Articles in ‘Opinion’ Category

E-scooters are becoming an increasingly popular mode of transport in our towns and cities and their popularity is only set to increase. Unfortunately, this means accidents involving e-scooters are also likely to increase. There…

In 2011, France introduced a special tax regime applicable to non-French trusts. This covers reporting requirements, gift and succession tax, and wealth tax. Despite this legislation, the concept of trust remains an alien concept…

Picture the scenario, you are looking for new financial or energy deal, for ease you appoint a broker to find the best product on the market. This is common place, but has your broker…

The Government has announced the commencement of consultation into the calculation of holiday pay for part-time/part-year workers, following the Supreme Court decision in the case of Harpur Trust v Brazel, which held that those…

Family Mediation Week, hosted by the Family Mediation Council, will take place from 16th to 20th January this year. The aim of the week is to raise awareness of Family Mediation and the benefits…

As a clinical negligence practitioner, I am aware that delays in treatment are endemic in the NHS at present. Currently there are over 100,000 vacancies, staff retention is not easy, and the infrastructure generally…

A reduced social charges rate of 7.5% (instead of 17.2%) generally applies to EU taxpayers selling French real estate at a profit. This is mainly due to the provisions of the EU Regulation on…

The Oxford Compensation Protection Team recently ordered a Trexo Dynamic Robot for a client with cerebral palsy, sustained as a result of a birth injury. The Trexo Robotic Gait Trainer is a robot skeleton…

Catastrophic injuries are sadly all too commonplace, often as the result of high-speed road traffic collisions. Injuries are frequently life-changing physical disability, which can often lead to serious mental health difficulties. Ensuring our clients…

Article created in collaboration with: Shaw Somers BSc(Hons) MD FRCS – Consultant Surgeon & Director at Streamline Weight Loss Clinics The gastric band is essentially an inflatable silicone plastic ring. It is a simple…

The UK has a legal framework to protect disabled people, including an obligation on all employers to remove disadvantages experienced by disabled people in the workplace. While the percentage of disabled people in work…

For this edition of Team Around the Client, I had the opportunity to sit down for a Q&A with Deborah Bent of the Limbless Association, who are leading the way in service-user led, wholistic…