Update: Domestic Abuse Bill
This evening (21st April), the House of Lords considered the House of Commons amendments on the Domestic Abuse Bill. The Bill went to the Commons for consideration of Lords amendments on Thursday 15 April 2021. The Commons disagreed with the Lords amendments and returned the Bill to the Lords with Reasons. The Lords debated the […]
Report finds economic safety for women and girls must be central to tackling domestic abuse
A report from Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA), The Cost of Covid: Economic abuse throughout the pandemic has revealed how domestic abusers utilised Covid-19 restrictions to restrict, exploit and/or sabotage victims’ economic resources, compromising their physical safety. The research found that since the arrival of the pandemic, abusers controlled victims’ access to their finances, benefits, child maintenance […]
Legal industry workforce evolving to meet demand for ‘work anywhere, handle everything’ staff
The nature of work in the legal industry is changing rapidly, according to new research from specialist recruiter Robert Half and global labour market trends experts Burning Glass. Law firms are simultaneously embracing remote working, with a 197% increase in the number of remote working job postings in the last year, and expanding the skill […]