The recent report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Birth Trauma, which has been highlighted by BBC News, calls for a significant overhaul of maternity care in the UK.

The Labour party have long advocated reforming UK employment law and more detail is now emerging about what is proposed. 

In 2022 Baroness Rock chaired a Tenancy Working Group which tasked with reviewing practices to ensure tenant farmers could access government finance and with considering practices in the agricultural tenanted sector more generally.

In a recent comment the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), a think-tank, has claimed that eliminating and/or reducing Business and Agricultural Property reliefs, tax reliefs on pension schemes, and Aim share investments would make the tax system fairer, and raise up to £2.7bn in the current tax year. However, commentators have suggested that the IFS’ calculations ignore the potentially perilous wider economic consequences of the decision and practical implications for small businesses and farmers. 

It seems like only yesterday that I wrote an article about the late Nicky Newman’s campaign aiming to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of breast cancer and how to check your breasts. Sadly, Nicky lost her own battle with cancer in late 2023.  

Following the Covid-19 pandemic, towards the end of 2022 and into 2023, the UK saw a significant increase in invasive Group A Strep infections. This was widely reported in the press, and the concerns in relation to the spike in reported cases were raised by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Jessica Whittick is an intellectual property (IP) solicitor in the Litigation & Employment team at Tozers. She advises on all aspects of IP including registration, assignment, licensing and enforcement, including defending infringement claims.

This month the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) reprimanded Clyde Valley Housing Association, a registered provider of social housing, for exposing the personal data of 139 people after the launch of a new online customer portal.

You have moved in with your partner who already owns their property and you both decide to complete renovations to your partner’s property at your expense. Unfortunately, things have not worked out and you have separated, and you have moved out.

Stalking is a more aggressive form of harassment, where someone repeatedly behaves in a way that makes you feel distressed, scared or threatened. The stalker will have an obsession with the person they are stalking. This could be an ex-partner, a family member or even a complete stranger.

In the realm of property management, maintaining thorough repair and communication logs is not merely a best practice but a strategic necessity. With an increasing number of disrepair claims being filed against housing providers, meticulous record keeping serves as a powerful defence mechanism.

Erb’s Palsy, also called Brachial Plexus Paralysis, shoulder dystocia or Obstetric Brachial Palsy Injury, is an injury commonly caused to a baby during birth, where the baby’s shoulder becomes stuck after the head has been delivered (shoulder dystocia) and the brachial plexus nerves in the trapped shoulder are stretched and injured.