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Equality Act – mere words or a force for change?

In the recent budget, the Chancellor sought to make significant and life-altering cuts to disability benefits. The target of these cuts was personal independence payments for people who need aids...

April 29, 2016

Opinion

Homelessness and the LGBT community

Last year it was reported that as much as 24% of homeless people were made up of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual (LGBT) youth. Recently I read an article…

April 27, 2016

Opinion

Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes – the new “miracle fibre”

During a recent flight, I was chatting to the passenger next to me about work. When I told her I handled cases for people who have developed mesothelioma due to...

April 27, 2016

Isobel Lovett

Opinion

Workers’ Memorial Day, 28.4.16: Remember the Dead, Fight Like Hell for the Living!

Our work as industrial disease lawyers makes us acutely aware of the consequences of employers’ disregard for the health and safety of their workers as we represent those who, through...

April 27, 2016

Isobel Lovett

Blog

End of life care

Recently (22 April 2016) published statistics from the Office for National Statistics show that there is still work to be done when it comes to end of life care, particularly...

April 26, 2016

Emma Wray

Opinion

“No one knew asbestos was dangerous…”

The 1931 Asbestos Industry Regulations were designed to protect the safety of workers in the Asbestos Industry and factories from the risks to health from working with asbestos.

April 26, 2016

Andrew James

Opinion

TTIP and the return of asbestos

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is a series of trade negotiations that have been going on for three years in near complete secrecy between the EU and US.

April 22, 2016

Andrew James

Opinion

Robertson v Robertson [2016] – To be, or not to be, a matrimonial asset

In Robertson v Robertson [2016] Mr Justice Holman had to decide whether the husband’s shareholding in ASOS, which he owned two years prior to the parties meeting and beginning their...

April 22, 2016

Opinion

Asbestos in schools

The recent closure of a school in Blurton, Stoke on Trent because of the dangers of asbestos in the building highlights a problem that is likely to get worse.

April 21, 2016

Andrew James

Opinion

Driverless cars: Safer UK Roads?

Last month, the Government announced £20 million funding for eight autonomous vehicle projects aimed at developing driverless car technology. According to Business Secretary Sajid Javid, this will “make getting from...

April 20, 2016

Blog

Work accidents – can my employer really be held at fault for a negligent act of my work colleague?

Accidents at work can happen in a variety of situations, whether it be working on a shop floor and you slip or trip, working in a warehouse and you are…

April 20, 2016

Karen Mann

Blog

Thematic Report into mental health and prison deaths identifies key areas for improvement but why hasn’t real action already been taken to learn lessons from past failures?

A recent report published by the Prison & Probation Ombudsman (PPO) shines a light on the poor state of mental health services in our prisons and collates the key lessons…

April 19, 2016

Opinion

Can we fund justice?

Access to Justice is in crisis. There has been a resounding battle cry to try and save it for a decade or more, with the need for action getting only...

April 18, 2016

Blog

Parental Child Abduction – The Pitfalls and how to avoid them

Many parents may be unaware that they are not necessarily entitled to take their children out of the country without the other parent's consent. In fact in England and Wales,...

April 18, 2016

Blog

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£5m for National Mesothelioma Centre of Excellence

The Chancellor’s Budget announcement that the government would give £5m to establish a National Mesothelioma Centre of Excellence was greeted with surprise by many who work with asbestos disease victims...

April 15, 2016

Andrew James

Opinion

Update on Pleural Plaques

In Scotland a recent test case doubled the level of compensation for a worker who developed pleural plaques on his lungs as a result of being exposed to asbestos. His...

April 12, 2016

Andrew James

Opinion

Brexit and Air Pollution

A vote to leave the EU could weaken air quality legislation at a time when air pollution is killing thousands of UK citizens every year On 23 June 2016, the…

April 11, 2016

Claire Brigham

Opinion

Safeguards on Sentencing

The Sentencing Guidelines Council’s current consultation on updating guidelines for reduction in sentences for guilty pleas must cause concern for defence practitioners. We have long been concerned about the effect...

April 11, 2016

Ruth Harris

Opinion

Transparent or just slightly less opaque?

In 2014 Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division issued new guidance in relation to the publication of judgments in the family courts. The guidance distinguished between two classes…

April 8, 2016

Opinion

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Proposed changes to pre-charge bail: the good and the bad

The Policing and Crime Bill is working its way through Parliament into law. It follows the lengthy consultation and proposals for legislation released by the Home Office in March 2015.…

April 7, 2016

Michael Ackah

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