

The Death Penalty for Peaceful Protest?
The topic of human rights can pose complicated questions. Recently, it has produced increasingly complex answers. Whilst human rights are...


Grenfell: The Story of a Human Rights Failure
The Grenfell Tower fire started in the early hours of 14th June 2017 . The tragedy caused 72 deaths, with a further two people dying at a...


Brexit: Yet Another Twist?
Brexit, a topic that has generated much controversy and disagreement since the EU referendum was first announced, has seen another recent...
Mental Health Referrals: An Alternative to Prison?
The prison regime has been at the centre of scrutiny in recent years . Particular questions arise as to whether it is effective in...


Radical Changes? Organ Donation in 2020.
Recent developments indicate a massive change to organ donation under the NHS system is set to happen, subject to Parliament approving...


Legal Aid Cuts = Unlawful!
Under the current Conservative Government, the English legal system has experienced crippling cuts to legal aid. Legal aid essentially...


Update: Removing Life-Support
This article focuses on a recent ruling (the background facts can be found here ) by the Supreme Court, which addresses the current need...


Unhappily married?… Not grounds for divorce!
A recent Supreme Court decision held that being unhappily married is not grounds to permit a divorce in England and Wales. It should be...


Abortion: 50 years on
On 27th October 1967, the Abortion Act received royal assent . 50 years on, I reflect on the Abortion Act by discussing what exactly is...


Mortgage Repossessions: What you NEED to know
Having recently started taking on cases of my own as a freelance advocate, I've realised that in practice, mortgage repossessions are...