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CHAPTER TWO – THE LEGAL STATUS OF PETS IN ENGLAND AND WALES 2.1 To understand how courts resolve disputes about pets on divorce, one must begin with the basic legal premise: pets are property. While clients often assume there must be a welfare-based framework, or at least flexibility akin to decisions [...] -
CHAPTER ONE – FINANCIAL ABUSE 1.1 – Financial abuse: a growing concern It is a sad fact of life that financial abuse is on the rise. In her first book on the topic of gifts made by attorneys and deputies,[1] the author identified this growing concern and anticipated there would be [...] -
CHAPTER THREE – STANDARD STEPS TO TAKE It is true in law, as indeed it is in life in general many would say, that the best type of dispute is the one that never happens. Domain name law is certainly an area where some prior thought and planning can avoid [...] -
CHAPTER ONE – AN INTRODUCTION TO THE NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL The Nursing and Midwifery Council The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the statutory regulator for nurses, midwives and nursing associates in the United Kingdom. It is a creature of statute, entrusted by Parliament with responsibility for regulating professions whose [...] -
CHAPTER ONE – INTRODUCTION The aim of this book is to provide a step-by-step guide to all aspects of claims of age discrimination at work. It is designed to be of assistance not only for employment practitioners, but for practitioners in other areas and litigants in person alike. As this is [...] -
CHAPTER ONE – WHY IDENTITY VERIFICATION IS BEING INTRODUCED (AND CONSEQUENCES FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY) How the UK’s framework for company registration and filing has been abused The Companies House framework has historically been abused and used to conduct a variety of economic crimes; and it was in dire need of [...] -
CHAPTER TWO – EXPERT EVIDENCE: KEY PRINCIPLES Introduction to the Chapter This chapter will focus on the key principles when it comes to instruct expert evidence in light of case law but also the Family Procedure Rules 2010 [‘FPR’]. These key principles are relevant to each area that this book will [...] -
CHAPTER ONE – INTRODUCTION – THE LAW ON SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES (SEND) The law on SEND remains an ever developing, and pertinent, area of study. At the time of writing (May 2025), potential changes to the processes for SEND law application are being examined and queried by the Government. [...] -
CHAPTER THREE – WHAT IS NEURODIVERGENCE? Introduction Neurodivergence is an umbrella term used to describe a range of neurodevelopmental conditions. In straightforward terms, it refers to the natural variations in the human brain that affect sociability, learning, attention, mood and other cognitive functions. Rather than framing these variations as deficits or [...] -
CHAPTER TWO – ‘REFUSAL TO ASSESS’ OR ‘RE-ASSESS’ APPEALS Section 51 of the Children and Families Act 2014 Part 3 affords a right to a child’s parent or a young person (subject to mediation) to appeal to the First-tier Tribunal against a decision of a local authority not to secure an [...]