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No Queen’s Speech Next Year

The forthcoming session of Parliament will last for two years as it was announced that there will be no Queen’s speech in 2018. The move was justified in anticipation of a swathe of Brexit legislation that will be brought forth before the UK formally withdraws

New Lecture on Fraud and Related Offences

There is a new lecture available on the subject of fraud in criminal law. You can find the full description below: Fraud and other related offences such as bribery are covered in statute law but before getting into this it is useful to go over

How to Achieve Justice for Grenfell Tower

The devastating fire that engulfed Grenfell Tower in Kensington last week was both tragic and disturbing. With fifty-eight people now missing and presumed dead thoughts begin to turn to the aftermath. On Thursday the prime minister announced that there will be a full public enquiry

Add This to the Brexit Negotiations List

EU Regulation 2016/2286 begins as follows: Pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 531/2012, roaming providers should not levy any surcharge additional to the domestic retail price on roaming customers in any Member State, for any regulated roaming call made or received, any regulated roaming SMS message

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Franchy Cordero Looks Good Early On

No one is going to sit here and pretend that the Cincinnati Reds are actually…good. OK they had an unexpected spurt at the start of the season but since then they have regressed so dramatically that the mean is but a dot on the horizon

Shearer Sues Financial Advisers

Football legend Alan Shearer is taking his financial advisers to the High Court in London alleging that he was given negligent advice that gave rise to £9million worth of damages. The all-time Premier League top goalscorer also argues that the advisers who specialise in pension

Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24

When Wood sold his company to Capita it transpired after an internal review that insurance policies had been misrepresented to customers. Capita tried to recover the compensation that they were obliged to pay out but Wood disputed this on the basis of the wording of

New Lecture on Mortgages

The latest lecture on remedies in relation to mortgages is now available and can be viewed below alongside a full description. The remedies in relation to mortgages are mainly available to mortgagees who are trying to get a return on their investment. The main remedies

Beware the DUP

‘May Hung in June’ was the headline in the Economist after the 2017 general election produced a hung parliament. Although the result was incredibly bad for the prime minister Theresa May, a deal with the Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) actually doesn’t leave things

Perfect Pens Performance puts them on the Precipice

A dominant 6-0 win for the Pittsburgh Penguins on home ice puts the Stanley Cup champions one game away from a repeat of last year’s triumph. After the first four games were shared between the Pens and their Western Conference opposition, the Nashville Predators, the