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“In the criminal justice system, class still matters, perhaps even to defence lawyers.”

Lady Justice is often depicted wearing a blindfold. The blindfold represents impartiality – the ideal that justice should be applied without regard to wealth, power or other status. However, austerity...

August 31, 2017
Opinion

Face recognition technology at Notting Hill Carnival – another example of over-policing of black communities that will not make society safer.

Notting Hill Carnival is the second largest in the world and celebrates Caribbean culture, and it is one of the safest festivals in the world. Yet, every year, the apparently...

August 30, 2017
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Standing up to negligence whilst on holiday

As the last few weeks of summer pass us by, I am reminded that holidays are important. They are a time to relax and reconnect, a chance to wash away…

August 24, 2017
Opinion

The State of our Prisons – out of sight, out of mind….

A further report on prisons was released today, with particular mention of Aylesbury Young Offender Institution, where we represent several clients. The report was based on an unannounced visit to…

August 17, 2017
Opinion

Lasting Powers of Attorney – the debate

Denzil Lush (former Senior Judge of the England & Wales Court of Protection) has been widely quoted in the press, talking about the lack of safeguards with Lasting and Enduring...

August 16, 2017
Blog

Just Back Off

Wednesday 16th August 2017 is Injury Prevention Day. This year, the focus for the Association of Personal Injury Lawyer (APIL) is on road safety. APIL is also relaunching its anti-tailgating…

August 16, 2017
Opinion

The summer divorce …. and the rise of the pre nup

The summer does not seem to be a good time for celebrity marriages with some very high profile couples splitting up at the start of the autumn. Summer 2016 saw…

August 15, 2017
Blog

Are you safe in your own home?

According to property analysts, Hometrack, house prices are expected to increase by 6% to 7% over the course of 2017. With more and more people struggling to buy their own…

August 10, 2017
Opinion

Grenfell Tower Tragedy – the known and the unknown

On 14th June 2017 Grenfell Tower caught alight when a fridge defaulted and started a fire. Whilst it is reasonable to expect fires to occur, the most shocking thing about...

August 2, 2017
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Grenfell Tower Disaster: What financial support will be provided to survivors both in the short and long term?

The tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire has left a community in mourning, with police investigators saying that their starting point is 80 deaths resulting from the fire. Hundreds more...

August 2, 2017
Opinion

The state of our prisons – light the blue touch paper…

The HM Chief Inspector of Prisons published his second annual report of the state of Prisons in England and Wales on 18th July 2017 and, within two weeks, of the...

August 2, 2017
Blog

Grenfell: Honest Answers and Rebuilding Trust

A few days after the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower, a colleague and I were at the site, looking at the moving tributes, messages and flowers in memory of those...

August 2, 2017
Opinion

Charlie Gard and best interests’ decisions

There has been a great deal of press coverage of the sad case of Charlie Gard who was born with a very rare genetic disease causing progressive muscle weakness and...

July 31, 2017
Blog

Grenfell – Corporate Manslaughter explained

As indicated in my previous blog, the Metropolitan Police have indicated that there is “reasonable grounds” for suspecting the TMO and the Council of committing the offence of Corporate Manslaughter....

July 28, 2017
Blog

Grenfell: Corporate Manslaughter announcement – the push for justice must go on

The letter sent yesterday by the Met that the council and Tenant Management Organisation may have committed corporate manslaughter is significant, but bearing in mind what is in the public...

July 28, 2017
Opinion

The legacy of Ilott

On 18th July 2017, the first case to test the waters after the Supreme Court case of Ilott v The Blue Cross and others (2017), was handed down in Leeds...

July 26, 2017
Opinion

The increasing benefit of Legal Expense Insurance

In recent years there has been a huge challenge on how the average person can afford legal services. Legal aid has been eradicated from most areas of law. Success fees...

July 24, 2017
Opinion
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Frontiers in TBI – Traumatic Brain Injury – Conference – 13th July 2017: Potential Treatments

I recently attended the inaugural ‘Frontiers in Traumatic Brain Injury Conference‘ hosted at Imperial College. Dr Peter Jenkins (Imperial College London): ‘Stratifying treatment with methylphenidate’. He has undertaken research as to…

July 20, 2017
Opinion

Reform of clinical negligence claims

The recent proposals by the MDU and MPS to reform clinical negligence claims have featured in the legal press in recent weeks. The MPS in particular appears to have started...

July 13, 2017
Opinion

Contaminated Blood

It has been reported that an inquiry will be held into the "contaminated blood scandal", where NHS patients had been administered blood products which had been infected with hepatitis C...

July 12, 2017
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