Blog — 08 March 2018

Love in the High Court - the forum bar shows its teeth

On 5 February the Court of Appeal ruled that it would not be in the interests of justice to extradite the alleged computer hacker Lauri Love to the USA.

Blog — 07 March 2018

Current gender pay gap reporting requirements unlikely to ‘empower’ women

PwC has found that the UK has been slower in addressing its gender pay gap compared to other developed nations, with Iceland, Sweden and Norway remaining as the top three…

Blog — 27 February 2018

New policies needed to ‘tackle imbalance and unfairness’ in employment

The Resolution Foundation has called for a ‘new approach’ in tackling the ‘fundamental flaws’ in the labour market, arguing its proposed ‘better jobs deal’ will ‘reduce the risk that a…

Blog — 22 February 2018

Recent Supreme Court judgment on the international child abduction case In the matter of C (Children) [2018] UKSC 8

Last week The Supreme Court handed down judgment in the matter of C (Children) [2018] UKSC8. The appeal concerns the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child…

Blog — 16 February 2018

How many properties in your street are owned by BVI companies? And does it really matter?

On Tuesday the BBC and a number of other news outlets published articles stating that ‘…a quarter of property owned in England and Wales owned by overseas firms is held…

Blog — 09 February 2018

Pardoning the suffragettes: how complicated would it be?

Home Secretary Amber Rudd has said that she will “take a look” at pardoning the women who were jailed while fighting for the right to vote, but that it would…