Tag: Legal affairs

Should sex offenders have access to the internet?
It's seen as a human right

Now open for entries: The Privacy Law Blogging Prize
Social media is rife with privacy law issues, particularly in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Tell us about them for the chance to win a free return flight to New York City

How religion has fallen, for law to take its place
Philip Wood, a QC and former Allen & Overy partner, pens book on why lawyers are the new priests

Why DDoS protests won’t fit into freedom of expression rights
A response to 'Prioritise intent, not effects: A nuanced approach to DDOS cyber-attacks and free speech'

Awkward! Allen & Overy partner stumbles in face of grilling by MPs over non-disclosure agreements
As committee publishes Harvey Weinstein NDA

Brexit: Are we going to run out of time?
Politicians and academics grapple with Article 50 two-year deadline

Black Lives Matter: How to fix a failing criminal justice system?
A broken bridge to equality
Can we regulate Uber into ‘doing the right thing’?
In the first of its kind, Legal Cheek launches an occasional series exploring buzzing legal research across the UK and internationally

Exclusive: Start-up chaired by corporate law legend, Sir Nigel Knowles, sued by ex-director
DWF's head honcho under fire over unpaid shares claim

Yarl’s Wood hunger strike shines a spotlight on the shameful way the UK runs its immigration centres
120 detainees refuse food in protest

Why are British nationals being prosecuted for fighting against ISIS?
You risk your life fighting terrorists, then get treated like one when you come home

Is ‘national security’ fast becoming a tool of protectionism?
Growing use of national security grounds to intervene against foreign investments flies in the face of Theresa May's 'open for business' mantra

Tort law gets the Lady Hale treatment as Supreme Court hears vicarious liability appeal
Case stems from the arrest of a suspected terrorist

Russian oligarch’s ex-lawyer loses appeal over hidden art collection in largest ever divorce settlement case
£453 million ancillary relief

Joshua Rozenberg on the power of judicial review
Two major, and very different, cases step into the spotlight

Oxford academic who lost her 18-year-old son while he was under NHS care shares tragic fight for justice
She was represented at son's inquest by legal dream team she met on Twitter

Parliamentary bill fronted by nine-year-old boy spells landmark moment for organ donation
Everyone's talking about Max's Law

Supreme Court slams police for ‘systemic and investigatory failings’ in John Worboys case
Even advocacy by Lord Pannick couldn't convince justices otherwise

Supreme Court hears its first ever gig economy case
Far-reaching changes to employment law on the horizon

The legal minefield that is private space travel
International space law is now more important than ever before