Have you heard about the new "anti-strike" laws introduced by the UK government? These laws have sparked controversy among trade unions and workers' rights advocates who believe that they restrict workers' rights to fight for better conditions and pay. The laws require a certain percentage of workers...
Following Brexit, UK lawmakers have been sifting through the current legal precedents and filtering out any vestiges of EU law from domestic statute books. Government researchers initially identified 2,400 EU-derived laws that warranted consideration for their repeal or replacement. Then on 8 November 2022, the...
The vaccine rollout and the easing of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions at the end of 2021 prompted increased business confidence and congruently increased the demand for staff within the UK legal sector. This pent-up demand for qualified candidates resulted in pay rises ranging from 10-15% –...
What is the source of the current unrest amongst those involved in criminal defence work? The strikes come after the government’s reform of legal fees paid. This issue has been prevalent in the sector for almost a decade now. This walkout is not the first, in...
Gender Pay Gap – Why we must scrap Why is the gender pay gap such an eminent topic? Well, it affects everyone. It directly affects the livelihood and sense of worth of women who are subject to lower salaries and being overlooked for partner or...
Over the past few months, the legal industry has seen a wave of mergers and acquisitions. Large firms have been consolidating their market share and increasing business through these M&As, but why is this trend happening? There are multiple factors that play into M&A mania,...
Vaccine passports are actively being debated around the world including in the UK and EU. Parliament is expected to debate the matter on 15 March, as over 200,000 UK citizens have signed a petition against vaccine passports calling them an infraction of equal liberties. The...
The UK has created a precedent significant enough to have a noteworthy effect domestically and abroad. New economies are raising employment law questions everywhere in the world and have been for a few years now and the standoff has finally broken. Uber drivers are now...
Harmonization efforts in the EU are not too often seen but money laundering in the EU alone amounts to roughly €200 Billion and 6AMLD aims to further combat it. Post-Brexit UK has elected not to implement these measures as the administration has deemed the measures...
Politicians treat climate change like people treat exercise - they say that they’ll pay more attention to it because it will affect their lives dearly later on, yet nothing ever happens. With that in mind, there have been some interesting legal arguments climate activists such...