Tippet: For those, like me, who have no idea what a tippet is, the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary gives the following guidance: A long...

Last week, a TUC report stated that 1 in 12 in the labour force were now in “precarious employment”, which includes: • zero-hours...

Lawyer jokes (found on the Internet) What is the difference between lawyers and sperm? There’s no difference: one in 50 million has a...

The common law has produced a few remarkable legal historians, but they have so far applied a lawyer’s rather than a historian’s mind to...

Law is a radical and accessible look at the English legal system. It aims to set out a highly critical examination of the English legal...

Jessica Mitford (1917-1996) was an English author, journalist and political campaigner who became an American citizen. She identified, in...

An example of extreme individualism as opposed to the protection and enforcement of collective rights is the case of two English...

Justice is denied to poor people. I have lost count of the number of my clients who have not been able to start or continue their cases...

The general argument is that human rights in the UK need to be extended, rather than restricted. The UK has developed a profitable and...

Today (18th November 2014), the Public Accounts Committee have published their report into improving tax compliance. It concluded that...

The key to understanding the English legal system is the central role of money. I have lost count of the number of my clients who have...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has today (11th November 2014) ruled that unemployed EU citizens who travel to another member state...

In the interests of fairness and balance, what is good, in summary, about the English legal system? The independence of the judiciary....

Employment Appeal Tribunal rules that overtime should be included in holiday pay Workers have today (4th November 2014) won their...

Farm explosion death: £80,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Cantelo Nurseries Ltd (2014) Taunton Crown Court, October 24. Cantelo...

Research published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has shown that the UK has slipped down to 26thin the rankings of its Global Gender...

Factory death: £95,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Refinery Supplies Ltd (2014) Manchester Crown Court, October 24 Refinery...

Mesothelioma: causation: exposure to asbestos Case McDonald v National Grid Electricity Transmission plc [2014] UKSC 53 Facts M...

At a fringe meeting of the Conservative party conference held last month, Lord Freud was recorded as saying; “You make a really good...

Exploding vehicle: £2000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Redland Road Marking Ltd (2014) Bristol magistrates’court, October 8. Redland...