News for Individuals
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When Chancellor George Osborne announced significant changes to inheritance tax (IHT) in last summer’s Budget speech, the move had been much anticipated. But rather than simply raising the tax-free threshold...
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Patients, volunteers and clinical professionals attended the latest monthly meeting of the Anglia Asbestos Disease Support Group held at Beacon House, Bury St. Edmunds, on Tuesday 17 May. The meeting...
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TUPE or not TUPE? That is the question! This has (sadly) for many years been a common joke for employment lawyers but with the Brexit vote looming it may now...
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Sharon Allison has been campaigning for improvements in mental health care, particularly in East Anglia, for several years and is working closely with families whose tragic stories about failure in...
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Recent news headlines have warned employees that social media chat and email conversations at work are open to being read by the boss, following a recent ruling by the European...
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A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case has looked at the role and influence HR teams can play when advising dismissing and investigating officers on handling disciplinary matters (Ramphal v Department...
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Unacceptably short 15 minute home care visits to elderly and disabled people are still plaguing the care system in England. Research by Unison has found “distressing” cases of care being...
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The European Court of Human Rights (“ECHR”) has today set down a judgment in the case of Bărbulescu v Romania, with a finding that the employer’s monitoring of the employee’s...
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When parents separate it is ideal to agree from the outset the arrangements for the care of the children, such as which parent the child will principally live with and...
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Proposed changes to the law mean families who lose a child or an elderly parent through hospital negligence will have no means of redress, according to a bereaved Kesgrave couple....
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Before the first bottle has even been popped, this time of year always brings headaches for employers and HR managers about the impending office Christmas party. As with all HR...
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New figures suggest waiting times in A&E departments across the UK are worsening as pressures grow in hospitals. The data, collected by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, showed 88%...
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