When it comes to the subject of women’s legal rights, the first – and often only – representatives of the movement that come to mind are the Suffragettes. By all means, access to the vote was an overdue legal privilege that should have been granted to women a long time ago, and the Suffragettes deserve all the fame that they get for placing such an important landmark in British history. However, access to the vote was one thing, but what about access to keep your own money, r

You may be wondering what are these ‘grey markets’ and why am I, a 17-year-old aspiring law student writing about a complex economic area of study? Well simply, from exorbitantly £999 priced Canon EOS 80D Camera on John Lewis to it being sold for £709 at Portus Digital, or an Apple iPad Pro being sold at about £800 when it is £650 elsewhere – these are the tempting offers placed by some online companies or essentially markets, who notoriously sell products without the origina

Earlier in the year I succeeded in gaining a short internship in an employment law firm. Acting as my first form of legal exposure, it is often assumed that the majority of law firms work with full suits on and briefcases, which I was also guilty of believing. Although still true in most firms, my view immediately changed after my experience in this particular employment law practice. Nervously, I opted for more conservative dress attire with chinos, a shirt, jumper and forma