Blog — 13 December 2024

Emergency caesarean sections, birth injuries and the urgent need to improve UK maternity care

A new Care Quality Commision (CQC) report published in November 2024 looked at the experiences of pregnant women and new mothers in February 2024. The report, which suggests entrenched problems…

Blog — 06 December 2024

Overdue whistleblower protection proposed for NHS staff

In an effort to end the ‘culture of cover up’ in the NHS, ministers are proposing a new framework which will punish NHS managers who deter whistleblowers from coming forward…

Blog — 04 December 2024

Home Office to delay eVisa/UKVI account creation deadline (of 31 December 2024)

Having spent the last two years stressing the need to the Home Office that it must avoid a “cliff-edge” cut-off for the creation of a UKVI account of 31 December…

Blog — 26 November 2024

Transition to eVisas: Home Office issues new guidance on travel and a new online service for reporting eVisa issues

The government is in the process of digitalising the system for providing proof of immigration status. Biometric residence permits (BRPs) and biometric residence cards (BRCs) have been discontinued and will…

Blog — 13 November 2024

Digital divorce – for better or for worse

There has been a significant shift in how divorce is regarded, approached and even applied for in the last few years. We saw the seismic and much-campaigned for move to…

Blog — 29 October 2024

Pets on divorce: who gets to keep the family pet?

The question of who keeps a family pet after divorce can be quite a distressing and emotional one, and one that many couples separating may quietly think about. Pets play…