The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is requiring the Department for Work and Pensions to improve its treatment of disabled benefit claimants. This is in response to serious concerns about failures to meet the needs of its customers with mental health impairments and learning disabilities
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Pinsent Masons is to raise its starting salaries for NQ lawyers in London and the regions. NQs in London will enjoy a 22.6 per cent increase in salaries – from £75,000 to £92,000.
A Falkirk couple seeking reparation from a fuel company after their oil tank developed a leak have been refused permission to lead secondary evidence as to the tank’s condition. An objection to the evidence was lodged by the defender, Highland Fuels Ltd, on the basis that their case had been p
The European Commission has proposed the first-ever framework to protect the intellectual property for craft and industrial products that rely on the originality and authenticity of traditional practices from their regions. This framework will cover products such as Donegal tweed, Murano
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The resignation of Lord Wolfson over the 'partygate' scandal is one the UK government can "ill afford", Joshua Rozenberg QC (Hon) has said. The legal journalist pointed out that Lord Wolfson, who tendered his resignation as parliamentary under-secretary of state for justice yesterday, was "pers
The UK government's proposals to replace the Human Rights Act with a new British Bill of Rights risk weakening existing human rights protections, Westminster's joint committee on human rights has warned. In a new report, the committee warns that the new regime could cause confusion and result in mor
The Vasileostrovsky District Court in Saint Petersburg yesterday placed Aleksandra Skochilenko, an activist who replaced price tags in supermarkets with anti-war slogans, into pre-trial detention amid a wider clampdown on a network of feminist-led anti-war activists, Amnesty International has said.
A man who sought approximately £33.3 quadrillion in damages from various parties following an unfavourable arbitration decision has had an extended civil restraint order (ECRO) made against him by the English High Court of Justice. Sayed Sangamneheri, who appeared as a litigant in person, soug
As the consultation period for the Scottish government’s ‘A New deal for Tenants’ ends on Friday, DJ Alexander Ltd has warned of the potential outcome if this proposal becomes law. The firm, part of the Lomond Group which is the largest lettings and estate agency in Scotland, said
Legal technology specialist Jonathan Bowker has been awarded accredited legal technologist status by the Law Society of Scotland. Mr Bowker is managing director and owner of Advanced Analytica, a company that specialises in the delivery of tech-enabled services for legal functions seeking to improve
Attorney General Suella Braverman QC has asked the Court of Appeal if protestors charged with causing criminal damage enjoy a defence under the Human Rights Act and what directions should be given to juries in such cases. Her “questions of law” follow the acquittals of the 'Colston Four'
Lawyers in Malaysia have branded a move by courts to use artificial intelligence unconstitutional. In a pilot scheme on the island of Borneo, AI is being used to assist judges in sentencing drug dealers and rapists.
The public inquiry into the wrongful convictions of hundreds of sub-postmasters and mistresses will hear evidence from affected people who live in Scotland next month. More than 700 people were wrongly convicted of false accounting, theft and fraud between 2000 and 2014 due to a fault in the Post Of
An application seeking to appeal a decision of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland refusing an eviction order for a tenant in rent arrears has been rejected by the housing division of the Upper Tribunal for Scotland. It was argued by the appellants, Amer and Nosheen Rafique, that the relevant evict
