What is a cohabitation agreement and do I need one?
Sep 21, 2017 14:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Cohabiting couples, who live together but are not married or in a civil partnership, are the fastest growing family type in the UK. According to statistics from the Office of National Statistics, this type of couple has...
RAISE Act: Global panel of scholars explains 'merit-based' immigration
Sep 18, 2017 01:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
In February, U.S. Republican senators Tom Cotton and David Perdue, with President Donald Trump, unveiled an immigration bill called the RAISE Act. It would create a merit-based points system for evaluating foreigners...
Legal weed: What your kids really need to know
Sep 14, 2017 01:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Weed, pot, grass, marijuana or cannabis to use the proper terminology will be legal in Canada from July 1, 2018. Anyone over the age of 18 will be able to walk into a store and buy up to 30 grams of regulated product....
We need to close legal loopholes to ensure everyone is safe when going under anaesthesia
Sep 11, 2017 08:14 am UTC| Health Law
A young woman tragically died recently after a cosmetic operation carried out at a beauty clinic. Manslaughter charges have been brought against the practitioner, who allegedly has qualifications obtained overseas but was...
Uber In Trouble With US Probe Over Alleged Bribery
Aug 30, 2017 02:34 am UTC| Technology Law
Just when it reportedly got a new CEO, Uber is once again in hot water, this time with the US Department of Justice. The cab-hailing firm is currently being probed over allegations that it bribed foreign officials to give...
Ecstasy Now FDA-Approved PTSD Treatment
Aug 29, 2017 06:17 am UTC| Science Law
What is commonly known as a party drug is now an actual method of treating patients who are experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has officially classified Ecstasy as a...
DLT-based securities settlement without regulation could lead to monopolies – BoE paper
Aug 29, 2017 05:59 am UTC| Digital Currency Law
Distributed ledger technology (DLT)-based securities settlement without regulation could lead to monopolies, according to a new paper from the Bank of England. Authored by Evangelos Benos, Rodney Garratt, and Pedro...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight