Legal News
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Posted 26/06/2011 Many Somerset County Council employees are speaking out against redundancy payment cuts. Under employment law, some workers who are set to lose their jobs will only be entitled...
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Posted 27/07/2010 An employer has been ordered to pay a former member of his workforce
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Posted 22/09/2010 A woman who was told she had gallstones when she actually had a serious form of cancer has said she is considering lodging a claim for clinical negligence...
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Posted 03/08/2010 A man has won a compensation claim against a hospital accused of clinical negligence following the death of his wife. According to Getreading.co.uk, Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, the...
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Posted 25/09/2013 It has been another successful year for Ashtons Legal in the independent review of UK law firms, The Legal 500, which was published yesterday. Having joined East Anglia’s...
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Posted 22/07/2010 A report issued recently by the Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE) and featured in this week’s Nursing Times (link below), reveals that stillbirth rates are falling...
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Posted 24/10/2013 The mocked “obesity excuse” of being born with a slow metabolism is actually true for some people, say researchers. A team at the University of Cambridge has found...
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Posted 08/06/2011 MPs have urged the government to amend agricultural laws to ensure dairy farmers tied into commercial contracts are offered a fair price for their products. Dr Dan Poulter,...
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Posted 20/09/2010 A man who sought the assistance of dispute resolution solicitors after encountering a problem with buying his council property is celebrating a legal victory. Paul Taylor, 61, applied...
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Posted 14/11/2013 Employers could be forced to pay out billions in backdated holiday pay claims following an Employment Tribunal ruling.An Employment Tribunal has held that overtime pay must be included...
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Posted 07/09/2010 Anyone consider buying a business could consider taking on shareholding partners as a way of preventing debt. This is the opinion of Luke Johnson, owner of Risk Capital...
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Posted 16/06/2011 Significant changes to employment law areas such as the extension of paternity rights and the abolition of the default retirement age should not apply to less-sizable companies. This...
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