by Kris | Sep 22, 2014 | Advocacy, Criminal law, Direct Access Barristers, DIY Law, Landlord & Tenant, Tenants' Rights
When do you need to bring a lawyer in to fight your corner? Tenants generally don’t come to a direct access barrister for advice until the day before they are due to see their landlord in court. Many people think that as their tenancy agreement is written in English,...
by Kris | Sep 19, 2014 | Advocacy, Direct Access Barristers, DIY Law, Landlord & Tenant, Women & the Law
First time Litigants in Person tend to underestimate the time and emotional energy involved in court proceedings. That’s why they say in one breath, “Hopefully, they’ll just pay. I don’t have time for this BS” and in another,...
by Kris | Sep 12, 2014 | Despicable You, DIY Law, Employment law, Women & the Law
I’m thinking it might be time to run a, “Despicable You” series. The letter is from an employer in America who appears to have made his employee of 12 years redundant on his learning of her cancer diagnosis. Imagine: Your whole world’s just...
by Kris | Sep 8, 2014 | DIY Law, Landlord & Tenant
The House of Commons Library has published its Standard Note SN/SP/2121 Tenants’ Deposits (England & Wales). This document sets out the current state of play as at today’s date.
by Kris | Aug 22, 2014 | Criminal law, DIY Law, Motoring Law, Private client criminal defence, Road Traffic law
Day 1 of my pupillage was spent at City of London Magistrates Court observing how to prosecute a “simple” Traffic list. I had zero understanding what s172 was – and mystified by the explanation that it was simply “reading”. S172s are so much more than the Prosecution...
by Kris | Jul 28, 2014 | Criminal law, DIY Law, Motoring Law, Private client criminal defence, Road Traffic law
Is “radio interference” a defence to an Intoximeter (evidential breath machine) reading? For anyone looking for Home Office Circular 39/1989 – you won’t find it on a government website and you won’t even find it in the online National...
