Legal News
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Posted 02/03/2011 Four new offences and a more effective anti-bribery framework are to be the main features of the new Bribery Act 2010, which comes into force later this year...
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Posted 02/03/2011 It is widely recognised that a failure to ensure the security of a company’s IT systems, including restrictions on staff Internet access, effective data management and protection against...
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Posted 07/04/2011 New research has shown that pregnant women could be facing issues with redundancy in the workplace, despite laws in place to protect them. Charity Working Families said it...
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Posted 27/05/2010 Employers could find themselves open to problems after it was claimed that the government’s new benefits system is declaring people fit to work even when they are not....
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Posted 08/05/2014 From Tuesday 6th May 2014 it became mandatory for any Claimant thinking of making an Employment Tribunal claim against their employer to contact ACAS in the first instance...
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Posted 27/05/2010 An NHS trust has agreed to a £9.7 million payout for a child left badly disabled by injuries he sustained at birth. Lewis Merrigan, now eight, was born...
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Posted 30/07/2014 In 2009 the NHS introduced a number of service standards in relation to cancer waiting times for out-patient services and hospital treatment. One of the standards requires that all...
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Posted 13/05/2010 A man who helped to prevent a motorway pileup but was paralysed in the process has won a landmark legal case against a group of insurers. David Tolley,...
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Posted 26/01/2011 A woman has been awarded more than £19,000 in unfair dismissal compensation after lodging an employment law claim against her former managers. Christine Green, 66, was fired from...
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Posted 02/03/2011 While it is a myth that employees are automatically entitled to a day off on a bank holiday, employers are required by law to give full-time workers the...
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Posted 23/03/2011 New research has revealed that a high proportion of businesses are not yet ready for the implementation of new employment law regarding paternity leave. After April 3rd 2011,...
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Posted 03/05/2010 Currently, doctors can only advise whether an individual can or cannot work. To encourage more people to get back to work sooner, and to encourage employers to facilitate...
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