Former Supreme Court Justice Lord Toulson has passed away at the age of 70. Toulson was only a Justice of the Supreme Court for around 3 and a half years but had a long and accomplished career in the legal profession. Starting life as a
The European Commission has delivered a damning antitrust verdict against Google’s comparison shopping service today and imposed a fine of €2.42 billion. The decision, delivered by Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, relates to a breach of Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
The main headline that emerged from the ‘confidence and supply’ agreement that was recently announced between the Conservative party and the Democratic Unionist Party was that Northern Ireland would be granted an extra £1billion over the next two years. The decision has been met with
In these conjoined appeals the question for the Supreme Court concerned indirect discrimination. This is where an employer puts a provision in place for all employees but the overall effect is particularly disadvantageous for certain groups with protected characteristics. Essop was required to pass a
A new lecture on murder in criminal law is now available on YouTube, description below: The definition of murder comes from Sir Edward Coke in Institutes of the Lawes of England (1628): “Murder is when a man of sound memory, and of the age of
There isn’t really a legal spin on this story (unless you take note that changes to the law are possible as a result of social pressure!) but I certainly enjoyed it and wanted to share. Students at Isca Academy in Exeter were not allowed to
Data protection law is currently regulated in the UK by way of the Data Protection Act 1998 but that is set to change after it was announced in the Queen’s Speech that there will be a new Act. The new law will not only update
In the spring of 1998 a huge step was taken in the Northern Ireland peace process as the Good Friday Agreement was signed by the governments of the United Kingdom and Ireland as well a number of political parties based in Northern Ireland. In fact
After reviewing Barclays Bank’s reaction to the 2008 financial crisis the Serious Fraud Office has charged the bank and four former directors with fraud-related offences. When the bank was in real trouble and was attempting to avoid a taxpayer bailout, billions of pounds were raised
When AB was prosecuted for having sexual intercourse with an underage girl he wanted to rely on the defence that he reasonably believed the girl to be 16. When he was denied this opportunity because of previous criminal charges, AB claimed that this was in