Chris Grayling

• The new year's resolution Chris Grayling should keep
  Posted on January 8, 2013 by Louise Restell
  Hands up, who has already broken their new year’s resolution? Apparently about 75 per cent of us will fail after just nine days, which makes them hardly worth bothering with (unless, say, your resolution was to decorate the living room by 8 January 2013). Mine are suitably unoriginal, but since I recommit to them at least once a month they don’t really count as new year’s resolutions.
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  Posted in: justice system, legal aid
  Tagged: LASPO, legal aid, personal injury, claims portal, Chris Grayling
• It’s a question of priorities
  Posted on October 22, 2012 by Louise Restell
  I try not to be too political in this blog because it has someone else’s name on it and they don’t necessarily want to be associated with my lefty government bashing. That said, sometimes it’s quite difficult to avoid getting down and dirty.
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  Posted in: Rule of law
  Tagged: Chris Grayling, justice secretary, self defence, Justice & Security Bill, Tory conference
• Dispel the health and safety myth? It's more than my job's worth
  Posted on April 11, 2012 by Louise Restell
  I have to admit I have never actually attended the St Albans annual Shrove Tuesday pancake race, even though it takes place 10 minutes from where I live. In fact, I don’t think I had even heard of it until it was cited as a classic example of health and safety gone mad because one year contestants were told to walk, not run, because of rain.
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  Posted in: Employment law
  Tagged: Chris Grayling, compensation culture, David Cameron, health and safety, HSE, Lord Young