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There will always be some people who believe that making your own will represents a sensible economy. However, as a High Court ruling strikingly showed, saving the modest expense of having your will professionally drafted may come at a frightful emotional and financial cost to your loved ones after you are gone. The case concerned a teacher whose marriage broke down after he fell prey to severe mental illness. Prior to his divorce, he made a will leaving his estate to his two young daughters. Following his sudden death, the...

Vindictive bloggers who hide behind a cloak of anonymity may feel that they can use the internet to subject innocent people to abuse with complete impunity. However, in coming to the aid of an academic falsely accused of being a sexual predator, the High Court emphatically showed how very wrong they are. The academic was the target of an anonymous online campaign accusing him of sexual misconduct of the most serious kind. A nameless blogger had cynically used the #MeToo debate as part of their strategy. The impact on the...

“Britain must be ready for a second pandemic and a rigorous and fair investigation will be conducted into whether lives could have been saved”    The UK Covid-19 Inquiry began its first examination into how well-prepared the UK was for a pandemic today with the official introduction by Baroness Heather Hallett. A challenging schedule was also outlined by Baroness Hallett, with preliminary hearings beginning this year and the first witnesses being summoned in the spring.    Modules By splitting the Inquiry into modules, regular reports will be produced to ensure that the UK is...

The much-anticipated Terms of Reference for the Covid Inquiry have now been finalised and published. Find out more below. What are the Covid Inquiry Terms of Reference? The Terms of Reference puts forward the UK Inquiry’s scope and the specifics of what will be investigated, which in this case covers the readiness and responsiveness of the government to the Covid-19 Pandemic. It will also look at the economic response, the health and care sector response as well as the public health response. The Inquiry’s aims include: Listening to the experiences of people...