The words ‘law’ and ‘gap year’ don’t tend to be used in the same sentence, until now! With many youngsters looking to carve a successful career as a lawyer, firms are offering opportunities to earn some money by undertaking work experience. Some young students move from firm to firm throughout Continue Reading
Writing a will: The basics
Writing a will can be very complicated and that’s why there are professionals to help you. You should only write your will yourself if your wishes are very simple, for example, if you’re married and want to leave everything to your husband or wife, or if they die before you Continue Reading
What is a Notary?
I recently applied for my working holiday visa in Australia for it to be approved hours later. My girlfriend who is a nurse, however, had a lot of work to do before she could have her application processed. Once she’d gathered all of her relevant identification documents and pages of Continue Reading
Why Somebody would want to Pursue a Criminal Injustice in Civil Court
Recently, one of the stand-out legal cases has been the case of Kesha, a music artist, bringing a civil suit against her record label, with claims of rape. While we are totally avoiding the minefield of discussions of rape, the case also brings up interesting questions about why somebody would Continue Reading
Taking Advantage of Tax Policy
Tax policy is something which engenders a lot resentment in the public, as those who seem to take advantage of the loopholes most readily are the multi-national corporations and the top 1%, but these loopholes are there for everybody to use; it just so happens to be the case that Continue Reading
Right to Privacy
The right to privacy is an important part of any civil society. People who are interested in the discussion surrounding this issue tend to discuss it within the confines of how it effects individuals, but the impact of a system of governance and regulation which provides little by way of Continue Reading
What Differentiates Professions from other Career Paths?
What are known as professions; Solicitors, Doctors, Accountants, as a few examples, differ from other career paths in a number of ways. Anybody who has studied to be an accredited professional will know that a big part of it is the organised education and qualification requirements to get to that Continue Reading
The Duties of Lawyers: Conflict of Interest
Conflict of interest is yet another important duty for lawyers to uphold. It covers a range of potential conflicts between the interests of different current clients, ex-clients and current clients, the lawyer and the client, and the judge and the client. The goal of the statutes which protect individuals from Continue Reading
The Duties of Lawyers: Confidentiality
Confidentiality is one of most important duties of those working in the legal profession. Most people have heard of confidentiality, whether from direct experience or through TV, but what many people fail to understand is that confidentiality isn’t actually all encompassing; there are limitations. One of the biggest limitations of Continue Reading