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Lockdown Love: Marriage and Premarital Agreements

UK National Marriage Week is coming up from 11th to 17th May. Yet, at this current time in the UK, you cannot get married or register a civil partnership because…

May 11, 2020
Blog

The importance of judicial review in protecting the rights of disabled people during the Covid-19 pandemic

The Government is rapidly reforming its powers to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and introducing, and subsequently updating, legislation and guidance aimed at limiting the spread of the virus. This...

May 11, 2020
Blog

Domestic abuse and COVID-19: Family courts deal with domestic abuse as a priority

Domestic abuse is dealt with by the courts in a number of ways. Under criminal law, perpetrators can be prosecuted for violent offences such as assault, battery or sexual offences,...

May 7, 2020
Opinion

Covid-19 and the risk of domestic abuse

The current Covid-19 pandemic is an unprecedented event but domestic abuse sadly is not. In ‘normal’ times, an average of two women are killed by a current or former partner...

May 7, 2020
Blog

Covid-19: Family courts prioritise domestic abuse

Domestic abuse is dealt with by the courts in a number of ways. Under criminal law, perpetrators can be prosecuted for violent offences such as assault, battery or sexual offences,...

May 7, 2020
Blog

Newborn babies at risk from Group B Strep bacteria

Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a type of bacteria, which can cause a significant risk of injury and/or death to newborn babies. Two in five people have this bacteria living...

May 4, 2020
Opinion

Labour Under Keir Starmer: Reasons To Be Cheerful?

Sir Keir Starmer’s appointment marks the return of an effective opposition, says Patrick Allen. The New Law Journal this week publishes a profile by Patrick Allen of Sir Keir Starmer...

April 30, 2020

Patrick Allen

Blog

Unlawful evictions during COVID-19 pandemic

In most cases, your landlord cannot evict you without first serving notice, obtaining a possession order form the court and obtaining a warrant for eviction. If a landlord excludes you...

April 30, 2020

Lottie Baldwin

Opinion

Policing the coronavirus: protecting the collateral victims

The lockdown is a perfect storm for victims of domestic abuse: being in a confined space with an abuser, with the added pressure of financial worries, increases the risk of...

April 24, 2020
Blog
  • brain-injury

Tribunal awards vaccine injury compensation for a child with narcolepsy caused by seasonal flu vaccine

What is Narcolepsy? Narcolepsy is a neurological condition which typically is acquired as a result of a trigger to the immune system, causing it to dysfunction and to cause damage…

April 23, 2020
Opinion

COVID-19: Possession Proceedings and New Practice Directions

Tenants or home-owners who are unable to work during pandemic potentially face the prospect that the non-payment of rental or mortgage repayments could warrant possession proceedings being brought by their...

April 22, 2020
Blog

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (Furlough Leave) – What You Need To Know! – Updated 21 April 2020

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme was announced on 20 March 2020 to provide security for employees over the coming months in light of the current crisis. The scheme provides a...

April 21, 2020
Blog

How Can Remote Family Mediation Help During The Coronavirus Lockdown?

Whilst the rest of life is put on pause during Covid-19 lockdown, relationship and co- parenting difficulties continue. In fact, the stress of being at home 24/7 is likely to...

April 15, 2020
Blog
  • court

Frequently asked questions about Judicial Review

There has been much press attention about Judicial Review claims after the recent actions of Gina Miller; firstly when she sought to challenge the legality of the Secretary of State...

April 14, 2020
Opinion

Landmark decision: Supreme Court grants foreign surrogacy costs

Last week, the clinical negligence case of XX v Whittington Hospital NHS Trust [2020] UKSC 14 reached a landmark decision in the Supreme Court. This is a long-running case, pursued...

April 14, 2020
Opinion

Bailment – a duty towards others’ goods

This article gives an overview of “bailment” in commercial litigation disputes. Although bailment is rarely considered, it is in fact a very common commercial arrangement. A claim in bailment is...

April 14, 2020
Opinion

COVID-19: How The Global Pandemic Is Impacting Our Prison Population

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the UK government to rapidly introduce new legislation to curtail its spread. No. 10 have insisted that these measures are necessary to protect high risk…

April 9, 2020

Jocelyn Cockburn

Megan Finnis

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  • wills-disputes

Beneficiaries of a Will claiming against solicitors

If there is no Will, only certain classes of people will inherit under the rules of intestacy and in a given order. Typically this will not cover co-habitees (no matter...

April 9, 2020

Chun Wong

Blog
  • contract-disputes

Specific disclosure applications in commercial litigation

This article gives an overview of specific disclosure applications in commercial litigation. These applications can help a party in litigation to obtain key documents which the other side have in...

April 9, 2020
Blog

Disputes in disclosure – commercial litigation

This articles outlines a brief introduction to disclosure in commercial litigation disputes. It outlines risks prevalent in the disclosure process, and how this is sometimes weaponised by the other side...

April 8, 2020
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