In an ever-increasingly digital world, reducing the chance of data leaks is crucial. As technology is freely available and touches the lives of everyone in society in some manner, anyone can be at risk of being the victim of a data breach. Likewise, this issue can have an impact on countless industries. Since the General Data Protection Regulation ( 'GDPR' ) and the Data Protection Act 2018 ( 'the 2018 Act' ) came into force, courts across the jurisdiction have increasingly b

Artificial intelligence (‘AI’) is increasingly becoming integrated into daily life, so it is important to pause and consider the...

There have been many important decisions regarding workers’ rights in the gig economy recently. Amongst those decisions are the following companies: Pimlico Plumbers , Uber and eCourier . There is currently an appeal being prepared regarding a decision involving Deliveroo . The appeal itself is using the Judicial Review procedure; it is being argued that a ban on collective bargaining by Deliveroo couriers is a breach of their human rights. Further, Newell Legal has also co

There has recently been much debate over a prospective Copyright Directive (the Directive) within the jurisdiction of the European Union (EU). The full name of the Directive is: Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market 2016/0280 . The most recent draft, including commentary on the amendments can be found here . This particular proposal has been the subject of much criticism and controversy. The intention behind the controversial Directive is to update online copyri

The topic of human rights can pose complicated questions. Recently, it has produced increasingly complex answers. Whilst human rights are universal in the sense that everyone has their own fundamental rights, their implementation and challenges at domestic level differ. The reasoning for this is clear; many societies have specific views of particular issues, systemic anomalies or constitutional and political methods to address those issues when they arise. There is, however,

The prison system has come under intense fire recently. Questions have arisen as to whether it is effective in reforming inmates. Newell Legal has previously published an article about the pilot scheme that the criminal legal system is testing in an attempt to alleviate some of the pressure on the system. Coincidentally, that scheme is being carried out in Birmingham, which is at the centre of a new fiasco. It appears that the cracks within the system have become noticeable

Having had many conversations with friends outside of the legal sphere over the past few years, it is apparent that the law is portrayed in a very particular manner by the media - be it film, tv series, daytime show or documentary. In this piece, I divert my attention from current legal affairs, and explore the place that law has in mainstream entertainment. The law is becoming ever present in mainstream media, which has no doubt been accelerated by the development of smartp