AFFORDABLE LAW FOR YOU : January 2020

Friday 31 January 2020

COURT CHARGES REFUND

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Good news...

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Pet owners, are you finding difficult to get a tenancy? The Government has announced an overhaul of the model tenancy contracts and called on landlords to make it easier for tenants to have pets in their home...

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Thursday 30 January 2020

LADY HALE

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Baroness Hale, Deborah’s very favourite judge, comes to retirement...

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LEGAL SYSTEM

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This is one of the reasons why we offer Free Legal Advice Session every Monday from 10am to 11pm as part of Ideas Hub team…

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FGM

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Members of the UK Somali community claim that parents are being wrongly arrested and children taken into care due to the stigma of female genital mutilation...

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Wednesday 29 January 2020

SEXUAL MISCONDUCT

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Reports of sexual misconduct to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have more than doubled over the last five years...

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FAMILY

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Good news...

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Tuesday 28 January 2020

SEXUAL ABUSE

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What do you think?

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

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Good news: London's Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) has announced a new £1 million investment in training doctors and healthcare professionals to boost their abilities in identifying the signs of domestic violence and offering earlier help to victims...

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Monday 27 January 2020

IMMIGRATION

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Law commision report calls for a simplification on immigration laws...

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Sunday 26 January 2020

DRIVING LICENSE AMENDMENTS

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Double check your driving license if you are driving in the EU because amendments are being made to include:

clarification of the definition of 'use' of a motor vehicle, following the decision of Vnuk

clarification of the definition of 'vehicle'

proposals regarding insolvent insurers

subrogation rights for compensation bodies

processing data, including claims history and minimum levels of cover

For further information go to:

http://bit.ly/38zecb0

FAMILY LAW

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Interesting findings...

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GENDER RECOGNITION ACT

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Did you know that there is a Gender Recognition Act? Here it is...

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Saturday 25 January 2020

FREE LEGAL ADVICE SESSIONS

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Just a quick reminder that we are every MONDAY, except Bank Holidays, at the Chelmsford Library, as part of the Ideas Hub Team, from 10AM TO 1PM offering FREE LEGAL ADVICE to anyone interested.

You can message us, send us an e-mail at affordablelawforyou@gmail.com, or phone to book an appointment at 07940 384785. Alternatively, you can just drop by.

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EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL

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The specific belief that a person’s ‘sex’ is a material reality which should not be conflated with ‘gender’ or ‘gender identity’ and that being female is an immutable biological fact, rather than a feeling or an identity, is not a philosophical belief protected under the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010) because in its absolutist nature it is incompatible with the fundamental rights of others and is not a belief worthy of respect in a democratic society, according to the Central London Employment Tribunal…

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NATIONAL LIVING WAGE

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The Low Pay Commission (LPC) has published its 2019 summary of findings report, which provides a brief outline of the LPC’s recommendations on the National Living Wage (NLW) and the National Minimum Wage (NMW)...

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WOMEN AND LAW

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Friday 24 January 2020

FAMILY LAW

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If you are unfortunately going through a divorce and pensions issues are involved, you may be interested in looking at this document...

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VULNERABLE PARTIES

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If you are supporting a vulnerable party in family proceedings you might want to look at this guidance...

http://bit.ly/2QInVpm

FREE LEGAL ADVICE SESSION

Hello, this is Deborah and Euzi

Just a quick reminder that we are every MONDAY, except Bank Holidays, at the Chelmsford Library, as part of Chelmsford Ideas Hub Team, from 10AM TO 1PM offering FREE LEGAL ADVICE to anyone interested.

You can just drop by, however, to avoid disappointment, please do message us, send us an e-mail at affordablelawforyou@gmail.com or phone us to book an appointment on 07940 384785.

If you think this information might help anyone please share this post.Thank you!

Thursday 23 January 2020

GENDER RECOGNITION CERTIFICATE

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Remember that according to law if you have changed sex and are planning to get married you must provide a valid Gender Recognition Certificate.

For information on how to apply for the certificate go to:

http://bit.ly/35LaIQX

BREXIT

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Brexit: the changes in the new withdrawal agreement...

http://bit.ly/30dyqE0

Wednesday 22 January 2020

, THE DIVORCE, DISSOLUTION AND SEPARATION BILL

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The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill is being introduced to help remove issues that create conflict within the divorce process and introduce a minimum time frame before the court makes a conditional divorce. The Bill is also intended to ensure that the decision to divorce is a considered one, reduce family conflict where reconciliation is not possible and bring reform that will directly benefit families by supporting parties to focus on the future…

http://bit.ly/2QNat3H

SAME SEX MARRIAGE AND CIVIL PARTNERSHIP IN NORTHERN IRELAND

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Although we don’t do Northern Ireland law, we find this interesting...

http://bit.ly/2QHmlnF

Tuesday 21 January 2020

DOMESTIC ABUSE BILL

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Good news! Domestic Abuse Bill is going to be reintroduced...

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RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN

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Have any of you got information on social media which you would like to be forgotten? The European Data Protection Board has published its adopted draft guidelines on the criteria of the right to be forgotten in the search engine cases under GDPR Regulations for public consultation...

http://bit.ly/2F8Nkly

Monday 20 January 2020

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL CASE

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To all of you who wear beard please be aware just in case this situation happens to you: Elements Personnel recruitment agency recruited staff to five-star hotels in London and adopted a no-beard policy. Mr Sethi, a Sikh, refused to shave his beard for religious reasons. Mr Sethi successfully argued that the no-beard policy amounted to indirect discrimination (section 19 of the Equality Act 2010)...

For further information on the case go to:

http://bit.ly/2NhQTud

Sunday 19 January 2020

BREXIT

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The European Council has published its adopted conclusions from its meeting of 12–13 December 2019 that focussed on climate change, the EU’s long-term budget, external relation and Brexit...

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