Legal News
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Posted 12/03/2010 A large proportion of people selected for redundancy in the UK are unhappy about the way their employer handled the issue. This is according to new figures from...
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Posted 08/04/2010 House-buyers may be unaware of how much the extra services outside of their mortgage and deposit will cost when buying a property. This is the suggestion of new...
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Posted 21/10/2010 The majority of the European Parliament has backed draft proposals that would see maternity leave extended. Currently, British employers are required under employment law to pay pregnant women...
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Posted 20/12/2010 Two former employees of Sky Movies have won their case for sex discrimination and unfair dismissal after claiming they lost their jobs because they were mothers of small...
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Posted 02/12/2010 Businesses across the UK have been warned they must comply with employment law surrounding temperature after a retailer was prosecuted for keeping its working conditions too cold. Carlisle...
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Posted 11/08/2014 It has been accepted law for some time that where a tenant exercises a right to break a lease in the middle of a rental period, any rent...
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Posted 18/10/2010 A man who said he was offended by a nickname he was given at work as a result of his disability has been awarded compensation by an employment...
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Posted 13/10/2014 An inquest opens on Wednesday (15 October) in Norwich into the death of a newborn King’s Lynn baby, who was rushed between hospitals after he fell ill and...
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Posted 10/12/2010 A City banker has been awarded £375,000 after a court agreed he had been discriminated against on the grounds of his nationality when applying for a promotion. An...
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Posted 17/01/2011 Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has unveiled new proposals that would alter employment law relating to maternity and paternity leave. The reforms could allow couples to share the...
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Posted 10/03/2010 Pensions have been rated as the most important perk in the workplace by a survey of employees. The research carried out by the National Association of Pensions Funds...
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Posted 24/09/2014 Personal injury specialist Siobhan McWhinney has obtained a £12,000 financial settlement for a woman in her 20s who fractured her arm in two places after slipping on liquid...
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