News for Individuals

• Government needs to act on retirement age issue

  • PostedJuly 14, 2009

  The government has been commended for bringing forward a review on whether the mandatory retirement age should be scrapped. However, the Employers Forum on Age (EFA) has called on it...

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• Victim of cow trampling wins compensation claim

  • PostedJuly 7, 2009

  Farmers who have livestock grazing near public rights of way could be affected by the ruling in a recent court case. Six years ago, Shirley McKaskie suffered serious personal injury...

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• An Inspector Calls

  • PostedJuly 5, 2009

  Question: We are about to take hand over of our new apartment in France however we are worried about “snagging”; can your legal expert please explain the hand over process?...

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• Housing market ‘could be over the worst’

  • PostedJuly 1, 2009

  People looking to make a property sale or purchase could have reason to feel optimistic about conditions in the UK housing market, industry analysts have suggested. According to Moneynet.co.uk, recent...

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• Planning Law and Procedure in France

  • PostedJune 5, 2009

  Introduction French planning law is a huge topic however the rules and procedures were somewhat simplified by new legislation with came into force on 1 October 2007. The resulting rules...

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• Doubt cast on intended improvements to ‘pointless’ NHS system

  • PostedOctober 13, 2008

  The Department of Health have given assurances that they will overhaul the system for making complaints about NHS care, after a survey found that more than two thirds of patients...

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