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14 Maternity Trusts to be Scrutinised as Part of National Investigation
Kirsty Allen
23 May 2017
The Trial: A Murder in the Family – Where are the Solicitors?
As The Trial progresses a notable absence continues, where are the solicitors?
22 May 2017
Legal update: court is left unconvinced by ‘Purdah’ argument in judicial review proceedings
R (on the application of ClientEarth) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2017] EWHC B12 (Admin)
22 May 2017
The Trial: A Murder in the Family - Why No Comment
On Sunday evening Channel 4 began a five part series in which a ‘murder’ will be “authentically tried by a team including eminent practicing QCs, a genuine judge and a jury of 12 members of the public. The only actors include the accused – a man who is pleading not guilty for the murder of his wife - the deceased, and some of the witnesses”.
19 May 2017
Is your personal data safe when travelling? Possibly not!
From a mobile phone a person today can effectively run their life – it contains access to emails, banking, billing, relevant medical history, emergency contacts, shopping history, shopping lists, to do lists, photographs, contact information containing addresses, birthdays, telephone numbers. It is possible that the phone will contain sensitive business data, work emails, or access to work emails, client and customer information. In the case of lawyers and their clients it may contain legal advice and for journalists, journalistic material and information about sources. It’s information that you definitely would not want to get into the wrong hands, but likewise would you want to hand it over to the State?
18 May 2017
Everyone is talking about ‘fake news’, but what is it?
There is no single, accepted definition of ‘fake news’; different sources vary in their definitions.
According to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee (Committee) ‘fake news’ is “the growing phenomenon of widespread dissemination, through social media and the internet, and acceptance as fact of stories of uncertain provenance or accuracy”.
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