New 24-hour tech law ‘will protect women and girls from intimate image abuse’
Tech companies will be ordered to take down intimate images shared without a victim’s consent within 48 hours, under new laws to protect women and girls. Through an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill, companies will be legally required to remove the content no more than 48 hours after being made aware of it. […]
Financial services firms ‘not asking right questions about abuse’
Financial services firms are failing to identify customers experiencing domestic and economic abuse and leaving many without appropriate support, vulnerability specialist and support services provider MorganAsh has warned. New data from the MorganAsh Resilience System (MARS), a tool which helps financial sector workers assess, measure and manage consumer characteristics, reveals that only 22% of customer […]
High Court rules section 83 requirements do not apply to step-parent adoption
The High Court has ruled the strict restrictions on bringing children to the UK for adoption in Section 83 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 do not apply to step-parent adoption. The judgment was handed down by Mr Justice McDonald, sitting in the Family Division at the Royal Courts of Justice, following an application […]
Why law firms are losing enquiries even with strong rankings
Are your online enquiries in free-fall despite your website showing at the top of page one on Google? Damian Reed, head of brand and marketing at QualitySolicitors, explains why AI is to blame – and what you can do about it. So, your firm is sitting comfortably at the top of Google, but suddenly, […]