Legal News
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Posted 13/12/2010 The government must not scrap the default retirement age yet, unless it wants to leave British companies open to employment law tribunals. This is the opinion of the...
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Posted 19/03/2010 Women are losing out on executive jobs, despite usually performing better in interviews than their male counterparts. This is the discovery of a new poll by TheLadders.co.uk, which...
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Posted 13/04/2010 Employers who do not follow fire safety regulations could be putting the lives of their employees at risk. This is the warning of insurance company RSA, which has...
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Posted 17/03/2010 A woman has secured £1 million in clinical negligence compensation after she was left with permanent health problems because medics did not spot her cervical cancer. Samantha Burn,...
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Posted 19/04/2010 Research has indicated that large numbers of first-time buyers are currently seeking mortgage advice before embarking on their first steps on the property ladder. A report by unbiased.co.uk,...
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Posted 22/03/2010 The number of business insolvencies in the east of England declined sharply in February, according to a new report. Figures compiled by information services company Experian show that...
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Posted 17/01/2011 Rosamund Rhodes-Kemp, a former nurse who now heads the Clinical Negligence team at Ashtons Legal, explains how children’s negligence claims could be better managed. The issue of how...
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Posted 09/12/2010 Business owners have been warned that they could fall foul of employment law if they fail to take depression among their employees seriously. A survey carried out by...
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Posted 07/01/2011 The number of mergers and acquisitions taking place this year is likely to be larger than that seen in 2010, one firm has said. Paras Anand from European...
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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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