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Government inquiry into the funding crisis in adult social care

Local Authorities have a statutory duty to assist people who by reason of age, illness or disability are in need of care. This is generally known as adult social care...

November 21, 2016
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Duty of Candour fails again

News that an inquest into the death of a newborn baby has been adjourned after a midwife stated that evidence had been removed from her witness statement by an NHS...

November 18, 2016
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High court allows a request for a body to be frozen after death.

The High Court has just decided that the body of teenage girl who died of cancer should be cryogenically frozen - the first case to deal with the subject of...

November 18, 2016
Opinion

Should insurance companies be allowed to access people’s social media profiles?

In the last week, Facebook has blocked the motor insurer Admiral from accessing users profiles in order to help set car insurance premiums via a new app. Admiral had planned...

November 18, 2016
Opinion

The Benefit Cap 2.0

On 7 November 2016 a new benefit cap began rolling out across the country, and will affect all areas by 23 January 2017. The new benefit cap is an extension…

November 18, 2016
Blog

The “secretive” Court of Protection

The Court of Protection (COP) is relatively new to the legal system and was established via the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and started operating in October 2007. The COP specialises...

November 17, 2016
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Dealing with dampness caused by condensation

As the weather turns colder and the days become darker and damper, many people are dreading the return of damp and mould to their homes. Condensation dampness is a menace…

November 17, 2016
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Homelessness – sleeping out to raise funds for webber street day centre

As housing lawyers, we have daily contact with clients facing the threat – or reality – of homelessness and we do all we can using the power of the law...

November 14, 2016
Opinion

The bedroom tax: discrimination or simply discriminatory effects?

On 9 November 2016 the Supreme Court handed down a significant judgment on several joined cases centring on the much disputed bedroom tax.

November 11, 2016
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Today is Equal Pay Day

Today (10 November 2016) is equal pay day. If you are a women, today is the day that you effectively stop earning relative to men. Due to the 18% differential...

November 10, 2016
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On Divorce: What do you actually “need”?

Financial “Needs” are always considered before a court makes a financial order to resolve the distribution of money of a marriage. WHAT IS A FINANCIAL ORDER?

November 9, 2016
Opinion

Married at first sight

In its second series on TV, “Married at First Sight” shows couples, matched by experts, getting married on their very first meeting – as complete strangers! But what happens if...

November 2, 2016
Opinion

Family Drug and Alcohol Court – a different approach to tackling substance misuse and its impact on families

I had my first experience of the Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) as a trainee solicitor. My supervisor was representing a father with longstanding alcohol dependency. He was a...

October 31, 2016
Opinion

Total Recall

It is not an uncommon occurrence in the UK for products to be recalled. Often this is a minor inconvenience but the reason for the recall is because the product...

October 31, 2016
Opinion

Practice Direction 27A – A gentle reminder…..

With increasing cuts in funding of cases and the increasing number of litigants in person on the rise before the family courts, practitioners and advocates have recently received a gentle...

October 27, 2016
Blog

What is in a number? Age assessment and the help and support of young people in the UK

In April 2016 an amendment to the Immigration bill was passed that allowed the safe passage of unaccompanied minors to the UK. Lord Dubs, a former child refugee and campaigner...

October 26, 2016
Opinion

Killer clowns beware

With Halloween, fast approaching it’s highly likely that we will see further reports of incidents involving ‘killer clowns’ in the UK. Over the past few weeks the media has been…

October 26, 2016
Opinion

Bringing down the house

With the evident and increasing demand for affordable housing, the conditions of properties already in occupation are often overlooked. Over the last 9 months, the housing charity Shelter in co-operation...

October 26, 2016
Opinion

LASPO – It’s time for a review, but by whom?

‘A plea to all the lawyers – those coming up and those already there. You have got to accept that bandying about access to justice, it’s really quite fraudulent. To...

October 25, 2016
Opinion

Samsung phones recalled

Almost everyone now owns a smartphone. We carry it in our pockets and our bags, some even sleep with it under their pillow. But do we really consider the serious...

October 25, 2016
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