Legal News
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Posted 15/03/2011 A mother-of-two has secured a compensation payout after an employment law tribunal ruled she was sacked because she had become pregnant. Jacky Scott, 37, joined Cox Long of...
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Posted 15/06/2010 The number of UK residents facing unemployment and redundancy has continued to rise in recent months, according to government figures. New Office for National Statistics data has revealed...
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Posted 05/04/2011 An employment law tribunal has agreed that a former BBC employee’s views should have been accepted as beliefs by the company. Devan Maistry said he held the opinion...
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Posted 15/06/2010 A number of East Anglia residents are making compensation claims against Essex City Council for personal injuries they sustained on a road in Loughton. The authority is currently...
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Posted 08/06/2010 An NHS trust has been fined £50,000 after it was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) over a disabled man’s death. Cerebral palsy sufferer Kyle Flack,...
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Posted 01/06/2010 People in the UK have been warned that relying on credit to pay everyday expenses could lead to insolvency. Richard Sorsky from the UK Insolvency Helpline Debt Advice...
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Posted 01/05/2014 New regulations which permit the conversion of agricultural buildings to residential use came into effect on 6th April. The regulations apply to all agricultural buildings and not just...
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Posted 03/03/2011 The government has moved to close an employment law loophole surrounding the implementation of the removal of the default retirement age (DRA). Previously, employers would not have been...
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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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