As many will no doubt be aware, there has been recent litigation regarding the legality of the fees that have been imposed by the Government on those who wish to access the Employment Tribunal to hear a dispute. Whilst the decision to litigate in the Supreme Court was made some four months before this article was published, the judgment of the Supreme Court was only released on 27th July 2017. It's quite plain to see from that alone, that this was going to be a landmark decis

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

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

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

Some three weeks ago, the Supreme Court delivered a hammer blow to the Home Office. The hit came in the form of a ruling that is likely to “very heavily limit, if not entirely curtail” the use of the Home Office’s ‘deport first, appeal later’ power on the grounds that it was in fact, an unlawful policy. The system was in fact, a conservative pledge in their manifesto, having been introduced in July 2014. Although highly controversial, the power is used rather regularly. On

It was reported on 14th June 2017 that the highest court within the UK, the Supreme Court, narrowly rejected an appeal from Northern Ireland regarding free abortions. This particular case was rejected in both the High Court and the Court of Appeal prior to being heard in the Supreme Court.The full judgment can be found here . The appeal concerned a mother and daughter, who were appealing for women from Northern Ireland to receive free abortions on the NHS in England. Curren

The advantages of arbitration over the 'traditional' route of court proceedings.