New website for UK legislation
www.legislation.gov.uk is the government’s new site that contains almost all of the UK’s legislation. The site contains all laws passed after 1988 and most of those enacted before that. Around half of the legislation on the site at present is up to date. Laws that have been changed but not updated are marked to that effect on the site. Read More →
Report finds that BME solicitors are having a disproportionate number of cases being raised against them
Research reveals a disproportionately high number of cases involving BME solicitors were referred to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), the profession, and bodies such as the Legal Complaints Service (LCS). Research by consultants Pearn Kandola also found that BME solicitors were more likely to have restrictions placed on their practising certificate by the SRA. A ‘consistent pattern’... [Read more]
3/4 inch path defect is not a breach of the duty of care
The Court of Appeal’s judgment in Esdale v Dover District Council [2010] EWCA Civ 409 highlights the significance of a local authority’s policy when considering a claim under s.2(2) of the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957. In short, the claimant was injured when she tripped and fell on a pathway that led up to a block of flats where she lived. The council was the owner and occupier of both... [Read more]
Your Freedom website has been launched
The public can now submit ideas on repealing unnecessary laws and ending excessive regulation by visiting http://yourfreedom.hmg.gov.uk/ Read More →
A-levels are not adequately preparing teenagers for university
Dr Kate Pretty, principal of Homerton College, Cambridge, has stated that A-levels are not adequately preparing teenagers for university and has found that students were arriving at university with short attention spans because they had taken A-levels in bite-sized chunks. “The gulf between the end of A-levels and the start of degrees was now too great”, she said. Dr Pretty has told... [Read more]
