Increased Flexibility for e-signatures in Singapore, but wills and mortgages must still be signed in wet ink.
Compulsory Licensing: A solution to the COVID-19 vaccine patent debate?
The implications behind the largest ever hydroelectric dam to be built!
Trade War: Titans Tussle on Tech
Will the new Whiplash Reforms Stop Fraudsters?
Big Tech Targeted by G7
The Changing of the Guard; How is UK Patent Law affected by Brexit?
Location, Location, Location: Business relocation following Brexit
The woes of Brexit continues as businesses seek to relocate UK jobs and operation to the EU. To combat this the Bank of England is “demanding that lenders seek approval” from the Bank prior to relocation. Following concerns that EU regulators are asking more and more firms to move back to the continent.
The use of Lethal Injection for the death penalty in the USA and its ethical and legal implications
Many words can be employed to fit the description of Donald Trump’s last days in office. The contempt he had demonstrated for national institutions, the electoral process and Joe Biden, his lack of grace in defeat, his inflammatory rhetoric… We equally observed his ruthless step-up of federal executions.
NFT’s and their legal implications: venturing into uncharted territory?
The Art of Deception: Impact of mis-handling data!
Party-Pooping the Beautiful Game
The football world had erupted into chaos in a matter of days with big English teams including Manchester United, Chelsea, and Arsenal signing up for the proposed European Super League. The clubs in the proposed Super League will only play against one another in a knockout system. The formation of the Super League comes at a time when the global pandemic has accelerated the instability in the existing European football economic model.
Furthermore, for a number of years, the founding clubs have had the objective of improving the quality and intensity of existing European competitions throughout each season, and of creating a format for top clubs and players to compete on a regular basis.
This has caused a massive uproar from fans of these clubs and football fans in general.
Chanel loses in European court trademark dispute against Huawei
The Covid vaccine patent waiver: a real solution to the vaccine shortage in developing nations?
With backing from the Pope, on 5th May President Biden expressed support for a temporary waiver on patents for Covid vaccines. At the WTO conference in Porto however, EU nations have pushed back against the proposal, suggesting instead that the US should allow the increased export of doses and key ingredients to countries that are currently facing a shortage of doses and rising death tolls,1 such as India and Brazil.
Unlawful Discrimination! Corona-Virus Act Large £10,000 Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs)
This article will examine the issue of widespread unlawful discrimination in the use of Covid-19 Fixed Penalty Notices in breach of Articles 7, 8, and 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and some of the damaging findings before then exploring some of the suggested solutions advanced by the Committee.
H&M crisis: President Xi orders his forces to “show no mercy” in ethnic cleansing of China’s Xinjiang Uighur Muslims (PART 2)
H&M crisis: President Xi orders his forces to “show no mercy” in ethnic cleansing of China’s Xinjiang Uighur Muslims (PART 1)
UK Detention policies in breach of Human Rights Law
An investigation into a death at an immigration detention centre has led to a landmark ruling that the current policy is ‘legally deficient’ and should no longer be enforced. [1]From the controversy surrounding the Windrush scandal to the new points-based immigration system, the UK’s immigration policies have long been under public scrutiny. The new policies and firm line with regards to deportation is part of the government’s new strategy to curb illegal migration and attract the best EU and non-EU citizens, who can make a contribution to this country’s economic growth
Cyber Attacks on Education
Children across the country have had an incredibly tough year. Throughout the pandemic pandemonium, they have been deprived of their basic right to access education provision due to schools, colleges, and universities closing their doors since March 2020. However, rubbing salt into the wound on 4th March 2021 it was reported that 15 schools in Nottinghamshire have been “crippled” by a cyber-attack.
