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New figures published by the TUC today show that the number of working people challenging discrimination or unfair treatment at work has fallen by 9,000 a month since charges of up to £1,200 to mount a claim before the employment tribunal came in. ... read more
November 7th, 2016
The High Court today ruled that the government must get Parliamentary approval before triggering Article 50 that serves notice of the UK’s intention to leave the European Union. ... read more
November 4th, 2016
A gay asset manager who claims he was sacked by a City hedge fund after a campaign of homophobic abuse is suing his former company for unfair dismissal and claiming more than £1 million. ... read more
November 3rd, 2016
A lorry driver who was filmed checking his mobile phone while on a motorway has been jailed for 10 years after he drove the vehicle into a group of stationary vehicles killing four people in a car that was crushed by being shunted underneath lorry. ... read more
November 2nd, 2016
Earlier this year, Elissa Da Costa-Waldman successfully represented a cohabitant in her claim to be entitled to the entire proceeds of sale from a house she owned in her sole name, after the relationship broke down and her former p ... read more
October 26th, 2016
A breakthrough study by a group of British scientists says that artificial intelligence (AI) could be used to predict the outcome of trials. The research was published in PeerJ Computer Science. ... read more
October 25th, 2016
British security agencies have unlawfully collected massive volumes of confidential personal data on citizens for more than a decade, senior judges have ruled. ... read more
October 18th, 2016
The hearing started yesterday in the High Court, at which three of the most senior judges in England and Wales will hear claims that the government cannot trigger Brexit without parliamentary approval. ... read more
October 14th, 2016
Anthony Korn, a senior barrister who has over 30 years experience in employment and discrimination law, explains why anyone faced with a hearing before an Employment Tribunal should seek expert assistance from a barrister ... read more
October 13th, 2016
Internet trolls who whip up “virtual mobs” to target people or post humiliating “photoshopped” images of them online could face jail under new guidance issued by the Crown Prosecution Service. ... read more
October 11th, 2016
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posted on October 29th, 2013
The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has welcomed moves by solicitors to call off their strike action. Criminal practitioner solicitors had been protesting at proposed government cuts to legal aid since the beginning of July.
posted on August 24th, 2015
Writing in The Law Society Gazette, Rachel Rothwell welcomes the expansion of litigation funding to lower value cases.
posted on October 29th, 2014