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Foster carers needed now more than ever

Figures obtained by the charity Action for Children suggest that almost one in four UK children in foster care have experienced two or more placements in the year up to…

September 25, 2015
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The dire state of Housing in London: The suitability/availability of Social Housing

On 15 September the Guardian reported the case of Mostafa Aliverdipour, a social housing tenant who is being evicted from his home so that developers can build a complex of…

September 24, 2015
Opinion

Tim Farron on the Housing Crisis

The new Liberal Democrats leader Tim Farron has today declared at his party conference that housing is “the biggest single issue that politicians don’t talk about.” According to the BBC,…

September 23, 2015
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Shock news: Court punishes abuser

A modest media storm this week over the decision by the Court of Appeal that a judge was right to have increased the sentence of a man for sexual offences…

September 23, 2015
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London Hospital Trust Tops Complaints League Table

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has released a report detailing the number of complaints about NHS trusts it received in 2014-2015. London North West Healthcare NHS Trust has the…

September 22, 2015
Opinion

Enfranchisement – getting the Initial Notice right

The Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (as amended by the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002) (“the Act”) allows the right tenants to force the sale of…

September 21, 2015
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Government will face raft of human rights claims if they fail to tackle environmental pollution

Each year in London almost 9,500 people die from breathing in the City’s polluted air, according to a recent study carried out by Kings College London. It is thought that…

September 17, 2015
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Rise in Divorce Court Fees..again!

The government has announced that the Divorce Fee is set to rise later this year from the current £410 to £550, an increase of £140! Fees increased in 2013 to…

September 11, 2015
Opinion

#ActfortheAct – wholehearted support from HJA!

The fight to save the Human Rights Act has galvanised swathes of individuals and organisations across the country into action. From those in the legal profession who are at the…

September 10, 2015
Opinion

HIV Breach of Confidence, Release of Confidential Data: 56 Dean Street Clinic, London

The BBC led a report about The Dean Street Clinic in error disclosing the names of 780 patients who had attended the Clinic that is part of Chelsea & Westminster…

September 4, 2015
Opinion

Dreaming of a #DesiRascals White Wedding….. after the last word

The idea that a girlfriend, after an unresolved argument, would send a photo of herself in a wedding dress, to her boyfriend would not cause controversy, is beyond me. This…

September 4, 2015
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Prison deaths: Recent reports show prisoner safety is being compromised whilst the authorities fail time and again to learn lessons from preventable deaths in custody

This summer saw the publication of two key reports dealing with conditions in our prisons. The HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales Annual Report 2014 – 2015,…

September 3, 2015
Opinion

FROM CALAIS TO THE…CURB?

Everyone will undoubtedly be aware of the current political turmoil concerning immigration and the current dilemma over in Calais regarding the refugee crisis, particularly the tragic events that have recently…

September 3, 2015
Opinion

Marking National Asbestos Awareness Day

You may wonder why we need to mark this day, today. Wasn’t asbestos phased out decades ago? Surely it’s no longer a problem? Asbestos is such a versatile mineral that…

September 2, 2015
Opinion

Pay As You Go Justice

Court fees in civil courts were recently dramatically increased. For the highest value claims it can now cost up to £10,000 to start a claim in court. These fees don’t…

August 27, 2015
Opinion

Extradition – paying the ultimate price?

During my time as a trainee solicitor, I have been fortunate enough to gain experience in the relatively niche area of extradition law. I had never studied or had any…

August 27, 2015
Opinion

Retaliatory Evictions: a reassuring change in the law for tenants

“But if I complain, the landlord will just kick me out”: I have lost count of the number of times a client has informed me of disrepair at their home…

August 27, 2015
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Fixed Costs Proposal – 7 out of top 10 highest charging Firms are defence firms !

The Government’s proposal to enforce fixed costs in clinical negligence cases is based upon the flawed assertion that the costs of claimants’ solicitors are excessively high and disproportionate. Figures recently…

August 26, 2015
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I.T comes to small claims or does it?

In February 2015, the Civil Justice Council issued a report on Online Dispute Resolution for low value civil claims. If implemented this would amount to a revolution in the UK…

August 25, 2015
Opinion

Costs and clinical negligence: a voice of reason?

It is heartening to read the article by Catherine Dixon in the Law Society Gazette  criticising the Department of Health’s proposal to cap the costs of clinical negligence claims. Catherine…

August 24, 2015
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