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Posted 08/10/2013 A court battle between software giant Microsoft and broadcasting colossus Sky has delivered a sharp lesson in the need to check out trade marks before launching a new...
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Posted 27/10/2010 Getting around to writing a Will as soon as possible is very important, one expert has stressed. Brian McMillan, director general of the Society of Will Writers, said...
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Posted 21/07/2009 More than one in ten commercial properties in town centres are now vacant, new figures have revealed. According to the British Retail Consortium (BRC), 12 per cent of...
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Posted 08/07/2010 The number of fatal personal injury cases in the agricultural sector has increased again following a decrease last year. According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), there...
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Posted 29/01/2015 Ashtons Legal have recently advised the shareholders of Beam Group Limited in connection with its sale to a large distribution company for an undisclosed sum. Beam – a...
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Posted 08/11/2011 MPs last week voted in favour of cutting medical injury claims out of the legal aid system, despite the opposition of all patient organisations and the organisation that...
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Posted 03/12/2010 Employers across the UK have been urged not to dock the pay of their staff who have been struggling to get to work in this week’s snow and...
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Posted 30/03/2011 A recent report issued by CMACE has highlighted the fact that over 90% of women who died from pre-eclampsia between 2006 and 2008 in the UK had ‘substandard...
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Posted 16/09/2009 People who suffer a personal injury in a car crash should be made more aware of their right to make compensation claims, according to a consumer group. The...
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Posted 30/03/2010 Many UK employers may not be meeting their obligations to support families under current employment law. This is the suggestion of new research carried out by SimplyHired.co.uk, which...
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Posted 21/10/2012 It is easy to assume that pre-nuptial agreements and post nuptial agreements (agreements entered into after a marriage or civil partnership), are something only the rich and famous...
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Posted 10/09/2009 A former consultation officer at a London council is to receive a record-breaking compensation payout after he was discriminated against and unfairly selected for redundancy. John Wooster, 52,...
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