Lord Justice Leveson calls for ‘civilisation’ of the internet
21st December 2012

Lord Justice Leveson, speaking to the Communications Law Centre at the University of Technology in Sydney, prior to the publication of his report, has called for privacy laws to prevent ‘trial by twitter’ and in an attempt to ‘civilise’ the i Read more...

What if there are no funds to pay the legacies contained in a Will?
20th December 2012

Sometimes a person’s estate can be solvent (i.e. able to satisfy the debts, liabilities and administration expenses of the estate) but still not hold enough funds to settle all the monetary legacies listed in the Will. For example, on occasions thi Read more...

Stafford Hospital pay £1m compensation
19th December 2012

Patients at Stafford Hospital were allegedly forced to sit in their own excrement and drink water from vases. Emma Jones, one of a number of lawyers acting for these patients has confirmed that Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust has paid out the Read more...

Volunteer cannot rely on disability discrimination legislation
18th December 2012

In a unanimous decision of the Supreme Court, it has been decided that a disabled volunteer did not have a contract and therefore they could not rely on the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. The lady in question volunteered for the citizen’s advi Read more...

Hearing commences on potential regarding of GCSE papers
17th December 2012

A legal challenge has begun in the High Court seeking that up to 10,000 GCSE English papers are regraded. A group of pupils, schools and teachers unions have forged an alliance and are asking the court to order that the GCSE papers are regraded to re Read more...