CHAPTER ONE – WHAT IS THRESHOLD? The threshold test or ‘threshold’ is central to all care proceedings. Whether or not this test is established can make or break a local authority’s case and substantially impact the options available to the court. Yet the importance of threshold is often overlooked in […]
CHAPTER TWO – INTESTACY It is worth considering how the law of intestacy affects farmers, if for no other reason than to persuade a farmer that they must make a will. The detail of the law of intestacy is beyond the scope of this book, but solicitors will all be aware […]
CHAPTER ONE – DEFINITION OF AN ASSURED SHORTHOLD TENANCY KEY POINTS The assured shorthold tenancy was introduced by the Housing Act 1988 and came into existence on 15 January 1989. All tenancies granted in the private rented sector on or after 28 February 1997 automatically became assured shorthold tenancies. The assured […]
CHAPTER ONE STATE AND INDEPENDENT EDUCATION – HOW THEY DIFFER AND WHY Introduction and overview Education in state schools is controlled and funded by the state operating through the Secretary of State for Education who works through the Department of Education (DfE) and agencies such as local authorities (LAs).1 Parents […]
Micromobility Devices Improvements in battery and motor technology have led to a proliferation of new forms of personal transport that do not sit easily within any of the traditional categories for motor vehicles. Examples include ‘hoverboards’, Segways, electric skateboards and electric unicycles. In official parlance, these tend to be known […]
CHAPTER ONE – BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT Introduction Climate Change, and its potentially catastrophic human, environmental, and societal impacts for generations young and old, is considered by many to be the greatest threat faced by humanity. The consequences of rising temperatures and extreme weather events are all too obvious, and they are […]
CHAPTER ONE – INTRODUCTION For millennia, sexual relationships between men and women have been governed by the religious authorities in most civilisations. Throughout history women have been regarded as chattels: initially owned by their fathers, (and in some instances by their brothers) and then by their husbands. These relationships were controlled […]
CHAPTER ONE – DEFINING PARENTAL ALIENATION Introduction Any consideration of parental alienation must start with the concept of parental responsibility as defined by section 3(1) of the Children Act 1989 (‘the 1989 Act’). Parental responsibility includes “all the rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority which by law a parent of […]
FOREWORD How far a person can avoid taking responsibility for the harm caused by the actions they commit whilst acting for another has always given rise to legal and conceptual difficulties, especially when the person they are acting for is a company (which after all is a pure legal fiction). […]
CHAPTER ONE – WHAT DOES ‘NO RECOURSE TO PUBLIC FUNDS’ (NRPF) MEAN? 1.1 NRPF has become a generic description for what is in reality a relatively diverse group of immigration statuses. 1.2 It derives from the provisions of the Immigration Rules, which at para.6, define “public funds”. Those which fall within […]
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