As we move into the final phase of Brexit negotiations, it is important to rewind to the origins of the Brexit vote. One important factor which...
The global legal industry has undergone a significant change over the past few years. A major feature of this change is the increased use of legal...
The charge of ‘crimes against peace’ can be defined as the planning, preparation, initiation or the waging of a war of aggression in violation of international...
For years, politicians, lawyers, philosophers and judges consistently refer to the ‘rule of law’, however, very few individuals ever attempt to define what the concept truly...
Cry the beloved country is a novel by Alan Paton that discusses the racial and economic divisions that plague the country – the novel was released...
Societal development means putting people at the eye of evolution – it’s about commitment to benefitting all groups of people, and their interactions with others. The...
Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police concerned sixteen unsuccessful claims for psychiatric injury (PI) resulting from the Hillsborough disaster. Lord Oliver distinguished between primary...
With such a strong emphasis placed on the sanctity and preservation of human life in the medical profession and in numerous international human rights instruments, the...
Israel is often referred to as the ‘Start-up Nation’. Bill Gates even called it a “tech superpower”. In recent years, Israeli entrepreneurs have founded and led...
Controversially, the age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales is 10. The Children and Young Persons Act 1933 states that “it shall be conclusively presumed...
The current common law defence of insanity as expressed in the M’NaghtenRules (the Rules) is summarised as follows. The defendant (D) will not be found guilty...
Often referred to as the “irresistible chocolatey-orange rascal”, more than 1 billion Jaffa Cakes are sold each year. The chocolatey, sponge-like snack, produced by McVitie’s, has...
Whether all legal obligations necessarily entail moral obligations depends on how one perceives the nature of the connection between law and morality, if it exists at...
Vicarious liability is a common law doctrine of English tort law that imposes strict liability on employers for the wrongdoings of their employees. The most common...
Think. What reaches your mind when you hear the word euthanasia? An escape, a murder, a solution? To consider the concept clearly, we should understand there’s...
To conceive of a ‘right’ to freedom of assembly is a relatively recent development coming out of the enactment of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA)...
John Stuart Mill famously said: “To make someone answerable for doing evil to others is the rule; to make him answerable for not preventing evil is,...
President Trump’s latest outrageous tweet characterizing the charges against Paul Manafort as a “hoax” is a huge gift to the Manafort defense and a criminal act...