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The sufficiency of legal training in England and Wales
The present structure of legal training within England and Wales has for a long time come under fire for not being sufficient. These complaints come on a number of grounds: the lack of value of a law degree, over availability of LPC courses, insufficient LPC training and expense.
12:16, 30th January 2014
The Mesothelioma Bill: A Fraction of the Justice They Deserve?
The malignant nature of Mesothelioma, and the equally unjust legislation underpinning industrial disease liability has left victims welcoming any reform within the sector. However, the 2013 proposals, reviewed last winter, offered little comfort for those in an already uncomfortable position.
12:03, 28th January 2014
Gender Inequality & Parental Leave: What is the solution?
A number of solutions to gender inequality within the workplace are circulating. However not all promote inequality as much as they first appear. Board member quotas may prevent the best person from getting the job, and shared parental leave does not do enough to encourage men to take paternal leave
12:30, 27th January 2014
Google to get a slap on the wrist for ‘stalking adverts’?
Last Thursday (16th January) the High court handed down judgement in Vidal -Hall & Ors v Google Inc, with an outcome Google will surely be dismayed by. Google are to be sued here in the UK for breach of privacy, potentially under an entirely new tort of misuse of private information.
13:10, 25th January 2014
Unpaid work experience: A bar to diversity?
Jade Rigby examines the problems unpaid work experience poses to diversity within the legal profession, what some firms have done to combat this, and what further steps can be taken to stop the profession from slipping back into its secluded ways.
12:05, 22nd January 2014
What’s the Fracking Problem?
The Government’s plans to permit fracking within the UK have faced a great deal of publicly scrutiny. An analysis of the problems that fracking could cause under land law further demonstrates some criticisms the controversial process could encounter.
13:01, 20th January 2014
Social Media & Contempt of Court
The Contempt of Court Act 1981 has long restricted comment that could be seen as prejudicial to a court case, or those involved. Traditionally, this only concerned the media. However, social media has opened publication to the masses, leaving users in precarious positions, without guidance.
14:26, 18th January 2014
Legal Aid: The Day of Action – What Next?
On 6th January, criminal lawyers took a very drastic step and staged a half day protest against the proposed cuts to the legal aid budget. Ryan Turner examines possible outcomes. Were these protests just? Will participating barristers efforts be rendered fruitless? Where next?
12:04, 16th January 2014
The Land Registration Act 2002 – Some Problems Remain
When the land registration act 2002 was introduced one of its key aims was to provide for an efficient conveyancing procedure. Almost twelve years on, it is however apparent that there are hindrances to the Act's intended efficiency.
12:03, 12th January 2014
Countdown to zero – reform looms for the zero-hour contract
Following Georgia Mitchell’s article last month, Edmund Day provides further insight into what form impeding reforms may take. An outright statutory ban on the malpractices, an obligation to provide advanced notification of full time positions, or a duty to fully inform the employee?
15:03, 7th January 2014
Commercial Litigation: Frightening fee rises proposed
The Ministry of Justice have expressed concern that under the current court fee scheme the full costs of litigation are not being covered, creating a deficit. They have therefore proposed reforms to court fees, with commercial cases shouldering a great deal of the burden through 'enhanced fees'.
12:15, 3rd January 2014
Whistleblowing: Lawyers call for further reform
The law on whistleblowing has recently been reformed by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013. However many lawyers are not happy with these reforms, and are call for further reform in order to simplify the law. The government however believes it is too early to review their reforms.
12:35, 1st January 2014
Punishing your Child - Time for an Abolition of Reasonable Chastisement?
The law of the UK still allows for the reasonable chastisement of children by their parents, or person in locus parentis. Maggie Atkinson, the Children's Commissioner has called for this defence to child punishment to be removed.
13:53, 29th December 2013
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