On December 23rd 2019 a centenary milestone was reached within the profession of law, as the date marked 100 years since the introduction of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act in the UK. This act finally allowed women to qualify as ...
Legal research in Wales will take a huge step forward next summer, as Swansea University and the Welsh Government prepare to open the Legal Innovation Lab Wales to help facilitate the research and innovation in legal technology.The new lab, which ...
The Government has made a U-turn on plans to increase probate registry fees that would have seen bereaved families pay up to £6,000 for Grants of Representation (including Grants of Probate). Had the plans been implemented it would have meant ...
The Welsh government recently commissioned a taskforce to review the justice system in Wales, and the outcome was a proposal to establish a Law Council of Wales to help promote legal education and increase awareness of Welsh law.The proposal has ...
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The political and legal landscape has been largely dominated by one thing in particular in recent times - but don't worry, we won't mention it here! Instead, we’re going to highlight a few changes that are on the horizon as ...
The prison population across Wales and England was originally projected to rise in the short term, but recent figures from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) show that these predictions may be off the mark and it’s instead expected to decrease ...
The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) reported back in March that testing had taken place on "open banking" technology that provides officials with access to a client’s bank account in a bid to speed up the process of checking the financial ...
The turn of April saw a raft of important changes to employment legislation, of which business owners and HR personnel need to ensure they are aware so that they are put into action immediately.Below we’ve highlighted the key employment law ...
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Last month the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) published research of international processes that highlighted the challenges of the divorce process for litigants in person across England and Wales. The MoJ have since announced that it intends to reform the legal ...
Towards the end of 2018, the government announced plans to introduce what they claimed to be the biggest package of workplace reforms in over two decades. These government reforms are termed as the ‘Good Work Plan’, and the hope is ...
