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‘Operation Oceansalt’ Delivers Wave After Wave
A wall eight feet high with three strands of barbed wire is considered sufficient to deter a determined intruder, at least according to the advice offered by the CISSP professional certification. Although physical controls can be part of a multifaceted defense, an electronic attack affords the adversary time to develop the necess
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The rising cost of personal injury damages
Catastrophic injury leads to £37 million damages against the NHS, the highest award in a clinical negligence case
Executive summary
It has been reported in the press that a six year old boy has been awarded in excess of £37 million in compensation from the NHS after contracting a virus in hospital which lead to catastrophic brain dam…
BSB information for lawyers from the European Economic...
The UK Government has today published the Services Technical Notice (TN). This includes a basic description of the arrangements for the regulation of legal services activities and those individuals and bodies who deliver them in the event of a “no-deal” Brexit.
The TN deals with the Mutual Recognition of Professiona…
Leading Court of Protection Specialist Joins Slater And...
A lawyer with 30 years’ experience helping some of society’s most vulnerable people has joined the team at Slater and Gordon Lawyers.
Michael Knott started out as an apprentice in a small firm before rising through the ranks to work for a number of well-known names including Eversheds, Russell Jones and Walker and Irwin Mitche…
SRA statement: Government technical notice of the...
The Government has published a technical notice – Providing services including those of a qualified professional if there’s no Brexit deal – which covers how professions and services will be regulated if there is no deal.
This includes plans for the legal sector in the event of a ‘no deal’ EU exit scenario. It sh…
Home Office’s Policy on Children Found “Untenable”
In this post, I will unpack the recently promulgated case of SR (subsisting parental relationship – s117B(6)) Pakistan [2018] UKUT 00334 (IAC) (5 September 2018), which distills two important principles for appeals and applications involving a relationship between a parent and a child who is either a British citizen or h…
Protect your firm from cybercrime
We have been notified by a firm of a new cyber-attack we wish to alert firms to.
Through the breach hackers were receiving copies of all incoming emails to the firm so enabling them send spoof emails to clients posing as the law firm.
Firms are urged to ensure they follow good practice and will find this guidance form the National Cyber Sec…
Have your say through money laundering survey
We are supporting research being carried out by The Institute for Criminal Policy Research (ICPR) into how professionals such as solicitors can inadvertently help money launderers.
ICPR is conducting an independent survey to gain a better understanding of how professionals are targeted and recruited by organised crime groups, …
Data shows Home Office immigration delays nearly double
The amount of people that are having to wait longer than the target time set by the Home Office for UK immigration claims to be processed has risen considerably despite a dip in the overall amount of cases.
The government has faced accusations of leaving thousands of applicants in a state of limbo and without their passports, with home o…
60 years of Enforceable Arbitration, it’s now time for...
On 16 July 2018, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (“UNCITRAL”) held a celebratory event in New York, marking the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Award, better known as the New York Convention. Up till the time when this article is wr…
