NowThis recently released an Op-Ed video by self-proclaimed “rich person” Eric Schoenberg openly his tax returns on his combined one over million dollar income. He goes...
The ability to choose the sex of an unborn child stems from a desire for the child to either be male or female – and it...
“The hole”, “the box”, “torture by another name”. The UN defines solitary confinement as “the confinement of prisoners for 22 hours or more a day without meaningful...
When someone who has smoked the same cigar brand for five decades gets lung cancer, should the tobacco company be held liable for all their medical...
The Human Rights Act 1998 has extended the legal protection afforded to human rights and has therefore been a key driver of the shift from a...
Earlier in 2018 the renewed threat of publicly funded defence barristers going on strike was just about avoided. Action was postponed when the Ministry of Justice...
The claim that arranged marriages should no longer be tolerated within Western societies seems oblivious. There are clear distinctions between arranged and forced marriages which are...
As a law undergraduate, it is essential to keep a tab on the newspaper headlines to ensure receipt of the nation’s pressing legal reforms. I am...
According to criminal law, one should only be convicted with the necessary mens rea for the offence; and a capacity to commit the offence. Consequently, the doli incapax defence...
That the advent of artificial intelligence and robots (AI’s physical embodiment) is going to change everything is probably somewhat of an unhelpful, vague overstatement. Unfortunately, statements...
When considering key drivers shaping the commercial legal industry, the growth of Chinese clients is prominent. With the push to ‘techno-nationalism’, China is becoming the new...
Last week saw the US 2018 midterms take place. The Republicans gained seats in the Senate and the Democrats gained seats in the House of Representatives...
A constitution is a document or group of documents which outlines the fundamental principles by which a state is acknowledged to be governed. In essence, it...
The law of my culture, or the law of my government? This is the question thousands of Gambian women ask themselves after giving birth to a...
This week saw a new battle waged in Trump’s war against the liberal media and so-called “fake news”, as Jim Acosta’s exchange with the President saw...
The right to vote is generally given to everyone living in a democracy, so should prisoners also be able to vote? For us to consider this,...
Trigger warning: statutory rape I recently studied European Migration Law and one of our moot court (mock trial) cases concerned a case of a Syrian child...
What is going to happen to Brexit? Will Chequers stay the course? It is extremely difficult to say how events will pan out but here are...