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Key takeaways from the Home Secretary’s Statement on Asylum Reforms: 30-months permission to stay for new claims and transitional arrangements for pending cases
Oliver Oldman
17 August 2017
The All Mighty Brain- or is it?
The head and brain are such powerful machinery. We underestimate the amount of work the brain goes through to do simple actions such as lifting a finger or moving a leg. With billions of neurons making up the brain (yes, billions!) it is quite ironic how fragile it actually is. Are we doing enough to protect our greatest tool or are we misled to believe it is all powerful and indestructible?
7 March 2017
The importance of exhibitions like Naidex
I am pleased that Kingsley Napley will be attending Naidex again this year. As someone who attended the exhibition last year and took the time to walk around the exhibition hall, I left with a sense of admiration for the pace of technological and medical advances for those who have a disability.
27 February 2017
Setting the Discount Rate and Achieving Fairness for Victims of Accidents
This morning, the Lord Chancellor Liz Truss announced that she is changing the discount rate from 2.5% to minus 0.75%.
2 December 2016
Thousands of low income families with disabled children were paid too little in tax credits
The story that broke last week that thousands of low income families with disabled children were paid up to £4,400 too little in tax credits (after data was not shared between the authorities) is pretty shocking http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38113279.
2 December 2016
Harris v Miller – are the floodgates open for personal injury claims being brought against horse owners?
Following the decision in Harris v Miller, horse owners will have to assess whether a rider is a ‘good match’ for their horse before letting them ride it, to avoid being found negligent and potentially ordered to pay out significant sums in compensation.