Recent developments indicate a massive change to organ donation under the NHS system is set to happen, subject to Parliament approving what is known as “Max’s Law”. This is based on the experiences of Max Johnson, who successfully underwent a heart transplant. His story has since been supported by publications such as the Daily Mirror. The consultation received 17,000 consultation responses. The report that addresses these responses can be found here . Currently, an indiv

Under the current Conservative Government, the English legal system has experienced crippling cuts to legal aid. Legal aid essentially acts as a safeguard to providing a fair process and individual liberty within the criminal justice system. This has been a subject of contention for some time and remains to be so. It also applies to a wide range of disciplines within law. Recent criticism from MPs has been with regard to the lack of assistance for asylum seekers, who are part

This article focuses on a recent ruling (the background facts can be found here ) by the Supreme Court, which addresses the current need for legal permission to end care for patients in a “long-term, permanent vegetative state”. The implications of this decision are massive; it could affect thousands of people who are kept alive by medical intervention. Undoubtedly, these cases can be distressing for doctors and judges alike. The stress can be especially apparent for the form

A recent Supreme Court decision held that being unhappily married is not grounds to permit a divorce in England and Wales. It should be noted, the judges who did find in favour of the husband did so “reluctantly”. Whether this decision facilitates a no fault ground of divorce is yet to be seen (as seen per Lord Wilson) nor will the merits of either side be discussed at great length in this article. This articles explores the current means of obtaining a divorce. By way of

Having recently started taking on cases of my own as a freelance advocate, I've realised that in practice, mortgage repossessions are significantly more prominent than one would first imagine them to be. It is because of this fact, and because many of our readers either are homeowners or want to get onto the property ladder, that I thought an exploratory article on the subject would be useful. Many mortgage providers see litigation as a last resort and would much prefer to h

Assisted Dying (also referred to as Euthanasia in this article) has been a topic of discussion that has been raging for decades now, and this post attempts to incapsulate all of the main points from a legal standpoint. It is an extremely contentious area of discussion, which is highly charged on an emotional level. This is completely understandable given the severity of the consequences of the actions involved and the decisions made. It has become even more central recently,

It appears that there was another massive step in favour of equality, again out of the Supreme Court, as a man has won equal pension rights for his husband. Essentially, the decision of the court means that a former cavalry officer’s husband will enjoy the same pension rights as a widow of the opposite sex generally would upon his death. The case itself was argued on the basis of discrimination in that a widow of the opposite sex would be entitled to £45,000 per year, wherea

When someone mentions the word "self-employed" or "self-employment", one would immediately but naturally envisage a scene where that person is essentially: their own boss, they work for themselves and/or they have a large amount of control in what direction their organisation takes. Sometimes, a natural result of this is that the "self-employed" person would employ others to work under them. However, the answer is not actually that straightforward, at least in a legal capaci

Contempt of Court has been somewhat been in the limelight recently, particular in relation to the Katie Rough trial and of course, the charges stemming from the Hillsborough disaster. I intend to focus on the latter case in this particular article. The Contempt of Court Act 1981 (the '1981 Act') creates an offence that to interefere with the course of justice, as outlined by section 1 of the 1981 Act. This is a strict liability offence, which essentially means that an offend

It has been a tough few weeks for the Government, as they have seen numerous policies being stripped down, scrutinised and branded as 'unlawful' by the Supreme Court. Even with their apparent victories, issues have arisen from those cases and have resulted in changes in policy. Following my previous post on the Supreme Court's decision to reject an attempt to use j udicial review as a means to challenge a policy by the Health Secretary , it seems that the much anticipated a