The press has recently been littered with headlines blaming the rising legal bills of the NHS and local Councils on solicitors and the so dubbed 'claims culture' which the UK now finds itself in. It has been reported that compensation claims are becoming the number one concern for schools and...
A complaint has been made to the European Commission by Daniel Striani, a football agent registered in Belgium in relation to the new UEFA Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules. Striani believes that the FFP Rules will serve to hinder his trading capacity as a football agent. The new FFP Rules...
Today we again see in the news headlines details of young girls abused by a paedophile ring, this time in the Oxford area. Again Social Services are shouldering a significant amount of blame. Joanna Simons accepts that the Council must "take enormous responsibility for what...
Last month, the Bank of England and the HM Treasury announced an extension to the Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) by one year until 31st January 2015. The FLS launched on 13th July 2012 and is designed to increase the incentives for banks and building societies (Banks) to lend to UK households...
There was controversy last month when 17 year old Paris Brown, who was due to take up the role of Britain's first youth crime commissioner, made a number of comments on Twitter which lead to her being interviewed by police. Social media offers many benefits to both our professional and personal...