Government to re-visit perennial problem of care costs for the elderly?
Norman Lamb, the Coalition Health Minister, has called for the issue of how to fund care for the elderly to be addressed urgently by the Government. In an interview with the Daily Mail this week, Lamb...
View ArticleWhat is the status of sharia law in the UK?
A recent news story about the exercise of criminal law in Saudi Arabia has generated widespread consternation in the UK. This reaction may, in part, reflect unease about the influence of Muslim rulings...
View ArticleAre Free Schools regulated sufficiently?
A recent development The Information Tribunal has rejected an attempt by the Department for Education (DfE) to withhold information, concerning the identity of groups who have proposed to open...
View ArticleLandmark ruling on equal pay case could generate wave of new claims
This Wednesday, at the Supreme Court in London, five senior judges ruled on a case concerning whether equal pay claims could be made in the civil court rather than being confined to Employment...
View ArticleAre whistleblowers protected enough?
Whistleblowing is a situation in which someone reports wrongdoing at their workplace. This could relate to things like law-breaking, environmental damage, health and safety concerns, or dishonesty. It...
View ArticleCould no-win, no-fee agreements be on their way out?
Concerns are mounting over no-win, no-fee agreements after a Legal Ombudsman’s report in late January 2014 highlighted abusive practices by some solicitors. In 2013 lawyers were ordered to pay nearly...
View ArticlePrince Charles’ letters: a political and legal drama
The recent (March 2014) saga of Prince Charles’ letters to the UK Government is intriguing from a political perspective, and throws up issues going to the heart of UK constitutional law. Why is it so...
View ArticleEarly conciliation for employment disputes is being made a legal requirement...
There have been a lot of changes made to employment law recently, mainly with the aim of improving efficiency, reducing the number of spurious cases and ultimately saving the government money. The...
View ArticleThe ramifications of the Government’s criminal legal aid cuts exposed by...
A serious fraud trial has today (01 May 2014) been halted due to the judge deciding that there was no prospect of a fair trial. The reasoning is that the defendants will not be adequately represented...
View ArticleGoogle begins implementation of the ‘right to be forgotten’ on its search engine
Google has launched a web-form allowing EU citizens to request that their details be removed from search results. This is pursuant to the ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling by the European Court of Justice...
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