Law firms’ bank debts have jumped 36% in the past year to an average of £38,000 per equity partner as firms seek to expand, according to research by a specialist accountant. Hazlewoods, a top 40 firm which carries out the Law Society’s financial benchmarking, says that many firms are increasing headcount and staff salaries as…
Errors that led to fingerprint and DNA records of hundreds of terror suspects being deleted were more widespread than thought, it has emerged. The Biometrics Commissioner said two months ago that 450 profiles had been wrongly deleted from a police database in England and Wales. But in an updated report, Alastair MacGregor revealed the figure…
Inquiry finds that a shortage of judges is contributing to two-thirds of trials in the Crown Court being delayed, or not going ahead at all Nearly half of people who had been witnesses in trials said they would not be prepared to do so again following their experience of the court system Getty The court system in England…
Critics fear the new law will drive users into the clutches of criminal drug dealers, whom it won’t be able to prosecute Concerns have been raised that the legal highs ban will be unenforceable Getty Images A blanket ban on legal highs has come into force amid warnings it is “unworkable” and drug dealers will be able to escape…
Exclusive: The man was seen as such a threat to national security that Theresa May personally signed an order removing his British nationality Armed police patrol the Eurostar platforms at St Pancras station Getty A Nigerian closely connected to a notorious group of British Islamists has been stripped of his UK citizenship amid fears he would…
Police expect high street shops selling new psychoactive substances to close after ban, but trading could head to dark web Shops that have built their business around legal highs will ‘reduce in number or cease to be’, said Simon Bray of the National Police Chiefs’ Council. Photograph: Alamy People who are caught sharing new psychoactive…
The substances are being outlawed amid concerns they have been linked to deaths and are fuelling anti-social behaviour Commander Simon Bray says those determined to get hold of the drugs might turn to illicit websites Getty Images Dealers of so-called legal highs could move to the “dark web” as a blanket ban on the drugs…
The High Court ruling that found that two branches of the bakery chain should be obliged to provide toilets to its customers A High Court ruling that found that two branches of Greggs should be obliged to provide toilets to its customers could force thousands of independent takeaways to close, according to public convenience campaigners.…
Smoking costs the NHS £2.7 billion and the wider British economy a further £2.5 billion in sick leave and lost productivity The new law bans the selling of cigarettes in 10 packs A new EU law has come into effect that will change the way people buy cigarettes and other tobacco products. From today, tobacco companies…
The proposed legislation aims at reintroducing a measure of One Nation conservatism into the goverment’s policies, but some measures have been met with controversy 1. Digital Economy Bill • Give every household the legal right to fast broadband – but if they live in some remote areas, they’ll have to pay part of the cost themselves • …
