Blogs & opinions
![](/media/lf1fhz0s/michael-kuznir.jpg?width=120&height=120&rnd=133528387944570000)
Platinum blog series
In the latest in our series of platinum anniversary blogs, Michael Kusznir, solicitor at Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace and member of our Trust and Succession Law Sub-committee, looks back to a time when an ‘illegitimate’ child was a stranger in law and blood to its parents.
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Letter: kindness – what effect?
Data should be provided on whether the "kindness courts" really make a difference
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Letter: about that 3%
The recent legal aid increase is no rise at all
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Letter: challenging factors' rates
Should higher charges close to settlement be challenged as duress?
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Uncovering the unacceptable
Our self-styled ethical profession has a problem of bullying and harassment. Can it be treated as a question of fitness to practise?
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Failure to hold appeal hearing triggered unfair dismissal
Company could rely on tribunal’s adverse finding on credibility
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Men cannot claim enhanced shared parental pay: Appeal Court
Supreme Court appeal likely on indirect discrimination case
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Data protection offences: latest cases from ICO
Action against individuals – and HMRC – for improper use
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
When failure to provide statement of particulars claimable
Claim disallowed as breach cured ahead of proceedings
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
“Workers” now entitled to itemised pay statements
Guide published to rights from 6 April 2019
![](/media/w5did5es/deborah-dillon.jpg?width=120&height=120&rnd=133388536740970000)
Platinum blog series
Deborah Dillon is Lead Auditor, Business & Platform Solution for Atos UK&I. She specialises in Information Governance, including the application and implementation of Data Protection processes and procedures across a wide range of organisational areas. Deborah is a member of our Privacy Committee.
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Sheriff addresses "confusion" over sanction for counsel
Obtaining sanction for particular work “misconceived”
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Two English decisions exclude vicarious liability
Party dancing and religious promotion unconnected with employers
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Volenti case must be raised in pleadings, Appeal Court rules
Breach of duty of care necessary for it to apply
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
No presumption of fault where following driver collides
Driver in front found at fault for unexpected stop
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Res ipsa loquitur not a fallback where case not proved
Defender alone had to be aware of cause of accident