Tag: Legal affairs

Assisted dying: a new legal challenge

Motor neurone disease sufferer Phil Newby's far-reaching case launched last month

Aug 8 2019 10:28am

The case for UK tax reform

With Brexit on the horizon, now is the time to revise our taxation system, argues Staffordshire University law student Naz Khan

Jul 5 2019 10:19am

GDPR: 1 year on

University of Edinburgh law student Nicole Pitches examines its impact over the past 12 months

Jun 28 2019 1:04pm

Corruption in the beautiful game

Much work still to be done before football's reputation is restored, says Staffordshire University law student Naz Khan

Jun 14 2019 10:34am

Williams v Roffey Bros: The uncertainty in contract law

Oxford University law student Jordan Briggs explains how the Supreme Court missed an opportunity to clear up the confusion

Jun 7 2019 11:13am

Tenant Fees Act 2019: Goodbye to unfair letting charges?

Agents have been allowed to charge exorbitant, arbitrary fees for too long, says future trainee solicitor Fraser Collingham

May 31 2019 12:25pm

Whatever happened to the presumption of innocence?

Sometimes there can be smoke without fire, says Staffordshire University law student Naz Khan

May 1 2019 1:15pm

A brief history of equitable compensation

Linguistic developments have muddied the waters, says Oxford University law student Jordan Briggs

Mar 29 2019 10:47am

Warwick student rape chat scandal: Should they be prosecuted?

Nottingham law grad Fraser Collingham considers how the law balances free speech and offensive social media messages

Mar 15 2019 11:23am

The emergence of artificial intelligence in the retail sector

Self-learning algorithms, chatbots, magic mirrors and robotic shop assistants -- the future of retail is looking smart

Feb 26 2019 3:17pm

‘ISIS bride’ stripped of citizenship: what are her prospects on appeal?

In the Shamima Begum case, statelessness is the key legal issue

Feb 25 2019 12:06pm

Yellow vests crisis: What are flash-balls and why haven’t they been banned?

As gory reports of injuries increase, French police are increasingly criticised for deploying this controversial weapon

Feb 5 2019 10:30am

A lawyer’s guide to advising clients in the event of a no deal Brexit

The sudden legal severance of UK law from EU law presents unique issues of interpretation for lawyers, whose task it will be to interpret and apply these rules in their new legal context, says Hogan Lovells’ Andrew Eaton

Jan 29 2019 2:57pm

Should the courts decide what is in the best interests of a child?

The judiciary is not suited to deal with the complexities of medical life-and-death scenarios

Jan 16 2019 10:50am
Artificial intelligence

The coming of the age of AI in the law

Man must still be master of the machine, says Singapore Management University law student Soh Kian Peng

Jan 9 2019 10:16am

Joshua Rozenberg’s predictions for 2019

Brexit will happen, along with some other rather important things, forecasts Britain’s leading legal commentator -- writing exclusively for Legal Cheek

Jan 2 2019 10:30am

Modernising the Mental Health Act

KCL postgrad Emma Diack looks at the changes ahead

Dec 20 2018 12:05pm

Why we need to reform the archaic law of surrogacy

It has remained fundamentally unaltered for over 30 years

Dec 13 2018 10:41am

Assisted dying: Will the UK ever alter the law?

Yesterday's Supreme Court decision suggests not

Nov 28 2018 9:52am

Is blockchain the future of solving human rights issues?

It can be used for much more than making tech-savvy people rich, says Queen Mary law grad Fanny Ferencz

Nov 14 2018 11:07am
lawyers AI robots

Can AI be criminally accountable?

Ex-human rights practitioner Theo Richardson-Gool examines the problems posed by autonomous machines

Nov 2 2018 2:25pm