Claiming for Injury – 4 Top Tips
Tip 1: Claiming for injury: act fast. It can be very important to make sure begin your claim as quickly as possible following an accident for a number of reasons. Firstly there are time limits for certain types of accident claims. And you wouldn’t want to miss out on your compensation that you might be […]
Will NHS Franchising Deals lead to more clinical negligence claims?
The government has proposed enabling private firms to take over NHS hospitals’ operational management, particularly those facilities that have long-term financial difficulties. This type of hospital is frequently referred to as ‘failing’, even if they are persistently avoiding medical negligence compensation cases and are achieving excellent standards of clinical care. These financial struggles are being […]
Government to end right of appeal against refusal of family visit visas
As part of the coalition’s plans to cut family migration to the UK genuine family visitors will no longer be able to appeal the decision to refuse them entry to the UK to visit their family members in the UK. Last year the government drafted legislation to restrict certain family members from being classed as […]
How to Get Out of a Contract
Most businesses will be familiar with this scenario: you enter into a contract and then later, for whatever reason you want or need to exit. This may be because the other party is not performing under the contract, you may be in financial difficulties, have found a better deal elsewhere or simply no longer require […]
Shared Parenting and the Children and Families Bill
Alan Beith MP wrote to Mr Cameron to express his objections to shared parenting legislation: http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2012/jul/18/family-law-confusion-lib-dem Mr Beith’s opposition to shared parenting legislation is, perhaps, best viewed in some historical and cultural context. In the 19th century, British family law was such that, if the father so wished it, a separated mother was likely to […]
Baroness Butler-Sloss on Shared Parenting
Retired President of the Family Division, Baroness Butler-Sloss has expressed her strong objections to Shared Parenting legislation: Baroness Butler-Sloss said: “I’ve heard one father who went into court saying, ‘Once this law is enforced, I will get half of the child’ ” Is she claiming to have heard this father in a case over which […]
Damages Based Agreements
As previously discussed (see “Damages Based Agreements: A Capital Idea!”), Damages Based Agreements (“DBAs”) will become available to a whole new array of clients from 1 April 2013 and Conditional Fee Agreement (“CFA”) success fees and after-the-event insurance premiums will no longer be recoverable from the other side in the event of a win. It […]
Are Law Firms Time Machines?
Yes and No! I want to suggest to you that law firms are time machines in one sense, but not in another. The majority of law firms measure their services using time and build business plans and targets based on time. The minority are time machines in the HG Wells sense of travelling to the […]
Children and Families Bill Update
The Children and Families Bill was debated in the House of Commons on 25 February 2013. A transcript of the children and families bill and the Parliamentary debate can be found here: Tim Loughton spoke passionately and with much insight about the very real problems many non-resident parents (usually fathers) face in trying to maintain […]
Victorian Divorce Records Revealed
Historic divorce records revealed Information on how Victorian families lived, including details of their marriages, affairs and divorces have recently become available to the public. The UK Civil Divorce Records for 1858 to 1911 are now available online, thanks to family history website, Ancestry.co.uk. Divorce records unveiled The records have revealed details of around 70,000 […]
Gift Vouchers and Consumer Protection
The selling of gift vouchers by distressed retailers such as Comet, Jessops and HMV, in the run up to going into administration has been the subject of much adverse comment in the media in recent weeks. Consumers always seem to be pulling the short straw. Why is this and can anything be done to protect […]
Immigration Law Update: Legacy Asylum and Migration Cases
The Border Agency has generally failed to deal with its legacy of unresolved asylum cases, according to a recent report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration. This failure was, it says, largely due to inefficiency, poor customer service and a lack of security and data checks. Legacy cases The report, An inspection […]
Using a Mobile Phone While Driving
Criminal law solicitors discuss the criminal offence of driving while using a mobile phone. One in three ignore mobile phone laws!
Personal Injury Advice: Some Things That You Should Know
For the uninitiated, a personal injury can be said to an injury or illness, physical or mental, caused due to negligence of another party.
Top 5 Silly Laws That You Might Be Breaking
So, you take care not to break the law? You stick to the rules, you watch your back, you do what you’re told. Well, you may not be aware that you could be a law breaker, but there are some wonderfully weird laws that people barely remember. Unless they have been repealed, they’re still in […]
Two Million Drive Unintentionally Uninsured
Almost two million people in the UK have driven a car belonging to someone else in the mistaken belief that they were insured to do so, according to recent research. If caught, both the driver and car owner could be fined and have points added to their licence Mistaken belief The research, carried out on […]
Problem Partners Spell One Thing – D.I.S.S.O.L.U.T.I.O.N
Business partnerships are just like marriages in many different ways. Partners enter into a partnership bright eyed and bushy tailed, full of hope and optimism for the future. Unfortunately, just like a marriage, partnerships can sometimes end in a bitter and acrimonious mess. It is imperative that before entering into a partnership, prospective partners sit […]
Winding Back the Clock?
Many businesses are structured as incorporated bodies otherwise known as limited companies. Sometimes companies move locations, with a few outstanding bills. Those bills are never seen by staff or directors and remain unpaid. More often than not companies move around without properly notifying all creditors (businesses or individual to whom money is owed) of their […]
Hiring a Solicitor – 7 Things You Should Know!
Hiring a Solicitor Solicitors are some of the most highly regulated and monitored group of trained professionals in the UK. In order to stay in practice, they are normally required to register with a relevant governing body. Do not risk dealing with a solicitor who is not a member of any governing body. The Solicitor’s […]
Will Writing Should be Regulated
All those offering will writing and estate administration services should be regulated, the Legal Services Board has recommended. The LSB was set up to regulate lawyers in England and Wales. Its goal is to modernise the provision of legal services by putting consumers at the heart of the legal system, and it has released a […]