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  • property-disputes

Letting Agents now obliged to notify landlords and tenants of charges

With the housing crisis continuing to grow competition between tenants to secure a rental property is higher than ever pushing rents up. Letting Agents are keen to cash in on…

November 5, 2015
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Mental health provision in crisis: documentary shines a light on system in need of radical change

BBC Panorama’s Britain’s Mental Health Crisis programme shown last week provided a worrying insight into the perilous state of mental health care and services across the country. The programme focused…

November 3, 2015
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Why it’s important to make a living will

Living wills, also known as advance directives, are a written record of the medical treatment and care you would want to receive if you were incapacitated and were unable to…

November 2, 2015
Blog

Evicting inconsiderate tenants

I read with amusement a feature in the Metro about a landlord’s notice to his inconsiderate tenants which included the following ‘rules’: 3. No yodelling at any time 4. Do not…

October 30, 2015

Chun Wong

Opinion
  • human-rights

Common law: A poor substitute for the protections afforded by the Human Rights Act

Recently, senior judges have been championing the role of the common law as ‘the guarantor of human rights’ [i],criticising claimants in two separate cases for bringing their cases under the…

October 30, 2015
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'Ofsted-style' ratings for NHS services

Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has announced plans to try and create a more patient-focused NHS culture. From next year, healthcare services in key areas, such as cancer, maternity care, dementia…

October 30, 2015
Opinion

Kinship carers – the unsung heroes?

The Family Rights Group (FRG) has published a new report – Doing the right thing: A report on the experiences of kinship carers – a wide ranging report that provides…

October 30, 2015
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Councils' Attitudes Towards Youth Homelessness

“What did you do to get yourself kicked out?” This was a local authority’s reaction when 19 year old homeless applicant, Leticia Grant, turned up at their doorstep in need…

October 29, 2015
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Top Tips for Pavement Trips

It is likely that we have all tripped over when walking along a pavement. Fortunately, most of these accidents result in minor bruises or injuries. However, tripping on a pavement…

October 28, 2015

Leticia Williams

Blog

Assessment of bereavement damages in England & Wales – out of date and unfair!

Under the current system in England & Wales, the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 provides for a strict bereavement award of £12,980 awarded to certain individuals for the loss of a…

October 28, 2015
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HJA backs Housing Justice and Act for the Act

Crisis? What crisis? The Housing Crisis appears to be dominating much of the discussion in the mainstream media and also on the political scene. The growing number of homeless people,…

October 27, 2015
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Patient’s Rights Revisited

In recent years there has been a gradual shift away from a “doctor knows best” model of care towards a patient-directed approach, of which informed consent is an important feature.…

October 27, 2015
Opinion

74% of English hospitals ‘unsafe’ according to CQC annual report

The Care Quality Commission (CQC), the regulator of health and social care in England, released its annual State of Care report last week which found that a staggering 74% of…

October 23, 2015
Blog

Birth after Previous Caesarean Birth

New Green Top guidance from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (October 2015) has recommended that there should be a very clear pathway when a lady has had a…

October 23, 2015

Emma Wray

Blog

When it’s not so good to Talk Talk

Third time unlucky for the phone and broadband provider this week, when it was hit again by a cyber-attack – the third one in the last 12 months. With over…

October 23, 2015

Chun Wong

Opinion

Safer London for Cyclists?

Over the recent years there has been an increased number of cyclists on the streets of London. This has in part been promoted through the London Self – Service Cycle…

October 23, 2015
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Encouraging, supporting and nurturing local advice centres

HJA have just become involved with a legal advice clinic at St Michaels church, Camden. Due primarily to the commitment and organisation of their volunteers this is a very well…

October 23, 2015
Blog

The lasting impact of Asbestos exposure: Margaret’s fight for justice

Earlier this year, Margaret Ward, a retired former factory worker and shop assistant, died of malignant mesothelioma, an incurable cancer caused by exposure to asbestos dust. Whilst bravely battling her…

October 22, 2015

Isobel Lovett

Blog

Failing to plan, is planning to fail

The recent Volkswagen (VW) scandal has highlighted the importance of corporate planning, whilst also raising moral questions. In the midst of the scandal VW’s Chairman resigned and so the company…

October 22, 2015
Opinion

A human right to take drugs?

In a recent report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Drug Reform, MPs and peers pushed for reform of the Government’s drugs policy, claiming that the ‘blanket prohibition’ approach has…

October 20, 2015
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