Until July 2013 a claimant could bring proceedings in employment tribunals and the employment appeal tribunal without payment of a fee. The Supreme Court has today held that the a Fees order effectively prevents access to justice, and is therefore unlawful. more...

In these financially challenging times the issue of how one funds nursing home care becomes ever more pressing for those in need of care but also for local authorities who have to consider whether a recipient of care has disposed of assets-often the residence of the recipient- in such a way as to avoid the local authority looking to those assets to fund any car package. more...

In this blog item, Maurice OCarroll considers rent review clauses in commercial leases with reference to the case of AWG Group Limited v HCP II Properties 101 GP Limited [2017] CSIH 9. more...