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Air Pollution: Young lungs at risk – Call to ban idling cars outside schools
Cars should be banned from idling near schools and congestion charges imposed across the UK as part of measures recommended by Public Health England (PHE) to stop the 36,000 people dying each year from human-made air pollution.
Significant number of businesses still not investing enough in cyber security
A recently published government report has revealed that while cyber security is increasingly recognised as high risk to businesses, significant cyber security gaps remain.
Court backs recoverability of agency fees in PI claims
Ruling in Beardmore v Lancashire CC in Liverpool County Court, Judge Graham Wood QC rejected the Defendant’s attack on the recoverability of agency fees charged for obtaining medical records in employers’ and public liability cases that have exited the portal process and fall under CPR 45.29I.
P’s Assets and the Court of Protection: Gifting, Investing and Recovery
Certainty the National Will Register will be hosting our monthly expert webinar on Thursday 25 April 2019 at 12.00pm.
Winners announced: National Paralegals Awards 2019
On 29 March 2019, 200 people gathered together at The May Fair Hotel in London for a glamorous gala dinner to celebrate the achievements of paralegals from across the UK
How the longest US government shutdown in history has impacted the Internal Revenue Service
Government shutdowns are somewhat foreign to us Brits as they are uniquely American. Federal government shutdowns occur when the US Congress fails to pass the spending Bill proposed by government agencies and operations.
Birth injuries, paternal depression and secondary victim claims
When we talk about post-natal depression, we often think of mothers. This is a fair assumption as apparently 1 in 5 women develop mental health problems during pregnancy or in the first year after childbirth. However, we know that dads can suffer from post-natal depression too.
The SRA’s review of the residential conveyancing market – our opinion
At the beginning of April 2019, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) published its 72 page thematic report into the residential conveyancing market
Proclaim software earns long-term loyalty from QualitySolicitors Lockings
In 2005, after reviewing internal IT processes, Lockings made the decision to implement the Proclaim Practice Management Software Solution, and over a decade later, the firm remains a satisfied Eclipse client.
Search Acumen launches innovative visualisation solution to fast-track commercial property due diligence
SNaPS (Search of the National Polygon Service) is a first-of-its-kind service that instantly interrogates property boundaries and ownership data
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The cost of systemic failure and childbirth injuries
Recent reports show that the NHS has paid almost £3.5bn in medical claims around childbirth injuries over the past six years.
Mazur: when regulators make simple things complicated
What the last six months have shown is that supervision cannot be treated as a background compliance obligation quietly managed somewhere in a firm’s operational processes.
How unstoppable AI is reshaping UK legal practice
At a time when most technology innovation still flows from the US and China, UK lawtech is attracting growing international attention and capital.
