017
Opinion

Are tribunal fees preventing access to justice for those that need it most?

There is no question that the introduction of employment tribunal fees in July 2013 has dramatically reduced the number of claims brought each year. A House of Commons Justice Committee...

January 30, 2017
Opinion

Trump card in compliance

Are we about to undergo a fundamental sea change in how to approach anti corrupt practices with arrival of President Trump? As indicated in Bribery: A Compliance Handbook the inspiration...

January 20, 2017

Raj Chada

Opinion

Reflections on the Black Lives Matter case – the right to free speech needs to be refreshed

HJA represented all 9 clients in the Black Lives Matter case that finished at Wilesden Magistrates Court on Thursday 19 January 2017. All of our clients were convicted of obstructing...

January 20, 2017

Raj Chada

Opinion

Road safety for cyclists – recent developments

Many cyclists suffer catastrophic injury or death in accidents involving HGVs each year. In London alone, 7 of the 9 cyclists killed in 2015 were hit by HGVs. When cyclists...

January 19, 2017
Blog

Metropolitan Police Service criticised for failing London's children

Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary Sir Thomas Windsor has said that; "protecting the vulnerable, particularly children is perhaps the most important job that police officers and staff undertake." Yet,...

January 18, 2017
Opinion

Should insurance companies be trusted?

A look back in history at the way that one of the UK’s biggest asbestos claims handlers dealt with their liabilities gives us a clue. The Iron Trades, a mutual...

January 17, 2017
Blog

Pakistan 96th state to join 1980 Hague Convention on international child abduction

The news that Pakistan has joined the Hague Convention 1980 will be welcomed by parents and legal practitioners. As from 1 February 2017, Pakistan will be a contracting state to...

January 16, 2017
Opinion

Does the ‘bedroom tax’ sexually discriminate?

The ’bedroom tax’ was introduced in April 2013 as a limit on the amount of housing benefit which is payable to social housing tenants who are deemed to be under-occupying...

January 13, 2017
Opinion

A revolution in criminal law?

If asked what motivates me to do this work, there are two overriding emotion. The first, unsurprisingly as a lawyer, is a deep commitment to the rule of law. Not...

January 13, 2017

Raj Chada

Blog
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Winter Cycling – Top Tips For Staying Safe

Pulling back the curtains I am greeted by another cold and wet London morning. Not for the first time I question my desire to plonk on a helmet, turn on...

January 11, 2017
Opinion

Deprivation of liberty and deputies

A property and affairs deputy doesn’t have an obligation to worry about whether P is being deprived of their liberty because that is a welfare matter right? Wrong. The recent...

January 11, 2017
Blog

The importance of making a living will part 2

The Court of Protection has recently heard a case concerning a 43 year old policeman who was badly injured in a motorbike accident in July 2015 and was left in...

January 10, 2017
Opinion

Legal Aid Agency – The Grinch of Christmas?

In the lead up to Christmas, most of us will be looking forward to enjoying the cosy environment of a warm house and celebrating the festive season together with our…

December 21, 2016
Opinion

Carols in the Bar 2016

For the sixth year running, Hodge Jones and Allen hosted its annual Carols in the Bar on 14 December 2016, supported by the Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship. We had a fantastic...

December 21, 2016
Opinion

Aggrieved about Orgreave? We should be

On 31 October 2016, the Home Secretary Amber Rudd decided that there would not be any inquiry into the so called Battle of Orgreave. She said in a written statement...

December 21, 2016
Opinion

Our civil justice system is not broken or in need of more reform!

A while ago I was asked to help a relative who had been involved in a road accident. Despite the fact that they knew I worked as a claimant personal...

December 19, 2016
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