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Employment Law

Labour Party Outline Key Employment Policies Ahead of the 2015 General Election

Early last week, shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna announced to the annual TUC Congress that, should Labour win the 2015 General Electi...

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Commercial Property

Scottish Independence Referendum - Possible Effects on Commercial Property

As Scotland prepares to go to the polls on September 18, ex-president of the British Property Federation David Hunter has warned that a Yes ...

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Family Law

Domestic abuse and the over 65s

Many people would think that domestic abuse is something that only happens to people aged over 65 in a few isolated cases. However, new figu...

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Commercial Property

Space Property Rights - Mining The Moon?

Although an excellent potential source of highly valuable minerals and resources, many blame the lack of space property rights for the lack ...

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Family Law

Considering an international surrogacy arrangement?

Recent case law has highlighted the importance of parties seeking independent legal advice before entering into a surrogacy arrangement. ...

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Business

Online streaming gets the Amazon treatment

It has been announced that video game-streaming website Twitch has been acquired by Amazon for $970m (£535m). Twitch allows players to bro...

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Commercial Property

Where have all the pubs gone?

The number of pubs closing down has been increasing year on year. Back in 2009, the pub closure crisis was seen to peak at a rate of 52 per ...

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Family Law

How can a contact centre help?

Contact centres can play a vital role in family proceedings involving children, by providing a safe place where a non resident parent may ...

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Family Law

A new crime of domestic abuse?

Plans currently being considered by ministers could introduce a new offence covering not just incidents of physical violence, but incidents ...

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Family Law

Swift return to Japan

A Cambridge University academic has been found to have unlawfully abducted her seven year old son from Japan, and must now return him to his...

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Family Law

Thai surrogate case sparks political intervention

The Australian government has stated that it is looking into what can be done to help the Down’s Syndrome baby, Gammy, that has been left ...

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Family Law

Thai surrogate twin may not have been abandoned

The Australian couple accused of leaving one of their twins with the surrogate mother deny abandoning him. It was initially reported that th...