Jobs By Ernestine Gheyoh Ndzi, Senior Lecturer, York Business School, York St John University Early on in his speech, the chancellor stated that, despite the pandemic, the UK still has one of the lowest unemploymentContinue reading
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YSJ Student Law Society Moot
On Wednesday, 30th September the YSJ Student Law Society held their first internal moot competition. The case debated was R v Stubbs. In this case, the defendant was charged with manslaughter due to supplying fatalContinue reading
York St John Law Society’s Peer Mentoring System
Starting University is a daunting experience for students. The prospect of moving or commuting to a new city, starting a new course, meeting lots of new people and attempting to navigate your way around anContinue reading
York St John launches free legal advice clinic
A law clinic offering free legal advice and assistance to members of the public and small businesses has been launched at York St John University. Based in the University’s Business School, York St John LawContinue reading
Interlaw Diversity Forum Internship
During the summer holidays, I decided to do something useful with my time and apply for an online virtual internship. This particular internship was sponsored by the BPP University and it was organised by theContinue reading
Emotional abuse and Coercive Control Laws: A critical study into the effect of redefining domestic abuse
By Christienne Whincup This project is submitted for assessment in the First Year Law in Action 1 module. Since the conception of Domestic Violence legislation in England and Wales (Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings ActContinue reading
Commercial Awareness
Overview compiled by Chris Heale ‘Commercial awareness’ is a trait often cited as desired by employers. However, what it actually and substantively is can at times appear nebulous – and demonstrating it to prospective employersContinue reading
Have developments to the law of misrepresentation and wider public policy made a mockery of the age-old concept of caveat emptor in contract law?
By Chris Heale This project is submitted in assessment in the first year Law in Action 1 module When Contract Law developed in the nineteenth century, influenced by laissez-faire economics, underpinning it was the doctrineContinue reading
Does the Anglo-Welsh legal system obtain internal consistency when considering the defence of automatism in relation to cases of diabetes?
By Adrianna Tama, LLB1 This project was submitted for assessment in the first year Law in Action 1 module. The underlying question that will be explored in this research project is ‘Does the Anglo-Welsh legalContinue reading
From reconciliation to regional integration. The Franco-German model and reconciliation in Rwanda
After 1945, France and Germany succeeded in overcoming their rivalry, a rivalry marked by numerous bloody conflicts, to heal the wounds of the past and work towards a common European future. Rwanda, after 1994, succeededContinue reading