A fast track to digital surveillance? European Consumer Organisation takes action against Google
You probably have a Google account, and probably also assume that everything you do on Google’s services is tracked, but do you realise the extent to which Google actively pushes you towards ensuring that you don’t avoid its surveillance practises? The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) has directly sought to tackle this issue by announcing that […]
Welcome Amber!
We are delighted to welcome our newest colleague, Amber Zhao. Amber will be joining us as a paralegal and has already displayed great legal knowledge and a brilliant work ethic since she’s been here. Amber has an extensive academic background, having studied at Central South University(LLB), King’s College London(LLM) and The University of Law […]
Prenuptial Agreement vs Postnuptial Agreement, which is better?
Today we will take a look at a subject which comes under Family Law, one of our main practise areas. This article looks at which is better, a postnuptial agreement or prenuptial agreement? You might be wondering, what exactly is the difference between a postnuptial agreement and a prenuptial agreement? Aside from ‘pre’ and ‘post’ […]
Man who resided in UK for 22 years under false identities found to have had human rights infringed
In today’s article, we look at a recent case, R (on the application of AM) v Secretary of State for the Home Department. This case concerns a person that had been living in the UK for over 22 years but had continuously provided false identities as well as convictions in the UK. A […]
British Bill of Rights – a clampdown on human rights or restoring ‘common sense’?
The Secretary of State for Justice, Dominic Raab, has introduced a new ‘British Bill of Rights’ to Parliament. The government claim that the legislation will “end the abuse of the human rights framework and restore some common sense” to the UK’s justice system by rebalancing the relationship between the legislature and the courts. This […]
Akinsanya v Secretary of State for the Home Department – What does the Home Secretary’s response mean for Zambrano applicants?
A person is considered a ‘Zambrano carer’, should they be a non-EEA national primary carer of a British citizen who would be unable to reside in the UK, if that primary carer were required to leave. Zambrano carers have been recognised as having a right to reside in the UK under EU law following […]
Plans to shake up private rented sector announced
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has announced a spate of planned reforms to private renting in its new White Paper, dubbed ‘a fairer private rented sector’. It claims that this will offer a “fairer deal” for the 13 million renters in the United Kingdom, as well as ‘fundamentally reforming the private rented […]
Will the Rwanda policy overcome its initial legal barriers?
You may have seen our most recent article, where we looked in detail at the responses by both the Human Rights Watch and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to the UK Government’s Rwanda scheme. However, the following article will analyse the latest events, where the Government’s attempt to deport asylum seekers on its […]
Potential future challenges on expulsion of asylum seekers to Rwanda?
The UK government signed the Asylum Partnership Arrangement with the Rwanda government on the 14th of April 2022. As part of the plan, the government is intending to relocate some asylum seekers to Rwanda on a one-way ticket. The relocation plan will target young single migrants who have arrived in the UK since […]
Woman receives jail sentence for fraudulent £4m NHS claim
The NHS has been a highly respected public institution since its founding in 1948, symbolising the post-war consensus of the UK’s welfare state.. Such is the sanctity and esteem in which it is held in by the British population, that it has been described by some as the country’s new “national religion”. Indeed, former […]