Palmers Solicitors Blog

It has been confirmed that people who volunteer in schools and clubs in England and Wales will no longer need duplicate criminal record checks if they work for more than one group.

The families and friends of the 96 Hillsborough victims were celebrating last night, as a new police investigation was launched into the tragedy and fresh inquests were ordered by Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge after the original inquest verdicts were…

A commission set up to examine the case for a British Bill of Rights will publish its findings today (December 18th 2012), but ahead of the publication, Justice Minister Chris Grayling has said in an article that criminals and terrorists…

Days after Prime Minister David Cameron rejected calls for a Royal Commission on drugs, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has called for a review and says that Mr Cameron must show courage over the issue, as he believes that the…

Minister for Faith Baroness Warsi has written to the Culture Secretary Maria Miller, asking for clarification on the protection for churches and other places of worship if they refuse to conduct same-sex marriages.

There has been an enormous amount of publicity concerning the new stalking law brought into force by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. The ‘new’ law has been hailed by everyone from the Cleveland Police to the Sun Newspaper as…

At the moment, voluntary workers are not covered by the Equality Act 2010, and nor are freelancers, unless they are described as ‘contract workers’ but that may be about to change following a court case brought recently by a volunteer.

Following the news that the first arrests have been made in the Libor rate rigging probe being conducted by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the question being asked is what laws can be used to prosecute the people charged.