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Poverty and the Law
Examples of poor clients who have been denied justice Redundancy Practice as an employment lawyer currently involves an increasing number...

Robert Spicer
Apr 6, 20134 min read
Schools Liability For Independent Contractors
Woodland v Essex County Council: Supreme Court decision on liability of schools for swimming accidents The tragic consequences of...

Robert Spicer
Mar 31, 20135 min read
Shrewsbury pickets: 40th anniversary
Shrewsbury pickets In 1972, building workers held their first ever national strike for decent pay and health & safety at work. Five...

Robert Spicer
Mar 31, 20132 min read
Health and Safety: Extreme Example
Health and safety law is the Cinderella of the English legal system. It rarely features in law school syllabuses, iunder constant attack...

Robert Spicer
Mar 25, 20132 min read
Poverty and the Law
Poverty is not a legal issue. Poverty exists because wealth is unevenly distributed. The solution for dealing with poverty is the...

Robert Spicer
Mar 18, 20131 min read
Vicarious Liability
Vicarious liability: recent case law developments Vicarious liability means, in general terms in the context of employment, that an...

Robert Spicer
Mar 10, 20134 min read
Homelessness and the Law
The sight of vulnerable homeless people sitting on pavements begging is an affront to a society which allows huge payments to a tiny...

Robert Spicer
Mar 2, 20131 min read
Iraq War: UK case law
The Examples of UK cases connected with the Iraq War following selection of Iraq-War related cases aims to show the range of issues...

Robert Spicer
Feb 23, 20138 min read
Lawyer Jokes
Lawyer jokes (found on the Internet) • What is the difference between lawyers and sperm? There’s no difference: one in 50 million has a...

Robert Spicer
Feb 16, 20132 min read
Sexism and the Law
Sexism and the law Albie Sachs and Joan Hoff Wilson, Sexism and the Law:A study of male beliefs and judicial bias This book, published in...

Robert Spicer
Feb 8, 20132 min read
Pro Bono
Use of Latin The dictionary definition of “pro bono”, an abbreviation of pro bono publico, is “free, used to denote the giving of free...

Robert Spicer
Feb 2, 20135 min read
Class Justice
Class justice means, essentially, that the principles of justice operate inequitably in favour of one class of people in relation to...

Robert Spicer
Jan 25, 20135 min read
South Africa and Human Rights
Albie Sachs considers whether the obligation on the state to promote socio-economic advance should be made a constitutional duty. He...

Robert Spicer
Jan 7, 20134 min read
Kropotkin on Law
Kropotkin, Prince Peter (1842-1921) Kropotkin was a Russian geographer and revolutionary. His work included the following comments: *...

Robert Spicer
Dec 17, 20125 min read
Law In Cuba
Cuba and human rights The Cuban Constitution of 1976 sets out all the rights recognised by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and...

Robert Spicer
Dec 6, 20123 min read
Key changes in Employment Law in 2012
2012 is a year that many have been anticipating more than most. For many Britons, the promise of the Olympics coming to London in the...

Robert Spicer
Dec 4, 20122 min read
Tony Serra
Tony Serra Tony Serra, described as a “ponytailed, potsmoking criminal defense attorney famous for fighting the government”, was...

Robert Spicer
Nov 30, 20121 min read
The Levellers and English law
Some of the earliest and most devastating criticisms of English law and lawyers were made by the Levellers in the seventeenth century in...

Robert Spicer
Nov 23, 20125 min read
Mine Death
Mine death: £568,000 fines and costs Health and Safety Executive v UK Coal Ltd and Joy Mining Machinery Ltd (2012) Leeds Crown Court,...

Robert Spicer
Nov 19, 20121 min read
Bristol Health and Safety Prosecution
£12,700 fine Health and Safety Executive v Clear Channel UK Ltd (2012) Bristol magistrates’ court, August 20. Clear Channel UK Ltd, an...

Robert Spicer
Nov 19, 20122 min read
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