When an election is called and Parliament is dissolved MPs stop being MPs and, for the most part, Ministers stop being Ministers. The election campaign therefore is fought between equals and no candidate has greater rights than the candidate for any other party. In the
It is a sad comment to make in the light of the devastating terror attack on Saturday evening in our nation’s capital but the point remains true of any act of terrorism within an election campaign. There will inevitably be attempts to politicise the issue
The second lecture on mortgages is now available to view online and can be viewed using this link. This week we focused on the rights of mortgagees and a full description of the video can be found below: Mortgagees have four main forms of protection:
In the BBC Question Time special last night that feature Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn one of the questions that came up related to the pollution levels in the UK. The environment is not usually a high profile campaign issue but with the recent decision
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, announced plans to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord last night in a decision that both shocked and disappointed people across the world. The reasoning behind the decision is clearly linked with the conceptual idea that ‘America
The legal wranglings surrounding the fate of nine-month old Charlie Gard are now beginning to approach their conclusion when the Supreme Court will hear an emergency proceeding next week. On one side the Great Ormond Street Hospital will argue that Charlie’s life support should be
A breast surgeon who carried out wholly unnecessary operations on patients has been jailed today for 15 years. Ian Paterson apparently showed no remorse whatsoever during the trial for the countless victims who had his full trust and confidence. The exact motives remain unclear but
Mr Gabriel went bankrupt because of a bad investment but not many things went right for him along the way. His ‘friend’ Mr Little tricked him into thinking the money would be used as part of a development project and his solicitor did not properly
Gordon was convicted of rape and sentenced to five years but there were a couple of problems with the way that the investigation was carried out. He was not allowed access to legal counsel either before or during the police interview and the semen sample
How much information would have to be given in order to be able to identify you without actually saying your name? This sounds like a game of 20 questions but the Supreme Court faced a very similar problem this week with serious consequences hanging on