Legal News
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Posted 25/09/2014 In Atkinson v Community Gateway Association UKEAT/0457/12/BA http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKEAT/2014/0457_12_2108.html the Employment Appeal Tribunal had to decide whether or not a Claimant is prevented from bringing a constructive dismissal claim...
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Posted 28/04/2010 Trade union Unison has called for greater scrutiny to be placed on employers over workplace after it revealed annual compensation figures for victims of industrial disease. More than...
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Posted 14/12/2010 Older people who find themselves unemployed as a result of the economic downturn could consider buying a business and working for themselves. Emma Soames, editor-at-large of Saga magazine,...
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Posted 05/08/2014 Doctors at the Queen Mary University of London reported that daily aspirin can reduce the chance of developing bowel, stomach and oesophageal cancers by some 30-40% and can...
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Posted 04/09/2014 Trustees of UK Trusts will be starting to hear from their banks and financial advisers with queries about their FATCA status and requests for a GIIN number. What...
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Posted 15/07/2014 Mergers, acquisitions and outsourcing of smaller employers set to become easier From the end of the month of July the process of informing and consulting affected employees who...
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Posted 29/10/2014 When Claire Allnutt was 28 years old she developed a serious condition called necrotizing fasciitis (often called the flesh eating bug) and she was admitted to the Luton...
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Posted 15/02/2011 The Bribery Act 2010 became law in April 2010, and was due to come into force in April 2011 but following lobbying from business organisations and others, has...
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Posted 15/04/2010 An Essex man who was injured in a motorbike crash is seeking compensation from the motorist he claims is responsible. Nicky Lambert, 34, was riding his bike in...
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Posted 19/08/2014 Employers have been reminded again by the courts in a recent case of the importance of accuracy and careful wording in restrictive covenants designed to provide protection against...
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Posted 13/01/2011 A woman is taking legal action against the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) amid claims she suffered sexual harassment at the hands of her manager. Anjulika Vatish, 50, worked...
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Posted 18/02/2011 In an important development in employment law, a corporate manslaughter test case against Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings has ended with a guilty verdict. The company was prosecuted after Alexander...
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