The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has agreed a legal aid truce with barristers over complex fraud trials after a dispute threatened to halt such cases because of the cuts to legal aid.
Read moreFlexible Working Legislation Will Need Technology To Work
New laws that decree that employees with more than 26 weeks’ service have the right to request flexible working hours, regardless of the reason, will only benefit both the employee and the employer if the technology is in place to…
Read moreEuropean Commission Adopts IP Action Plan
On 1 July the European Commission (EC) adopted an Action Plan to address infringements of commercial scale intellectual property (IP) rights in the European Union (EU) and a strategy for the protection and enforcement of IP rights in countries that…
Read moreUK Risks Violating Disabled People’s Rights
The Government is at risk of being accused of “systematic violation” of international human rights laws in its treatment of disabled people, according to a recent report compiled by a consortium of 80 national charities.
Read moreGoogle Starting To Comply With EU Ruling
Search engine Google has started to comply with a ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that decreed that individuals in Europe have the “right to be forgotten” by having web pages and articles about them deleted from its…
Read moreCreationism Theory Banned In Free Schools
UK free schools and academies have been banned from teaching creationism as an alternative to evolution, as according to government documents, schools found teaching the doctrine as a fact will be in violation of their state funding agreement.
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