Category: Articles
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Safeguarding Vulnerable Children: Legal Support & Advice
It can often be difficult to navigate a fine line of balancing the protection of a child against their right to a normal family life. However, the answer cannot be just to have the toughest restrictions in every single case and for children to be overly protected from every perceived risk.
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Legal Aspects of Diffuse Axonal Injury Claims in the UK
Diffuse Axonal Injury (DAI) is a severe form of traumatic brain injury with profound and lasting effects on individuals. From a legal standpoint, DAI cases present unique challenges and considerations, necessitating a nuanced approach to ensure justice for the affected parties.
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Understanding Mild Traumatic Brain Injury – Support and Advice
In contrast, psychological reactions to mTBI, such as anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), are rooted in the individual’s emotional response to the injury and the challenges faced during recovery.
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85k settlement for employee claimant with no memory of injury
He was tasked by his employer with loading a flat bed lorry in readiness for his deliveries later that day. The Claimant was later found unconscious next to the lorry with clear signs that he had sustained trauma to his head.
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Confidently Secure: Will my Pre-Nuptial Agreement be Upheld on Divorce?
Nuptial agreements are increasingly entered into by couples who wish to record their future financial settlement, setting out now how finances will be divided in the event of their divorce. In a time where second (or subsequent) marriages are common, many more people are coming to marriage with pre-acquired or inherited wealth which they wish…
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A Glass of Class: Investigating and Remedying the Pitfalls of the Equality Act
With the current economic crisis, there is a greater need for social mobility, which could be achieved by amending discrimination legislation. In 2019 the Trade Union Congress called for the introduction of a 10th protected characteristic of ‘social class’ in the Equality Act 2010. A ‘social class’ protected characteristic would serve to eliminate class inequality…