Legal News
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Posted 17/08/2010 A new study has shown that a quarter of employees no longer trust their managers, while one-fifth are feeling less engaged in their job than they used to....
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Posted 03/03/2010 A teenager is thinking of launching a claim for compensation against McDonald’s after he badly burnt his leg when he spilt one of its hot drinks onto himself....
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Posted 17/08/2010 Using qualified solicitors when making Wills could be a better option than trying to do it yourself. This is according to Emma Simon of the Telegraph, who warned...
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Posted 11/07/2010 Employers have been reminded that they must adhere to employment law regulations after new figures show that the number of tribunals has increased. According to the Tribunal Service,...
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Posted 24/05/2010 A woman is taking her former employer to an employment law tribunal amid claims of unfair dismissal. Deidre Clark, 44, was sacked from city company Allen & Overy...
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Posted 06/07/2010 Unions across the UK have reacted angrily to announcements that ministers intend to cap redundancy pay for civil servants. Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude said that the government...
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Posted 22/01/2010 The rising levels of debt faced by many older homeowners has made equity release a more useful and relevant financial option. This is the view of debt charity...
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Posted 24/06/2013 The BBC reported today that tamoxifen will be offered to women at risk of breast cancer. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) says tamoxifen or...
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Posted 19/07/2010 Wills Speaking to the Gloucestershire Citizen, law expert Rhian Rees warned dying without a valid Will – referred to in legal terms as dying intestate – can be...
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Posted 09/06/2015 The Supreme Court has had placed before it this week two cases which concern the truthfulness of the evidence given by one spouse in Divorce Financial Proceedings about...
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Posted 16/07/2013 Julie Crossley, a medical injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a £10,000 settlement for Mrs S from Suffolk, whose bowel was perforated during surgery for endometriosis. This...
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Posted 28/07/2010 The government has announced that the default retirement age for men and women will be scrapped in October 2011. Ministers have said the change in legislation – which...
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