The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme exists to compensate victims of violent crimes. It is administered by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority...
GP Appointment Waiting Times
I recently tried to make an appointment with my GP surgery, concerning a problem I have had for a few weeks. It is uncomfortable, but not urgent. I went onli...
Limits on Tribunal Awards and Statutory Payments to Increase from April 2019
Employment Tribunal compensation limits will increase on 6 April 2019.
The maximum amount of a week's pay, used to calculate statutory redundan...
Working Full Time and Studying for a Law Degree
If someone had said to me, five years from now you will complete your law degree whilst holding down a full time job and bringing up three young children wit...
2019 Advances in Medicine
Many of you will have seen in the news recently that quadruple amputee Corinne Hutton underwent a double hand transplant on 7 January 2019. This news got me...
Driver Wrongly Penalised for Speeding in Telford
I was recently asked to represent X. He had received through the post a NIP (Notice of Intended Prosecution) alleging he had been speeding on the A442 Trench...
Management is More than Just a Job Title
An issue I frequently come across is where an employee, due to creditable performance in their current role, is promoted into a ma...
Horatio's Garden
Spending time in a beautiful garden is a way many of us love to relax - but how often do we take this for granted? For patients wi...
New Year's Resolutions & My Goals
As we recover from the overindulgence of Christmas contemplating our New Year's resolutions I thought I would share my goals for the year ahead.
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Ex-Police Officer Avoids Losing Driving Licence
I read with interest the case of former police officer Adrian Pearce who was sentenced at Basingstoke Magistrates‘ Court on Thursday 3 January by a Dis...
A&E at Christmas
It is well known that Christmas is one of the busiest times of year for Accident and Emergency Departments (A&E) and there are no signs of this changing...
Drug Driving
Two stories have caught the eye in the national press over the last few days involving drug driving.
