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Posted 05/07/2011 A Harrods sales assistant may wish to make a claim under employment law after she was allegedly driven out of her job for failing to wear makeup. Melanie...
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Posted 08/09/2010 A clinical negligence claim against a hospital has been launched by a woman whose husband died following what should have been a routine operation. Kevin Frankitt-Meek went into...
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Posted 19/08/2010 New research has revealed that business insolvency fell in July, particularly among small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Figures published by Experian showed that 1,542 British firms failed last...
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Posted 25/07/2010 A new legal document has been discovered which shows that Peter Sellers intended to leave his fortune to his eldest daughter and not his estranged wife. The comedy...
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Posted 31/05/2011 The minister for business Ed Davey has welcomed a new agreement that should simplify the commercial law obligations for up to 1.5 million small UK firms by reducing...
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Posted 13/06/2011 Employment law developments to promote diversity in the workplace may not be having the desired effect, as many people from minority backgrounds still feel they are being discriminated...
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Posted 01/06/2011 Many employees at UK firms who suffer from mental health issues may still be subject to a stigma in the workplace, despite employment law that makes this discrimination...
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Posted 26/07/2010 UK businesses are not doing enough to ensure they maximise profits from their investment in people, it has been claimed. A new Trends in Human Capital report from...
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Posted 12/08/2010 New figures have revealed that the UK’s redundancy rate could increase by 50 per cent, taking it back to levels last seen during the recession last year. The...
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Posted 02/08/2010 People thinking of using a residential conveying solicitor in the sale of their home could be pleased to hear that a predicted dip in house price rises has...
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Posted 20/01/2014 Ashtons Legal’s Julie Crossley has obtained £20,000 for the family of an elderly man who suffered unnecessary pain prior to his death. Mr H was suffering from bladder...
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Posted 15/08/2010 A hairdresser has been ordered to pay back an inheritance left to her by two elderly sisters after their family successfully had their Will overturned. The Daily Mail...
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