What happened when a court was asked to rule on whether the vaccine should be given to an elderly woman suffering from dementia and schizophrenia and lacking capacity to consent to treatment?
What does “proximity” mean?
Surviving another year of online exams!
There is no doubt about it that online learning is a lot more difficult than being able to go to your seminars and lectures in person. Whilst it is important that you put the work in, you need to protect yourself from becoming overwhelmed and cramming at the last minute, which can lead to burnout. There are no two ways about it - law courses are difficult and the lack of in-person support doesn’t make them any easier.
So how can we make things easier for ourselves?
Contributory negligence and drunkenness – how does it work?
Easter Egg Hunt (and a special discount!)
Here at Law Answered we love a double bank holiday weekend. What’s not to like - a four-day weekend, two four-day weeks and lots of chocolate to eat!
However, we know that Easter marks the start of revision season for many students. So we wanted to bring the fun to you this weekend so you don’t miss out!
The law of causation
If you’re an aspiring lawyer you cannot afford to ignore last month’s decision of the Supreme Court in Financial Conduct Authority v Arch Insurance. If you’re looking to be a commercial lawyer don’t try to go into an interview without a clear understanding of this case – for everyone else the law on causation has shifted. That’s all round a pretty big deal!
Covid-19 and limitation periods
Ok, so Covid has affected every single aspect of our lives and has and is causing huge problems with the court systems. There have been outbreaks of Covid emanating from the courts, there are shortages of judiciary to hear cases and a massive backlog of cases. On top of all of that Covid is now apparently rampant in our prisons. Covid’s impact on limitation periods is just one more thing!
How to look after legal documents
If you’ve studies Civil Lit you’ll have learnt about search orders – draconian in nature these empower solicitors to look for particular categories of documents which are described in advance to the court. These orders are made infrequently and only where the court is persuaded that there is good reason that if the order is not made then relevant documents might go missing.
How does the illegality defence work in tortious claims?
Breaching a court order
Are you bent on civil disobedience? What if that means you breach a court order?
We’re all lawyers here at Law Answered and sometimes, when we’re looking at law updates we come across cases which just interest us. Secretary of State for Transport and another v Cuciuran [2020] is just one of those and we thought we’d share it with you!
Does post Brexit “Sovereignty” mean that we’re not looking at EU law again?
Well no. It doesn’t! This might come as quite a surprise to some. Since the UK had been a member of the EU for nearly 50 years our laws were comprehensively entwined with EU laws and in order to prevent a serious lacuna in the legal system the government enacted the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (“EU(W)A”). The EU(W)A created the concept of retained law effectively writing EU law wholesale into UK law.
What is the test for a successful tortious claim for nervous shock?
Everyone who has studied tort is familiar with the difficulties faced by secondary victims in seeking to make a recovery for psychiatric harm or shock suffered in relation to being a party to shocking events without themselves suffering any physical harm. There are a plethora of reported cases for you to draw on in any essays on the subject.
Can you go to prison for not paying a debt?
When does vicarious / employers’ liability arise?
How do you make yourself employable in a pandemic? (Part 2)
In last week’s blog we talked all about getting work experience during a pandemic. We promised we give you some of our thoughts on what you can do to make yourself job ready. This is all about your transferable skills. A good place to start is a little skills audit of your own.
What skills do you need to be a solicitor? Here are a few quick ideas…
How do you make yourself employable in a pandemic? Part 1
We Are Hiring!
What to do if a judge might be biased
New legal tech - Lawya
This article was written by our friends at Lawya.com. Lawya is an example of legal tech, which takes new technology and new approaches to the practice of law to common problems. Lawya are looking for students to work with them - see the link below for more information.
The secret to answering SQE questions
The SQE’s multiple choice questions (MCQs) can be tricky to answer. Answering MCQs requires you to learn a particular exam technique, in which you slow down and look out for the details. We’ve talked about that in our blog here, but there’s one point we really need to make again!