The private member’s Bill to empower a referendum on whether or not the United Kingdom should remain in the EU has reached the committee stage in the House of Commons and will next be reviewed in September 2013. If passed a Referendum could be held by 2017.
On 7 May 2013, the European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgement on a complaint against the United Kingdom brought in 2009 by a British citizen living in Italy, who is represented by Charlotte Oliver. The Court found that the restriction imposed by the United Kingdom was not in violation of Article 3, protocol
LEGAL UPDATE by Jessica Zama 15.4.2013 Alternative Business Structures (“ABS”) were introduced in the United Kingdom by the Legal Services Act 2007, as an unconventional structure for law firms. An ABS is a professional organisation, made up of lawyers as well as non–lawyer members (for example, accountants, insurers, financial advisors), which provides legal services
