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Financial incentives and client care – Could your GP be receiving a bonus NOT to refer you to hospital?

GP practises across the country are receiving thousands of pounds not to refer patients to hospital for specialist treatment, according to a recently published report by Pulse magazine. These ethically…

October 15, 2015
Blog

Appropriate Adult scheme is letting down vulnerable people in custody and requires urgent reform

Being locked up at a police station would be a shocking and frightening experience for most of us, and even more so for those who have a particular vulnerability which…

October 15, 2015
Blog

A new dawn, a new age, what the new laws mean for renting in the UK? Has the balance of power finally tilted?

The new rules supposedly bring about a new game for new tenants. Will tenants now have more security and will the new regulations make a difference? The topic is of…

October 13, 2015
Opinion

‘A la carte’ legal services – the future of legal work?

‘A la carte’ legal services, more commonly known as ‘unbundling’ is where legal work is shared between the lawyer and the client. In other words it is providing legal assistance…

October 13, 2015
Opinion

Bankruptcy threshold increases 700%

On 1st October 2015 the minimum level for which a creditor Bankruptcy Petition can be issued at Court increased from £750 to £5,000, and this was reported in the Law…

October 12, 2015

Brenel Menezes

Opinion

Clinical negligence litigation: A force for good in the NHS

Clinical negligence litigation frequently drives better medical practice in private and NHS organisations by identifying systemic failings and ensuring practitioners undergo training or sanctions are taken if necessary. The recent…

October 8, 2015
Opinion

View from a costs lawyer on the introduction of fixed costs in clinical negligence cases

Whether the figure is £100,000 or £250,000 damages, the introduction of fixed costs in medical negligence cases is premature and unreasonable. Premature: One of the major changes to costs since…

October 8, 2015
Blog

Builders Beware!

If I were to carry out a survey to ask members of the public which professions they believed to be the deadliest then I should imagine that I would receive…

October 6, 2015
Opinion

Two days in the life of a Criminal Defence Lawyer

Day 1 9 am – Attendance at a prison in London. Client facing a fairly serious fraud charge has been in custody since May. Client naturally upset because of lack…

October 6, 2015

Raj Chada

Opinion

The fall and fall of the lawyer

5th October 2005 – a momentous date in my life; the pinnacle of years of studying hard, getting into a prestigious university, an intensive costly and supposedly ‘practical’ course, the…

October 5, 2015

Chun Wong

Blog

Top Ten Tips for potential trainee solicitor interviewees

I’ve been interviewing potential trainee solicitors this week which is always fun and interesting – looking at what the future has in store for the next generation. Do try and…

October 2, 2015
Opinion

Court rules out enforced amputation despite lack of capacity in mentally ill gentleman

It is not easy to rebut the strong presumption in favour of the preservation of life but that is exactly what Mr Justice Peter Jackson has done in the Court…

October 1, 2015

Emma Wray

Opinion

Government must rethink second round of court fee hikes

Earlier this month, the Government closed its consultation into a second hike in court fees. The plan, to double the upper limit payable in court fees from £10,000 to £20,000,…

September 30, 2015
Blog

Going, Going…Gone! The Crisis in Grass Roots Justice

There have been barriers to access to justice for decades. Since Legal Aid has eroded, and private legal fees increased steadily, financial barricades to justice have been building for many…

September 30, 2015
Opinion

Court fees and the resignation of magistrate Nigel Allcoat

This week Mr. Allcoat, a magistrate of 15 years’ experience has resigned after being suspended by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). The reason for his suspension was he took money…

September 30, 2015

Sean Caulfield

Opinion

VW Admits Cheating on Emissions Tests

VW has admitted installing software in millions of its vehicles designed to give misleading emissions data when the vehicle is tested. This dramatic news will inevitably lead to much litigation…

September 28, 2015

Patrick Allen

Opinion

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
Blog

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
Blog

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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