Lawyers
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The Government has announced plans to tackle unfair leaseholder arrangements on new build properties, but in the meantime, as the Spring housing market gets into full swing, it’s worth understanding...
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The current code was issued by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in 2007 and provides a framework for creating a fairer balance between landlords and tenants and flexibility...
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The law makes it perfectly clear that discrimination based on gender is not only unacceptable, but illegal. But what happens if you’re gender-fluid, or are transgender? Since the 1990s there...
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An appeal by the family of an Ipswich insurance company worker who died from an asbestos-related illness may show that other former insurance workers could also be affected by the...
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Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt has publicly apologised in the Commons on behalf of the NHS and the government in relation to the failure by the NHS to call women between...
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Mental Health Awareness Week – 14th-20th May 2018 – is an opportunity for employers to revisit current practices and to see if their policy and culture match up to best...
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Road Transport and Logistics business owners and managers are concerned about the continuing shortage in the number of drivers, according to a straw poll taken at an event for the...
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A survey by Public Service Union, Unison, has identified that almost two thirds of Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) employed by the NHS are performing duties ordinarily carried out by nurses. HCAs...
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Recent coverage of the appalling M1 minibus fatal crash has led to debate about employers not being informed when their employee drivers have lost their driving licence. In this case...
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In limited circumstances, Employers have previously been able to add an incentive for employees considering settlement agreements by paying in lieu of notice (PILON) without attracting tax and national insurance...
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Brexit negotiators have finally thrown a light on the future of intellectual property rights, with an indication that EU-wide rights will be replaced with equivalent UK rights after the end...
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The Channel 4 Dispatches investigation aired on 9 April reported on a recent trend in the road transport sector: interference with lorries’ exhaust control systems that are in place to...
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