No-win no-fee ‘fuelling NHS claims’
08th February 2012
No-win no-fee lawyers have helped fuel a rise in the number of clinical negligence claims against the NHS, it is claimed. The health service has had t...
Clarke unveils divorce law reforms
07th February 2012
Parents who are getting a divorce will have to go to mediation proceedings to cut down on costly court cases, Ken Clarke has said. The Justice Secreta...
Clarke to outline family law reform
06th February 2012
Changes to family law will aim to help grandparents maintain contact with grandchildren whose parents split up, the Government is set to announce. Und...
HS2 survey payments for landowners
03rd February 2012
A deal has been struck that will see people who own land on the proposed HS2 route offered cash to allow inspections to be carried out. The agreement ...
Shapps to identify land for 100,000 homes
02nd February 2012
The Government is working with organisations including the BBC and Royal Mail to identify additional unused sites that could be earmarked for housebui...
Fire breaks out at old dairy site
31st January 2012
A blaze has broken out at a dairy site in west London where it is thought gas cylinders could be stored. Emergency services erected a temporary safety...
30th January 2012
Nearly two-thirds of Britons (63%) do not have a will – with many people employing a “head-in-the sand” approach to them, according ...
Cleggs calls for new mansion tax
27th January 2012
A new mansion tax should be created in the UK by Chancellor George Osborne, according to Nick Clegg. The Deputy Prime Minister said properties valued ...
PM seeks human rights court reform
26th January 2012
David Cameron has voiced concerns that there is “credible democratic anxiety” over some rulings made by the European Court of Human Rights...
Funding boost for Southall regeneration
24th January 2012
An “ambitious” three-year initiative which aims to enhance the appearance and safety of Southall in west London will benefit from almost ...
Retirement funds raided in divorce
23rd January 2012
With cash in short supply and house values tumbling, many couples are having to carve up their retirement funds when they divorce. The biggest asset i...
Charges for work tribunals ‘draconian’
20th January 2012
Charging workers money for pursuing employment tribunal claims will result in many being put off from doing so and will create an atmosphere of “...
White judiciary ‘breeds disharmony’
19th January 2012
A white male-dominated judiciary threatens “the harmonious nature of society”, a government minister has said. More women and black and As...
Infidelity ‘can provoke murder’
18th January 2012
A jury should be allowed to consider infidelity as a possible reason for murder, although other so-called triggers must also be shown in a court case,...
Cameron backing bail law changes
17th January 2012
Prime Minister David Cameron hopes that planned changes to the system which currently allows the release of suspected serious offenders on bail can he...
HS2 link ‘may cut Heathrow flights’
16th January 2012
The new HS2 rail link could cut thousands of domestic flights from Heathrow – possibly hitting jobs in west London, according to the latest fi...
Knight Frank’s aerial view of the HS2 route
13th January 2012
Knight Frank offers a unique aerial view of the HS2 route for affected property owners Since the controversial HS2 project was approved earlier this w...
Shared social housing scheme in London
13th January 2012
London-based workers will soon be able to rent sub-market accommodation in the capital as part of a new council scheme, it has been revealed. Westmi...
Warning over family mediation plans
12th January 2012
Legal experts have warned that plans to use mediation in more divorce cases could unfairly disadvantage many families. Justice minister Jonathan Djano...
Legal aid cuts are ‘false economy’
11th January 2012
Planned legal aid budget cuts would be a false economy and could end up costing the state millions of pounds in hidden knock-on costs, the Government ...
10th January 2012
The contentious proposal for a multibillion-pound high-speed railway line through England has been given the green light. Transport Secretary Justin...
Poly Implant Protheses (PIP): Uncertainty Continues
09th January 2012
Following concern expressed over the breast implants made by Poly Implant Protheses (“PIP”) the Government ordered an urgent review, cognisant tha...
Health and safety laws to be cut
09th January 2012
Up to half the current number of laws designed to protect people from danger are to be abolished, under plans by the Prime Minister to “kill of ...
Economists pledge support to HS2 scheme
06th January 2012
The Government has been urged to keep faith in its plans for a high-speed rail link. After postponing their original decision on the HS2 plans, minist...
‘No moratorium benefits for small firms’
05th January 2012
Small businesses have not benefited from the Government’s moratorium on employment law, according to a new piece of research. The moratorium, wh...
Marriage ‘top scenario’ for parents
04th January 2012
Being married is the “gold standard” for couples with children, a senior judge has claimed. Sir Paul Coleridge, who sits in the High Court...
Implant firms ‘have duty of care’
03rd January 2012
Companies which sell cosmetic surgery are duty-bound to help women who have had faulty breast implants, a Labour MP has said. Such firms should honour...
UK ‘has more one-parent families’
29th December 2011
Campaigners have renewed their calls for tax breaks for married couples after EU figures showed Britain has amongst the highest number of one-parent f...
New employment rights for agency staff
28th December 2011
UK agency workers are in line to benefit from new employment rights which came into force last week. Employees might receive improved working conditio...
Civitas questions cost of Equality Act
23rd December 2011
A think-tank has claimed that the costs associated with implementing new equality regulations will “far outweigh” the benefits. Civitas ...
UK women plan to sue over implants
22nd December 2011
Hundreds of British women are planning to take legal action amid fears their breast implants are linked to cancer. A scandal erupted when it emerged t...
Legal aid ‘must be streamlined’
21st December 2011
The legal aid system will need to be streamlined in order to ensure its survival, according to the justice secretary. Ken Clarke said the system curre...
Judge raises no-win no-fee concerns
20th December 2011
Concerns have been raised about the high legal costs associated with no-win, no-fee cases. Lord Justice Rix questioned the costs involved in these ca...
19th December 2011
Britain’s biggest mining firm has been ordered to pay £1.2 million in fines and costs after four miners died following safety breaches at two s...
Injured worker could get £4.2m
16th December 2011
A badly injured machine operator has won a damages package which could reach £4.2 million, should he live for another 20 years. The 57-year-old from ...
Plans to charge staff for tribunals
15th December 2011
Plans are moving forward to charge people who bring a claim to an employment tribunal. The Justice Minister, Jonathan Djanogly, said if the Government...
Inheritance law shake-up urged
14th December 2011
The bereaved, unmarried partner of someone who has not made a will should inherit their estate as long as they have cohabited for a minimum of five ye...
Public holidays ‘eating into statutory leave’
13th December 2011
A consulting firm has conducted a study which shows workers in the UK receive the most statutory holiday entitlement in Western Europe, but because of...
Managers ‘to blame for RBS failure’
12th December 2011
Royal Bank of Scotland almost collapsed in 2008 because of poor decisions made by management, a new report has found. The Financial Services Authority...
Payout for needless cancer op patient
09th December 2011
A woman who had her entire stomach removed after she was wrongly told that she had cancer has been awarded compensation. The 74-year-old, who remains ...
UK to fight Brussels over welfare
08th December 2011
The UK will fight vehemently with legal action over welfare entitlements for non-EU nationals, the employment minister has declared. Chris Grayling sa...
RCN negligence costs ‘soar to £5 million’
07th December 2011
Legal costs for Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members have trebled over five years to £5 million a year due to an increasing number of larger claims...
Supreme Court hears asbestos cases
06th December 2011
The Supreme Court will hear six separate test case actions over eight days, brought forward by the victims of asbestos-related cancer and their famili...
Approval delay on high speed line
05th December 2011
The planned HS2 high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham has temporarily hit the buffers after a decision on whether it should go ahead was ...
EEA welfare access to be challenged
02nd December 2011
Legal action is being taken by the Government to stop non-EU migrants from having access to the UK’s welfare system. Members of the the European...
Judge plea for family court changes
01st December 2011
A senior judge has expressed concern over the impact of legal aid cuts on family cases and the protection of children. Sir Nicholas Wall, President of...
Osborne unveils further reforms
30th November 2011
George Osborne has announced further initiatives to cut the burden of health and safety regulations for small businesses, following on from proposals ...
Body backs work safety reform plans
29th November 2011
Businesses have supported health and safety law reform plans put forward by the Government, saying the red tape involved in adhering to such rules is ...
Health and safety rules to be axed
28th November 2011
Between a third and half of all health and safety regulations in the workplace will be axed under Government plans to reduce burdens on business. One ...
Same-sex service ‘up to priest’
25th November 2011
Whether or not a marriage ceremony is conducted for a gay couple should be a decision made by individual priests and parishes, according to an MP. Lab...
Trust settles baby negligence case
24th November 2011
An NHS trust which hit the headlines over its quality of care has paid compensation to the family of a boy after staff failed to remove a tube inserte...
Employment tribunal change unveiled
23rd November 2011
A package of measures designed to reform the employment tribunal system has been unveiled by the Government. If adopted, the proposals would see all c...
Sick leave plans spark controversy
22nd November 2011
A debate has been sparked over recommendations to the Government on changes in dealing with employees on long-term sick leave. An independent review s...
21st November 2011
People being deported from the UK will soon no longer be able to turn to the European Court of Human Rights and appeal against the decision made by th...
Briton wins ruling on injury abroad
18th November 2011
A British man badly injured when he was hit by a car in France has won his bid to claim compensation in the UK in a case at the European Court of Just...
Foreign wives face UK restriction
17th November 2011
Immigration advisers have said two-thirds of foreign wives could be banned from coming to the UK and advised a minimum salary for residents sponsoring...
£80m Government fund helps jobless
17th November 2011
The Government has launched an £80 million fund to support those who have been unemployed for more than six months and want to start their own busine...
Legal aid cuts ‘will hit thousands’
15th November 2011
Plans to slash legal aid for disabled people appealing against benefits decisions could leave thousands receiving the wrong payments or without any su...
Rethink temp staff directive – CBI
14th November 2011
The Government should review its decision to give extra employment rights to temporary workers, as it is “damaging” the labour market, the...
Firms go for conveyancing scheme
11th November 2011
The Law Society Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS), which is aimed at deterring fraud among other benefits, has received applications for membership fr...
Ex-partner ‘entitled to 10% of house value’
10th November 2011
The Supreme Court has ruled that a man who left his partner nearly 20 years ago is only entitled to 10% of the value of the house they shared. The dec...
09th November 2011
The House of Commons Transport Committee has given its backing to the £34 billion HS2 high-speed rail project. Following its inquiry into the Governm...
Drop in benefit claimants forecast at 600,000
08th November 2011
A new report has warned about the negative impact the Government’s plans to reform the incapacity benefit system could have on UK households. A...
Barristers ‘support court filming’
07th November 2011
Nearly two in three barristers support plans to allow filming in courts, as long as measures are taken to protect witnesses and jurors, a survey has r...
Non-equal rights plan criticised
04th November 2011
Plans to restrict the access fathers and grandparents are given to children following family break-ups have been firmly criticised. The Family Justi...
Rise in workplace fatality rate
03rd November 2011
In the past year, the country’s workplace fatality rate has increased by 24, according to the latest figures. In the year to March 2011, 171 wo...
Firm fined after roof fall death
02nd November 2011
A firm has been fined £145,000 after the death of a father-of-one, two years on from a tragic roof fall. Alan Kerwin was working for J Mills (Contrac...
3,000 banks put on visa blacklist
01st November 2011
The Government has put almost 3,000 banks from all over the world on a blacklist of institutions that cannot be trusted to verify documents for studen...
Legal aid cuts ‘cost more in long-term’
31st October 2011
The Government’s objective of slashing the legal aid budget in order to save money has been called into question by charities, which say the cut...
Scrapping workers’ rights ‘tragic’
28th October 2011
The Government’s plans to slash employment rights are “tragic and ridiculous” according to Labour’s Baroness Prosser, a past ...
European court ‘should not interfere’
27th October 2011
The European Court of Human Rights should not be able to second guess the UK’s courts, a top lawyer has said. The Attorney General Dominic Griev...
Report calls for employment law change
26th October 2011
It should be easier to sack unproductive workers, a leaked Government report has revealed. A Downing Street-commissioned report by venture capitalist ...
Legal aid cuts ‘disturbing’ – QC
25th October 2011
Victims of domestic abuse could be examined by their alleged perpetrator in court if cuts to legal aid come into effect, unleashing a “disturbin...
Appeal ‘must be allowed’ for bail
24th October 2011
Allowing people the right to appeal against a judge granting a defendant bail would be a good thing, according to Director of Public Prosecutions Keir...
Judges split on Human Rights Act
21st October 2011
The most senior judge in England and Wales has reignited debate on the Human Rights Act. The Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge said British courts are not...
Terror payout cases ‘behind doors’
20th October 2011
Cases of terror compensation are to be held behind closed doors, as current rules on civil courts mean claimants can demand access to all intelligence...
Urgent appeal on Brent libraries ordered
19th October 2011
An urgent hearing for an appeal against a landmark decision to allow the closure of six north-west London libraries has been ordered. The order that a...
Cement firm fined over worker death
18th October 2011
A fine of £200,000 has been issued to a cement business, after one of its staff members died in a workplace accident. Peter Reynolds, 28, died in an...
Court clerk admits taking bribe
17th October 2011
A court clerk who worked in east London has become the first person to be convicted under new bribery laws. Munir Yakub Patel, who was employed as an ...
Housing cap challenge rejected
14th October 2011
The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has failed in its High Court bid to overturn the cap on housing benefit. The CPAG challenged the Government...
Judge rejects library closures case
13th October 2011
Plans to shut six north London libraries are not unlawful, a High Court judge has ruled, A campaign group warned that Brent Council’s decision t...
Boris backs Hammers for stadium
12th October 2011
West Ham United are the frontrunners to rent the Olympic Stadium, the Mayor of London Boris Johnson has admitted. The deal for the east London footbal...
Forced marriages to be made illegal
11th October 2011
David Cameron has announced that a new crime will be added to the statute book – that of forcing someone into marriage. The Prime Minister said ...
Calls to extend court opening hours
10th October 2011
The opening hours of magistrates’ courts should be extended, according to justice minister Nick Herbert. Speaking to The Sunday Times, the Con...
MPs call to scrap DNA storage plan
07th October 2011
MPs have called on ministers to scrap a proposed law allowing police to store the DNA profiles of innocent people. The Protection of Freedoms Bill c...
Huhne’s partner sues Daily Mail
05th October 2011
The partner of Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has launched legal action against a newspaper group for invasion of her privacy. PR adviser Carina Triming...
Employment laws set for public scrutiny
04th October 2011
The Government’s Red Tape Challenge is set to focus on employment law over the coming five weeks. Members of the public and the business communi...
£1.1 trillion to be left in wills by 2047
03rd October 2011
Research predicts that a total £1.1 trillion will be being left in loved ones’ wills by 2047, compared to the £194 billion being left currentl...
Castle owners fined following death
03rd October 2011
The owners of a 15th century castle have been fined £10,000 after a workman was electrocuted while dismantling a marquee at the site. Polish labourer...
Pay rises may increase, says IDS
29th September 2011
One in three employers plan to implement higher pay rises for their workers next year, a new report suggests. But with current economic uncertainty, t...
28th September 2011
A webinar by IBB Solicitors’ Paul Brampton In this free webinar IBB Solicitors’ Partner Paul Brampton explains how the Local Democracy, Ec...
Fine of £155k for drowned worker
28th September 2011
A maintenance contractor whose unsafe working practices caused an employee to drown has been ordered to pay out £155,000. Epsco Ltd was held responsi...
Stalking victims ‘not seeing justice’
28th September 2011
Around 120,000 victims of stalking, most of whom are women, are being left wanting by the criminal justice system every year, a trade union has claime...
Prisoners wages ‘given to victims’
26th September 2011
Ministers have revealed that support for victims of crime will be boosted by up to £1 million annually. The Ministry of Justice said that the cash wi...
UK objects to lawyer access move
23rd September 2011
Five countries, including the UK, are objecting to an EU policy which aims to set a universal standard for allowing accused people access to criminal ...
Cable’s fears over employment changes
22nd September 2011
The Business Secretary has claimed that new EU employment laws will impact upon the economy. Vince Cable was speaking ahead of the changes in a privat...
West Londoners divided on ‘Tesco village’ plans
21st September 2011
Tesco has submitted revised plans for its own ‘village’ in Hillingdon. The group wants to build houses, a hotel and a new superstore on th...
Government plans tribunal reform
20th September 2011
The Government has unveiled a series of proposals aimed at resolving workplace disputes without the need for employment tribunals. Ministers are looki...
New guidance on intern payments
19th September 2011
Businesses have been given clearer guidance on the need to pay people who carry out internships, work experience or work placements for them. The upda...
Call to extend flexible working rules
16th September 2011
Flexible working should be introduced for all workers, a HR body has claimed. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is working w...
Riots may inspire ‘new type of justice’
15th September 2011
A new form of “neighbourhood justice” could emerge out of the way some people responded to the recent riots in cities across England, acco...
Death-related costs ‘rise by a fifth’
14th September 2011
Costs related to dying, including funerals, probate, headstones and flowers, have risen by 20% in four years and more than £400 since last year, a re...
13th September 2011
An 85-year-old Royal Navy veteran who was jailed after filming court proceeding using a ballpoint pen video recorder has been freed by the Court of Ap...
Night shifter worker dies in machine accident
12th September 2011
A night shift worker died after he became trapped in a machine at a factory in Berkshire, a court has heard. Mitesh Prashar was working an automatic i...
Rioters ‘could see benefits docked’
09th September 2011
The benefits provided to convicted criminals could be docked if new Government proposals are approved, according to reports. The Guardian revealed tha...
Power firm fined after fatal accident
08th September 2011
A power company has been fined £300,000 for heath and safety breaches after the tragic death of an employee. UK Power Networks (formerly known as EDF...
PM aide at centre of employment law row
07th September 2011
One of David Cameron’s aides was condemned as a “renegade” on Tuesday after it emerged he was trying to derail new employment rights...
Former banker faces huge divorce settlement
06th September 2011
Pierre Lagrange, one of the richest men in the UK, may have to pay the mother of his three children up to half his fortune in what could be one of Bri...
Call to allow cameras into courts
05th September 2011
The Justice Secretary has been called on by broadcaster Sky News to allow cameras into courtrooms. Head of Sky News, John Ryley, said televising judge...
Updated bribery law comes into play
02nd September 2011
A magistrates court clerk has been charged with taking a bribe of £500 from a defendant in a landmark case affected by a recent update to the legal s...
Charity law review panel unveiled
01st September 2011
A charity law review group which will shadow the work of the Government’s own review of the Charities Act 2006 in November has been set up by the N...
£28,000 payout to cathedral staff
30th August 2011
Six staff at Durham Cathedral bookshop have been paid £28,000 between them after being sacked when the store was unexpectedly shut. The employees won...
Worker wins payout over Borat name
26th August 2011
Compensation has been awarded to a Polish engineer dubbed ‘Borat’ while at work. Adrian Ruda is to receive a sum of £2,250, after the ter...
Probe after Legionnaires’ patient dies
25th August 2011
Health and safety officials are investigating after a patient with Legionnaires’ disease died at an Essex hospital. The Health and Safety Execut...
Man permanently injured by surgeon error
24th August 2011
A man who has permanent injuries and partial sight because a surgeon mistakenly removed part of his brain has said he wants compensation and an invest...
Worker killed in FLT collision
23rd August 2011
A Livingston food manufacturer has been ordered to pay a large fine after one of its workers was killed after being hit by a badly loaded forklift tru...
Harsh jail terms ‘likely to be changed’
22nd August 2011
The “hysterical” prison sentences handed down to those convicted of taking part in the recent riots are likely to be subjected to more suc...
Nurse to face fitness-to-practise claims
19th August 2011
A nurse who helped care for older people in a specialist hospital is the subject of 15 complaints about his work and will attend a conduct-and-compete...
Riot sentencing ‘out of step with offences’
18th August 2011
The Government’s reaction to widespread rioting is resulting in “very bad sentences” being handed out by the courts, which do not re...
‘Family test’ planned for policies
17th August 2011
A “family test” will be applied to all new domestic policy in a bid to prevent the scenes of rioting and looting which shocked England rec...
Woman mistakenly told of ‘miscarriage’
16th August 2011
A woman who was told she had miscarried her baby discovered two weeks later that it was alive and well after she demanded a second ultrascan. Pregnant...
Top cop slams ‘inconsistent’ politicians
15th August 2011
The UK’s most senior police officer has criticised Parliament for its “inconsistencies” in tactics when dealing with people who took...
Civil service benefits face cuts
12th August 2011
Redundancy and early retirement benefits for Civil Service staff will be reduced after a legal bid to challenge the changes was dismissed at the High ...
New powers for police after riots
11th August 2011
Police will be given new powers to order people to remove face masks in the wake of riots that swept across England, the Prime Minister has said. Da...
Trio die amid riots in Birmingham
10th August 2011
Three men have died after being hit by a car in Birmingham as riots spread to other parts of England on a fourth successive night of disturbances. Whi...
Director fined over wall death
09th August 2011
A company director is to be charged with gross negligence manslaughter after a wall fell on a young girl and killed her in North Wales. George Collier...
Nine officers hurt in London clashes
08th August 2011
Police have arrested more than 100 people after a spate of ‘copycat criminal activity’ erupted across London last night. There were also n...
Calls for return of death penalty
05th August 2011
A controversial campaign has called for a change in the criminal justice system which would see the death penalty reintroduced. Political blog writer ...
Firms prosecuted over roadworker’s fatal plunge
03rd August 2011
Two firms have been ordered to pay a total of more than £500,000 after a roadworker suffered fatal injuries in a 12-metre plunge while repairing CCTV...
Judge backs employment tribunals
02nd August 2011
A senior judge has rejected a long-running appeal that has come under fire for using too much public time and money. Lord Justice Mummery defended the...
Workers escape injury after blast
01st August 2011
Factory workers and members of the public could have been seriously injured in a major chemical fire which sent aerosols flying into the air in Crewe,...
Pets ‘set to inherit £26bn in wills’
29th July 2011
Thousands of Britons are set to follow in the footsteps of fashion designer Alexander McQueen by leaving money in their will to their pets, a surve...
Acas hails significant resolutions
28th July 2011
A “significant” number of large-scale industrial disputes have been dealt with by the conciliation service Acas in the last year, it has b...
Hepatitis B probe at hospital unit
27th July 2011
A Swansea hospital could be open to legal action after heart surgery patients were warned they may have contracted Hepatitis B. More than 150 people c...
UK ‘needs flexible employment laws’
26th July 2011
Ministers need to “fundamentally rethink” the employment laws which apply to firms in the UK, according to a key business group. Instead o...
Tycoon ‘pays £100m divorce settlement’
25th July 2011
A Russian businessman has reportedly agreed to pay Britain’s biggest ever divorce settlement. Boris Berezovsky, who lives in Surrey, is believ...
22nd July 2011
The family of an 18-year-old who drowned in Iraq more than eight years ago has received compensation from the UK Government’s Ministry of Defenc...
Worker survives factory fireball
21st July 2011
A court has heard how a worker from Cumbria was lucky to survive after being engulfed by a fireball at a factory. Packaging Firm Innovia Films was fin...
HS2 project ‘economically flawed’
20th July 2011
A fresh report has slammed the Government’s HS2 high-speed rail proposals as a “political vanity project”. The Institute of Economic...
Warning on unregulated legal services
19th July 2011
Unregulated claims management and will-writing companies with no legal recourse are ripping off thousands of people, Chief Legal Ombudsman Adam Samps...
Fathers reluctant to take paternity leave
18th July 2011
Fathers are taking a less active role in caring for their children because they are concerned that spending too much time away from their jobs will le...
Family breakdowns ‘harming society’
15th July 2011
A senior judge has claimed that society is being damaged by the high number of couples getting divorced. Family Division judge Sir Paul Coleridge war...
Court reform call on legal aid plan
14th July 2011
Changes to the legal aid system are likely to see more people representing themselves in court, MPs have said. The Commons Justice Select Committee wa...
Offender services put out to tender
13th July 2011
Probation services such as the supervision of criminals are to be put out to competition, it has emerged. The move is part of the Government’s B...
HS2 plans ‘offer no business case’
12th July 2011
There is no business case supporting the government’s HS2 high-speed rail plans, a group of MPs has heard. Planning law solicitors are capable...
Southern Cross set to shut down
12th July 2011
Care home firm Southern Cross has confirmed it is to shut down after landlords refused to restructure rental agreements. Following the landlords’...
Protests over HS2 rail line plans
08th July 2011
Campaigners demonstrating against the proposed HS2 rail line – which will cut through the Chilterns countryside – plan to unfurl banners o...
Lawyers question bail legislation
07th July 2011
Senior lawyers have voiced their opposition to the Government’s “rushed” emergency legislation on police bail. The Police (Detention...
Call over Facebook and contempt rules
06th July 2011
The Solicitor-General has said that contempt of court rules apply as much to Facebook and other social media as “talking over the garden fence&#...
Age discrimination claims rise
05th July 2011
Age discrimination claims are on the increase, new employment tribunal figures have revealed. The Tribunals Service said 6,800 age claims were lodged ...
Ferdinand privacy action begins
04th July 2011
Manchester United Footballer Rio Ferdinand’s privacy action has got under way at the High Court. However the public start of the case was held b...
Hospital faces patient care probe
01st July 2011
The health regulator is investigating an NHS trust in Essex after inspectors flagged up “serious concerns” about patient care in maternity...
Personal injury rules up for debate
30th June 2011
The Government has announced it is looking into the issue of referral fees in personal injury cases after “strong concerns” were raised. J...
29th June 2011
A new secure email system for sending papers between lawyers’ offices and courtrooms will speed up the time cases are dealt with, according to t...
NHS complaints process ‘needs review’
28th June 2011
The handling of NHS patient complaints, which amount to a million a year – and rising – needs an urgent review, a MPs’ report has su...
Thousands miss out on minimum wage
27th June 2011
More than 3,400 workers across Wales have not been receiving the national minimum wage they are entitled to over the past eight years, figures have sh...
Law Society backs family justice proposals
27th June 2011
Plans to improve the family justice system have received backing from The Law Society. The organisation backed findings by the Family Justice Review, ...
Crate crushes worker at factory
23rd June 2011
A father-of-three was crushed to death when a crate of aluminium car parts fell on him at a factory, a court has heard. Melloy Limited was prosecuted ...
HS2 ‘would benefit some cities more’
23rd June 2011
An independent report has found that some cities would be likely to benefit from the HS2 high-speed rail system much more than others. The £32 billio...
Driving Innovation – The Technology Strategy Board
23rd June 2011
The Technology Strategy Board (“TSB”) is a government funded organisation whose purpose is to support and stimulate technology-enabled innovation ...
Essex ‘hacker’ Ryan Cleary’s mother tells of ‘suicide’ threat
23rd June 2011
Anil Rajani, Partner at IBB Solicitors, was quoted in the the Daily Telegraph on the subject of Ryan Cleary facing possible extradition. Click the l...
Ministry admits legal aid mistake
21st June 2011
The Government has admitted a mistake over the impact proposed cuts to the legal aid budget would have on the justice system. Initially, it was sugges...
20th June 2011
MPs have not passed a Bill which would have imposed a £50,000 limit on compensation awards made by employment tribunals. Christopher Chope, Conserva...
Juries ‘should work in small groups’
17th June 2011
Problems encountered by people serving on juries could be solved by asking them to debate a verdict in smaller groups, research suggests. A jury typic...
Brain injury father awarded £2.5m
16th June 2011
A father severely injured when he was hit on the head by a fallen branch has been awarded £2.5 million in damages at the High Court. Jason Thatcher, ...
Clarke legal aid reforms under fire
14th June 2011
Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke’s proposals to make £350 million worth of legal aid savings have come in for fierce criticism. A report said M...
Landowners voice localism doubts
13th June 2011
New legislation designed to protect green spaces for sport and recreation could have the opposite effect, a group that represents rural landowners has...
Immigration crackdown announced
10th June 2011
Immigration Minister Damian Green has revealed that a new crackdown on people abusing temporary visas to stay on permanently means that thousands of m...
Jack-knifed lorry causes fatal crush
09th June 2011
Carillion Highway Maintenance Limited and its traffic management subcontractor have been fined a total of £202,000 after a worker was killed while wo...
Short-term sentences ‘ineffective’: Report
08th June 2011
A report has suggested that criminals who are jailed time and again fail to benefit from the deterrent effect intended by short-term sentences. Offend...
Firms fined after tragic accident
07th June 2011
An energy firm and a contractor have been fined a total of £510,000 after a fatal fall at a power station. Energy giant RWE npower and contractor AME...
Homeowners ‘not told of HS2 threat’
06th June 2011
Residents who live near a planned high-speed railway route will not find out if their properties are being demolished until at least summer 2012, it h...
Cable hints at tougher strike laws
06th June 2011
Vince Cable has hinted that the Government is considering strengthening employment laws, specifically in relation to strikes. The Business Secretary ...
Nurse suspended over patient death
02nd June 2011
A nurse who administered a lethal dose of insulin to a diabetic pensioner has been handed a reprieve at a professional hearing. Joanne Elizabeth Evans...
Care home firm battles for survival
02nd June 2011
A crisis-hit care home company has agreed to underpay its rent as part of a survival package. Southern Cross operates 750 care homes across the UK and...
Lord Taylor’s statement upon his sentencing
01st June 2011
“Lord Taylor is distraught with the sentence but fully accepts the Court’s decision. Upon his release he will continue to serve the public, as he ...
Shoesmith ‘not in it for the money’
31st May 2011
Sharon Shoesmith has said the legal challenge over her sacking after the Baby P tragedy was not about the money. The comments from the former director...
Bid to recruit more women judges
27th May 2011
The Judiciary of England and Wales has launched a drive to attract more women and ethnic minorities to become judges, as it seeks to change the percep...
Hounslow Social Club gets planning permission
26th May 2011
A social club in West London is finally celebrating being given permission to build a new centre after submitting plans three times. Hounslow Social C...
Court closures legal bid starts
25th May 2011
A legal challenge to a Government decision to close a courthouse in Kent is being held at the High Court, the first of several such closure cases whic...
Chemical spill firm hit with fine
24th May 2011
A chemical company has been fined £150,000 after flammable chemicals were spilt when a steel tank collapsed. Around 340 tonnes of solvent and contami...
Brentford firm prosecuted over foreman death
24th May 2011
A firm has been charged following the death of a foreman on a London construction site. Gerry Fox was crushed by an excavator bucket filled with concr...
Legal aid cuts ‘still on course’
20th May 2011
Legal aid budget cuts are likely to take place, in spite of massive criticism across the benches from peers, the Justice Secretary’s minister in...
The Right to Privacy: The Rise of the Super-injunction
20th May 2011
In recent weeks, super-injunctions have been making headlines in the British media. Used to prohibit the reporting of sensitive information in the pre...
Business group wants red tape cut
19th May 2011
The Government must stand by its pledge to reduce red tape for firms, a business leaders’ group has said. Officials at the Coventry and Warwicks...
Ministers consider new privacy law
18th May 2011
The government is to consider introducing new laws which would give judges clearer guidance over the awarding of gagging orders. Legislation could be ...
Arcadia developer site sold off
17th May 2011
Proposals which would have transformed the Arcadia shopping centre in Ealing Broadway have been abandoned after developer Glenkerrin was forced to giv...
Plans for flexible parental leave
16th May 2011
The Government is consulting on proposals that would allow parents to share their overall maternity and paternity leave allowance between them in a b...
Activist wins legal aid court fight
13th May 2011
The High Court has backed a peace campaigner’s battle to block cuts to legal aid for cases brought “in the public interest”. Lawyers...
Worker paralysed in lift plunge
12th May 2011
An electrical firm has been fined £120,000 after an employee fell eight metres from a scissor lift. The worker, who does not want to be named, was le...
Government to reform employment law
11th May 2011
The Government is to carry out a “root and branch” review of employment laws. Ministers said that several areas of legislation could be re...
Group seeks sham marriage measures
10th May 2011
Campaigners have called for registrars to be given the authority to delay suspected sham marriages by up to three months. Migration Watch UK said the ...
Agency workers set for new rights
10th May 2011
Agency staff will have more rights in the workplace under new laws set to come into effect in October. Workers hired through agencies will be entitled...
Mayor vows to block rail link route
06th May 2011
London Mayor Boris Johnson has said he will “try to block” the proposed £17bn high speed rail link (HS2) route. “Whatever happens w...
Bid to save disabled daycare centre
05th May 2011
Angry users of a West London daycare centre for people with learning and physical disabilities have stepped up their fight to prevent its closure. Cam...
Call to get behind high-speed rail
05th May 2011
Business leaders in the West Midlands have been warned that complacency may cost them the £17bn high speed rail link. A range of environmental groups...
Council urged to clear torched park
03rd May 2011
A West London council has been urged to remove the remains of torched children’s play equipment from a public park. The £225,000 play facilit...
Fifth of firms use ‘cheap’ interns
28th April 2011
Unpaid interns are being used by almost a fifth of British businesses to complete work cheaply and help protect profits during uncertain economic time...
Clarke hits out over ECHR rulings
27th April 2011
Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has hit out at the readiness of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to ignore the decisions of domestic legal...
Solicitors warn against legal aid cuts
26th April 2011
Leading solicitors have warned that Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke’s plans to cut legal aid will stop thousands of people turning to the justi...
Thousands ‘are denied paid holiday’
21st April 2011
Rogue employers are denying thousands of workers their legal right to paid holidays, a report has revealed. Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) said it had h...
20th April 2011
Company directors have called on the Government to give tribunals more power to throw out weak cases. The Institute of Directors (IoD) said the coalit...
Millions awarded for teacher slips
19th April 2011
Figures have revealed that a teacher who slipped on a grape was awarded £200,000 in compensation last year. The claim is among a number of cases whic...
Group gives schools asbestos warning
18th April 2011
A group that aims to raise awareness of asbestos in education buildings has warned of “worrying” failings in the management of the hazardo...
Business leaders urge tribunals fee
15th April 2011
Business leaders have called for “proportionate” fees to be introduced for tribunal claims. The CBI said this would help to “weed ou...
City firms reach ‘poaching’ resolution
14th April 2011
Two City firms have brokered an undisclosed compensation agreement in a long-running “poaching” case at the High Court. A hearing began last month...
Warning over paper records security
13th April 2011
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a warning over the security of paper records after UK healthcare bodies broke the law on ...
Man confident ahead of drug firm battle
12th April 2011
A man born with deformed limbs has said he is “100% convinced” his abnormalities were caused by a pregnancy testing drug prescribed to his...
Older staff ‘face job cut threat’
11th April 2011
Older workers and pregnant women have been warned that their jobs could be under greater threat than most while the country struggles to cope with its...
M&S in court over asbestos claims
08th April 2011
Marks & Spencer has been accused of failing to protect its staff and customers from potentially being exposed to asbestos during refurbishment wor...
Charities challenge HS2 rail plans
07th April 2011
Environmental charities have formed an alliance calling for the Government to rethink plans for a London-to-Birmingham high-speed rail line. Campaign ...
Security man case to be heard in UK
06th April 2011
A damages case brought by a security consultant who was injured in a road crash in Iraq will be heard in England. Tony Harty, 34, was working for Sab...
Council fined £50,000 over death
05th April 2011
East Sussex County Council has been ordered to pay nearly £80,000 after a Down’s syndrome patient died on an outing. Colin Woods accidentally s...
Firms fear employment changes fallout
04th April 2011
Many businesses are worried that changes to employment law such as extending paternity leave and scrapping the default retirement age will prove detri...
Grandparents ‘needed’ after divorce
01st April 2011
The grandparents of children involved in divorce cases should continue to play a role in their lives, a report has suggested. The report follows a rev...
Bribery Act 2010 – Guidance notes published
31st March 2011
After a period of considerable gestation Kenneth Clarke published yesterday his guidance on adequate procedures under the Bribery Act 2010. http://w...
Freed prisoner wins £10,000 damages
31st March 2011
The Court of Appeal in London has awarded £10,000 in damages to a man who spent 10 more months in prison than he should have. Presiding judges Lord J...
HS2 ‘could hurt rail services’
30th March 2011
Continuing with the Government’s plans for the HS2 high-speed rail scheme will result in slower and less-regular service for rail passengers, it...
Overhaul for no win, no fee system
29th March 2011
The Government has announced an overhaul of no win, no fee legal arrangements. The US-style reforms mean that some fees will be taken from the damag...
Men ‘likely to forego paternity entitlement’
28th March 2011
A survey has shown that around 41% of men will turn their back on the opportunity to have extended paternity rights. Price comparison website uSwitch....
Hundreds pregnant despite implant
25th March 2011
Around 600 women fitted with the Implanon contraceptive device have fallen pregnant, the drug safety watchdog has revealed. This has resulted in a sha...
Chancellor announces surprise corporation tax cut
24th March 2011
Corporation tax for businesses will be cut to 23%, with two percentage points cut on the tax rate in April from 28%, and a 1% drop in each of the foll...
Firms unfriendly to mothers – poll
23rd March 2011
Three fifths of mothers believe UK companies and services are not family friendly, a survey has shown. Campaign group Mumsnet said most of the people ...
Expert evidence tests plan unveiled
22nd March 2011
Judges will be able to test expert evidence before a jury is sworn in under new plans drawn up by the Law Commission. The moves are needed to help red...
Panel to discuss UK Bill of Rights
21st March 2011
A commission charged with coming up with any improvements to the European Court of Human Rights will also consider the case for a Bill of Rights for p...
Call to televise top court cases
18th March 2011
England and Wales’s top civil judge has called for major court cases to be televised to boost the public’s confidence in the justice syste...
Maternity plans could face problems
17th March 2011
Plans by the Government to make small businesses exempt from having maternity and paternity regulations imposed on them could lead to a number legal r...
Firms fined after beam kills worker
16th March 2011
The death of a building site worker killed by a concrete beam has resulted in a £130,000 fine for two companies. The 31-tonne beam fell on 43-year-ol...
Former masseurs awarded payouts
15th March 2011
Compensation payouts have been awarded to two women who were forced to give up their masseuse jobs at Heathrow Airport after developing repetitive str...
Call to curb magistrates’ powers
14th March 2011
The UK’s oldest penal reform charity has called for magistrates to be stripped of their power to hand down prison sentences. But while the Howar...
11th March 2011
A Labour MP has urged the Transport Secretary to hold his nerve and resist pressure to scrap the high-speed railway being planned between London and B...
Property tycoons quizzed in Icelandic fraud probe
10th March 2011
Seven men, including two billionaire property tycoons, have been arrested as part of an international fraud investigation into a failed Icelandic bank...
Families win “low level” asbestos cases
09th March 2011
Two families have won groundbreaking compensation claims after their loved ones died following exposure to “low level” asbestos. The Sup...
Firms ‘want dismissal laws changed’
08th March 2011
The laws surrounding unfair dismissal should be altered in order that staff can be laid off more easily, the majority of employers claim in a new stud...
Disparity still exists betweeen sexes
07th March 2011
There continues to be an earnings gap appearing between men and women according to new research released by recruiter Robert Half UK from the fifth an...
Lord Sugar urges mothers to be upfront
04th March 2011
Laws banning interviewers from asking potential female employees about their children and childcare arrangements are counterproductive, Lord Sugar has...
Businessman denies unfair dismissal
03rd March 2011
A businessman accused of issuing unfair dismissal believes he is “on trial” over business dealings, a tribunal has been told. Kevin Cash d...
‘Measures needed’ for small firms
02nd March 2011
The Government has been urged to implement measures including suspending new employment laws for a year and stopping a planned rise in fuel duty in or...
Safety failures led to man’s death
01st March 2011
Failing to properly plan, organise and monitor a roof cleaning job resulted in the death of a young worker. Tullis Russell Papermaker was handed a £2...
High speed rail ‘will raise £44bn’
28th February 2011
The HS2 high-speed rail project will cost £32 billion but will generate almost £44 billion in economic benefits over a 60-year period, according to ...
Civil legal aid plans criticised
25th February 2011
The country’s top judge has warned that Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke’s plans to slash civil legal aid for a wide range of disputes cou...
MoD agency criticised over blast-test death
24th February 2011
A Government agency has been censured after a scientist died as a result of an accident he was involved in while conducting classified tests. The Defe...
Couples forced to ponder mediation
23rd February 2011
A new judicial agreement will make it more difficult for couples to hand their problems over to the courts as ministers look to ease the strain on the...
Tribunal could have implications
22nd February 2011
An employment tribunal case could have significant legal implications for the Employment Equality (Religion and Belief) Regulations Act 2003. Joe Hash...
Government launches absence review
21st February 2011
The Government has launched a review of the sickness absence system as it aims to tackle the “staggering” £100 billion annual cost to the...
First corporate manslaughter case settled
18th February 2011
A Gloucestershire company, the first to be convicted under new corporate manslaughter laws, has been fined £385,000 after a 27-year-old man died when...
Companies face ’60 red-tape rules’
17th February 2011
British businesses typically have to comply with 60 different regulations governed by a range of different official bodies, and many breach the rules ...
Firm fined over hay bale death
16th February 2011
A renewable energy firm has been fined £130,000 after a driver was killed by a 700kg bale of straw. Gary Darnell, 53, from Ely in Cambridgeshire suff...
Work laws too expensive for bosses
15th February 2011
Various parts of employment legislation being introduced over the next four years will cost firms too much money, bosses have complained. According to...
Warning made over legal aid cuts plans
14th February 2011
Two law groups have warned that planned cuts to the legal aid budget will cost more than they will save. Proposals put forward by Justice Secretary Ke...
Ageism claim host may return to BBC
11th February 2011
Axed presenter Miriam O’Reilly – who won an ageism claim against the BBC – could return as a daytime TV host for the corporation. Sh...
Society seeks new insurance system
10th February 2011
The Law Society has outlined its proposed alternative to the assigned risk pool (ARP). Chief executive Desmond Hudson said the new proposals could red...
Top court ‘threatened by funding’
09th February 2011
The president of the highest court in the UK has said its funding set-up means its independence is not assured. The Ministry of Justice has a tendency...
‘Fewer roles’ for foreign workers
08th February 2011
The range of jobs available to foreign workers from outside the EU will be slashed by more than a third under Government plans, a report has revealed....
Goverment urged to make human rights call
07th February 2011
The Government should consider withdrawing Britain from the European Court of Human Rights unless it can significantly reform within two years, an inf...
Employers face discrimination fine
04th February 2011
Employers will face an extra financial penalty if they are found to have discriminated against an employee under new Government plans to tackle workpl...
Online contempt of court considered
03rd February 2011
High Court judges are expected to issue guidelines on how contempt of court laws should be applied to internet cases in response to a case brought by ...
NHS neglect ‘should be prosecuted’
02nd February 2011
NHS staff should face prosecution if they fail in their duty of care to patients in the way that occurred during the Mid Staffordshire scandal, expert...
Couple hunt holiday compensation
01st February 2011
A newlywed couple are among a group of more than 300 holidaymakers who have launched a legal bid for compensation after illness ruined their holidays ...
Firms fined over steeplejack’s death
31st January 2011
Two building firms have been fined after a steeplejack fell to his death from 164ft. John Alty, a father of one from Blackburn, was working at the top...
Work tribunal reforms proposed
28th January 2011
Proposed Government reforms to the employment tribunals process include raising the qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims from one to two year...
Peer convicted of expenses fraud
27th January 2011
A former Tory peer has been found guilty of falsely claiming more than £11,000 in expenses. Lord Taylor of Warwick was convicted by a jury at Southwa...
Instructor’s family get payment
26th January 2011
Relatives of a driving teacher who was killed after he stood in front of an LGV which failed to successfully carry out an emergency stop have received...
Brain damaged boy receives £6.4m
25th January 2011
An eight-year-old boy severely brain damaged at birth because of medical negligence at an NHS centre has been awarded £6.4 million compensation. Barn...
Accident has man struggling to walk
24th January 2011
Safety failings at a steel fabrication company in South Lanarkshire almost three years ago left a worker in constant pain and still needing sticks to ...
Top judge hits out at success fees
21st January 2011
Success fees in civil cases present lawyers “with an irresistible temptation to cherry pick” and impose “an excessive costs burden o...
20th January 2011
The RICS Dilapidations Forum has recently published the results of a survey it has carried out of dilapidations cases for core commercial properties a...
GSK pays £2.2bn in Avandia claims
20th January 2011
Brentford-based GlaxoSmithKline paid out a record £2.2 billion in the fourth quarter of last year to settle lawsuits relating to the diabetes drug Av...
Bosses attack paternity leave plan
19th January 2011
Business leaders have criticised the Government’s plan to allow men to use the rest of their partner’s maternity leave if they go back to ...
Wage law-breaking firms targeted
17th January 2011
Employers which refuse to pay their staff the minimum wage will be publicly named, according to the Government. As of January 1, the Department for Bu...
Payout for brain-damaged worker
14th January 2011
A boatyard worker has been awarded a seven-figure damages payout after he suffered severe brain damage in a workplace accident. A total of £7.2 milli...
Cameron plans employment law review
13th January 2011
Small businesses could be excused from certain complex and costly employments laws after it was announced that Prime Minister David Cameron is expecte...
TV presenter seeks end to ageism
12th January 2011
TV presenter Miriam O’Reilly is hoping her successful stand against the BBC will help to eradicate age discrimination in the workplace. The 53-y...
BBC guilty of age discrimination
11th January 2011
TV presenter and journalist Miriam O’Reilly has successfully sued the BBC for age discrimination after she was axed from rural affairs programme...
Calls to bring in ‘training wage’
10th January 2011
Economic experts have called for firms to pay a training wage of £2.50 an hour for internships which last longer than three months. The proposal is p...
Compensation ‘reward’ claims ban
07th January 2011
The Government plans to ban firms from offering cash rewards to entice people to claim compensation after minor slips, trips and falls, it has been re...
Whistleblower wins unfair sacking case
06th January 2011
A primary school playground monitor sacked after telling a couple how their seven-year-old daughter had been tied to a fence and hit with a skipping r...
Two-thirds of small firms do not offer pensions
05th January 2011
Two-thirds of small companies do not currently provide a pension scheme for their staff, research has indicated. Around 96% of firms employing 250 or ...
Many workers ‘denied sick pay’
04th January 2011
A study has revealed that many hospital and school cleaners are going without sick pay. The research, which also showed some catering staff are being ...
Firm fined after ladder fall death
30th December 2010
Suffolk-based Dutch fumigation company Bergwerff Numansdrop BV has been fined £60,000 and ordered to pay £21,709 in costs after a 42-year-old worker...
Machine kills man working inside it
29th December 2010
A 50-year-old maintenance worker was killed when machinery he was fixing was switched on by its operator while he was still inside it. Clive Hall was ...
Care home firm fined after death
24th December 2010
A care home operator has been fined after a patient with learning and behavioural issues died as a result of being subjected to “inappropriate a...
Tube strike row could go to court
23rd December 2010
Tube bosses are attempting to avert a planned Boxing Day strike by drivers through court action, it has been announced. London Underground is trying t...
Report finds ‘virtual court’ drawbacks
22nd December 2010
Rolling out virtual courts would cost more than it would save, a report has found. A pilot project, in which defendants appeared via video link from a...
Twitter avoids ban from courtroom
21st December 2010
The country’s top judge has ruled that Twitter can continue to be used in courtrooms. Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge said users would need the ju...
Bakers Court, Uxbridge, refurbishment plans approved
21st December 2010
Plans to refurbish and extend Clerical Medical’s 109,000 sq ft Baker’s Court in central Uxbridge have been approved. Coca Cola has signed ...
Sawmill worker’s leg trapped in machine
20th December 2010
An Edinburgh firm has been fined £20,000 for safety breaches after a sawmill worker suffered a serious leg injury. The employee was injured while att...
Firms fined after canister fire death
17th December 2010
Two companies and a manager have been fined after it was revealed that a lack of safety measures contributed to the death of a worker who suffered 90%...
Civil servants may strike, warns MP
16th December 2010
Cuts in the amounts of redundancy payment to civil servants will see a rise in the number of strikes and legal challenges, ministers have been warned....
Government to close 143 courts
15th December 2010
More than 140 courts are to be shut in England and Wales, the justice minister has announced. Some 93 magistrates’ courts and 49 county courts, ...
Family cases ‘could take longer’
14th December 2010
A retired senior judge has warned that cases in the family court could take longer because cuts to legal aid will mean more people will have to repres...
Liz Hurley and Arun Nayar split
13th December 2010
Liz Hurley and her husband Arun Nayar have separated, it has been confirmed. The model and actress broke the news on Twitter in the wake of reports th...
Brain-damaged boy awarded £6 million
10th December 2010
A boy left severely brain damaged at birth by a series of hospital blunders has been awarded £6 million in compensation after an eight-year court bat...
Energy Secretary unveils green deal
09th December 2010
The Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has announced a bid to make people’s homes greener and create thousands of jobs. The green deal will allow hou...
Firm fined after worker paralysed
08th December 2010
A North Wales paper mill company has been fined £120,000 and ordered to pay costs of £18,514 after an employee was paralysed from the chest down af...
Oil firm fined for radiation risk
07th December 2010
A firm that provides oilfield services has been fined £300,000 for putting workers in danger of radiation exposure. The Health & Safety Executive...
High Court hears cuts inequality case
06th December 2010
Women are facing a “grossly disproportionate and devastating” impact from the Government’s emergency Budget, it was argued at the Hi...
Pub firm fined after asbestos scare
03rd December 2010
Pub operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has been fined £14,000 and ordered to pay costs of £11,781.45 after workers refurbishing one of its ...
Worker receives £210,000 compensation
02nd December 2010
A worker left with blurred vision, anxiety and personality problems after an accident has received £210,000 in compensation. David Prince, 58, from D...
HS2 ‘will not help environment’
01st December 2010
A Government plan to spend £34 billion building a railway line for a high-speed train service between Birmingham and London, named HS2, is a “m...
30th November 2010
Magistrates have said they want their sentencing powers to be doubled so they can imprison people for up to 12 months. The move will save around £65 ...
Company fined for asbestos exposure
29th November 2010
A pub firm has been successfully prosecuted for exposing five workers to asbestos. Mitchells & Butlers Retail was found to have carried out an ina...
Firm fined for power line incident
26th November 2010
A major South East potato supplier has been fined £10,000 after one of its employees suffered serious injuries from an electric shock. David McMullan...
Firm fined over worker’s burns
25th November 2010
A construction firm has been fined after a worker suffered severe burns when his pneumatic drill hit a power cable. The man, who has not been named, w...
Paintbrush accident claim permitted
24th November 2010
A judge has ruled that the family of a boy who was severely brain damaged after falling on a paintbrush during a school art lesson can proceed with a...
Ruling on nuclear test damages case
23rd November 2010
Veterans who blame their ill health on Britain’s nuclear tests in the 1950s are likely to attempt to take their case to the Supreme Court follo...
Top judge reveals Twitter fears
22nd November 2010
The country’s top judge has warned that misuse of the internet during trials could threaten the future of the jury system. Lord Judge, the Lord ...
Top judge doubts expert witnesses
19th November 2010
One of the country’s top judges has warned against placing too much faith in the evidence of so-called expert witnesses. Lord Justice Leveson, t...
Advice and Help on Reducing Employment Claims
19th November 2010
Over recent years employers and chambers of commerce have been louder and louder in their calls for a reduction of regulations for small businesses an...
Man fails in High Court privacy battle
18th November 2010
A man who has obtained an order preventing the media from publishing private information has failed in a new bid to preserve his anonymity. But the id...
Personal Injury Awards Set To Rise
18th November 2010
Malcolm Underhill, Partner at IBB Solicitors, who specialises in cases of maximum severity, particularly head and spinal injury arising out of road tr...
Reform of Personal Injury Claims Announced by Ministry of Justice
18th November 2010
The Ministry of Justice has published its Business Plan for 2011-2015, during which time the Government will reform the justice system by turning gove...
Take That star super-injunction lifted
17th November 2010
A super-injunction won by Take That star Howard Donald preventing the naming of him in relation to stories by a former girlfriend has been lifted at t...
Legal aid budget faces £350m cut
16th November 2010
Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has outlined plans to slash £350 million a year from the legal aid budget. Financial help from the state will be rem...
Epilepsy drug case put on hold
15th November 2010
Some 170 families who blame an epilepsy drug for causing defects in their children have had litigation put on hold after legal aid to sue the drugR...
Clarke examines ‘Big Brother’ laws
12th November 2010
Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has hinted that the Government could review laws if they are deemed to violate the privacy of citizens. Mr Clarke sai...
‘No-jury’ quartet await appeal verdict
11th November 2010
Four men are still waiting to discover if they have successfully appealed against their ‘no-jury’ convictions for a £1.7million Heathrow ...
Heathrow robbery four lodge appeals
10th November 2010
Four men found guilty of robbing a Heathrow warehouse of £1.75 million after a trial without a jury are appealing against their convictions. The Cour...
Djanogly plans court ‘alternatives’
09th November 2010
Justice minister Jonathan Djanogly has said he wants to reform legal aid and the criminal justice system to “encourage people to seek alternativ...
Legal aid removed in epilepsy case
08th November 2010
The Legal Services Commission (LSC) has withdrawn legal aid for a group of families suing the maker of a drug used to prevent epileptic seizures. The ...
Terra Firma loses EMI deal case
05th November 2010
Private equity group Terra Firma was not tricked into paying over the odds for music group EMI by US bank Citigroup, a jury has ruled. Terra Firma, wh...
Iraqis in public inquiry action
05th November 2010
A group of more than 100 Iraqi civilians which claims it suffered torture and inhuman treatment at the hands of British soldiers and interrogators are...
Justice plans ‘could save £70m’
03rd November 2010
A report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) has indicated that pooling resources between agencies in the criminal justice syst...
Kidney donor makes £14m medical negligence claim
02nd November 2010
A man has claimed High Court damages of nearly £14 million after receiving “catastrophic” injuries after an operation to donate a kidney ...
Firm fined after coal plant death
01st November 2010
A Durham-based energy support services company has been fined £120,000 and ordered to pay £35,000 in costs after a man died at its coal processing p...
‘Unfit’ murder criteria may change
29th October 2010
Defendants who are classified as “unfit to plead” could be tried under new plans which would examine their ability to make decisions inste...
Radmacher v Granatino – Initial thoughts on Decision of Supreme Court
28th October 2010
Today the Supreme Court, the highest appellate court in the land, handed down its long-awaited decision in the case of Radmacher. The decision has bee...
Watchdog warning over advocate plans
28th October 2010
Plans for new quality assurance regulations for criminal advocates have been attacked by a watchdog that believes it puts too much emphasis on the vie...
Service Charges – Was City Heights wrongly decided?
28th October 2010
Leaseholders of a residential development in Nottingham known as City Height, and Solitaire Property Management Limited (“Solitaire”) applied to t...
Lawyers face US-style fees change
28th October 2010
Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has said that personal injury lawyers in England and Wales may get a cut of claimant’s damages in a bid to cut ...
Two firms fight over Eurostar deal
26th October 2010
A French engineering firm is going through the High Court to stop Eurostar making a deal for new trains with German manufacturer Siemens. The French f...
Paralysed man left brain damaged after nursing blunder
25th October 2010
A tetraplegic man has been left severely brain damaged after his life-support machine was turned off by an agency nurse from Reading, it has been reve...
Minister calls for video evidence expansion
22nd October 2010
A minister has called for the justice system to move with the times and harness modern technology. Justice minister Jonathan Djanogly said the emphasi...
7/7 bombs: compensation reform pledge
21st October 2010
The Government has pledged to reform a scheme which compensates innocent victims of crime in the wake of the July 7 London bombings. Justice Secretary...
20th October 2010
A court ruling has changed the playing field for pre-nuptial agreements between couples. Appeal judges ruled that “decisive weight” ought ...
Divorce and Compulsory Mediation – The Answer?
19th October 2010
The Times Newspaper today reported that divorcing parents were to be kept out of courts, as compulsory mediation was set to be brought in as a measure...
EDF nominates lawyer amid dispute
19th October 2010
EDF of France has nominated a Canadian lawyer with a tough reputation to the board of US-based Constellation Energy amid its ongoing dispute with the ...
Call to cut divorce court battles
18th October 2010
More divorce cases should be setted outside the courtroom, it has been recommended. Couples should look to seek mediation, the Family Justice Review u...
PM to revive health and safety laws
15th October 2010
The Government has vowed to stop businesses having to “jump through hoops” to meet health and safety legislation and restore the public im...
Blood victim payouts not raised
14th October 2010
Victims of a contaminated blood scandal have been told their compensation will not be increased to match that of payments made to victims in Ireland. ...
Smoking ban exemptions bid defeated
13th October 2010
A bid by a Tory MP to exempt pubs and private members clubs from the smoking ban was defeated on Wednesday. David Nuttall (Bury N) attempted to introd...
Government stalls on family court legislation
12th October 2010
The coalition Government is stalling on whether to implement legislation by the previous Labour administration which they claimed could make the famil...
Firm fined after collision death
11th October 2010
A London-based waste and recycling firm has been fined £225,000 following the death of a worker involved in a vehicle collision while collecting litt...
Asbestos court ruling overturned
08th October 2010
A 2008 High Court ruling which found that insurers who provided cover to employers at the time of asbestos exposure should pay claims for the fatal il...
Firm fined over landlord’s death
07th October 2010
A pub tenant landlord’s life could have been saved if a national pub chain had followed gas safety regulations, a court has heard. Enterprise In...
Second injunction for website owner
06th October 2010
The owner of a controversial website has been served with a second interim injunction preventing him from publishing defamatory material about a lawye...
Murder law change comes into force
05th October 2010
A new murder law is now in force in England and Wales which could see victims of domestic violence argue that they were forced to kill their tormentor...
BT ‘sent unencrypted data to firm’
04th October 2010
Phone and internet giant BT has said it mistakenly sent details of hundreds of customers to an anti-piracy law firm in an unencrypted document. The er...
Law Society wins legal aid fight
01st October 2010
The Legal Services Commission’s tendering process to award new legal aid contracts to family law solicitors is “unfair, unlawful and irrat...
Law Society wins legal aid case
30th September 2010
Two judges at the High Court have ruled in favour of the Law Society over the awarding of legal aid contracts to family law specialists. ...
High Court awaits legal aid ruling
30th September 2010
The High Court will rule on Thursday on the legality of the tendering process used for awarding new legal aid contracts to solicitors specialising in ...
Clocking off plan for smokers ‘unfair’
29th September 2010
A lobby group has warned that smokers could be forced out of the workplace because employers are making life increasingly difficult for them. Forest, ...
Walkers fined after toxic fumes death
28th September 2010
Walkers Snack Foods Ltd has been fined £200,000 after a worker inhaled toxic fumes and died. The Berkshire-based snack food giant and chemical distri...
Firm fined after worker’s death
27th September 2010
A construction firm that was building a training academy for Everton FC has been fined after a labourer who was working on the site fell to his death....
Rare defamation injunction secured
24th September 2010
An interim injunction has been granted to a lawyer, allegedly the subject of defamatory claims on a website called Solicitors From Hell. The unusual r...
Lawyers fight ‘flawed’ aid tender
23rd September 2010
A group which represents tens of thousands of UK lawyers has accused the Legal Services Commission of conducting a flawed tendering process for legal ...
Companies fined after docks death
22nd September 2010
A port firm and a shipping company have been fined a total of £185,000 after a ferry worker died at Newhaven Docks in Sussex. Luigi Feola, 38, from S...
Courts closure a ‘threat to justice’
21st September 2010
Plans to close more than 100 courts as part of Government spending cuts could pose a threat to “open and fair” justice in England and Wale...
Town halls could be used as courts
20th September 2010
Councils looking to raise funds could hire out town halls to be used as makeshift courts, it has been revealed. The Local Government Association (LGA)...
Injured cyclist gets record payout
17th September 2010
A compensation payout believed to be the highest-ever of its kind has been paid to a former Commonwealth Games cyclist who will never be able to ride ...
Prisoners receive £3m in payouts
16th September 2010
Prisoners in England and Wales received more than £3 million in compensation payments last year, figures have revealed. This includes more than £530...
Hacking ‘contempt’ enquiries made
15th September 2010
Parliamentary and legal experts are being asked whether hacking into the phones of MPs constitutes “contempt of Parliament”, a Commons sle...
Interns need employment law protection
14th September 2010
Changes need to be made in employment law to recognise university graduates carrying out unpaid internships, according to thinktank Demos. A study car...
Pillar accident costs UK food group
13th September 2010
Premier Foods Group’s failure to ensure workplace safety left a maintenance engineer with a crushed skull, a court has learned. Thomas Williams,...
MOD asbestos exposure firm fined
09th September 2010
A building contractor has been ordered to pay more than £50,000 for potentially exposing Ministry of Defence (MOD) employees to asbestos fibres for m...
Extradition deal with US considered
08th September 2010
Concerns that extradition arrangements with the US are biased against Britain will be investigated during a Government review into the system. Home Se...
Immigration cap to be scrutinised
07th September 2010
The proposal to place a cap on the numbers of skilled workers coming to the UK from outside the EU will be analysed by a group of influential MPs. The...
Term start delayed by asbestos find
03rd September 2010
Pupils at a York primary school are to have an extended summer holiday after asbestos was found in its roof. And youngsters could spend weeks in tempo...
Call for end to gender pay gap
02nd September 2010
Firms were today urged to examine their wage systems to make sure they comply with equal pay laws amid the continued gap between the earnings of men a...
Law Commission to revamp public services
02nd September 2010
Plans to reform “outdated and inconsistent” public service ombudsmen will make it easier to complain about poor services, the Law Commissi...
£30,000 fine after beam accident
31st August 2010
A Yorkshire housing developer has been fined £30,000 after a young bricklayer was left quadriplegic when he was crushed by a steel beam. Anton Burrow...
Firms fined after worker falls 70ft
26th August 2010
Two firms have been fined a total of £125,000 after an employee plunged nearly 70ft from a hospital building. Steven McColgan, 37, was working on the...
Call to reduce criminal offences
25th August 2010
England and Wales’ legal review watchdog has called for a rethink on the number of criminal offences, arguing millions of people risk being crim...
BBC defends ‘protecting’ Top Gear
24th August 2010
The BBC has justified spending taxpayers’ money to block the publication of the memoirs of Top Gear’s The Stig by saying it is protecting ...
Banker wins sex discrimination case
23rd August 2010
A female investment banker who was made redundant following her maternity leave has won her claim for sex discrimination. Oksana Denysenko initially s...
20th August 2010
Hollywood studio Warner Brothers is suing a Swiss company over a brand of condoms – called Harry Popper. Magic X’s packaging for its condo...
Pay equality ‘to take 57 years’
19th August 2010
Women managers saw their pay rise by 0.5% more than men last year – but it will still be more than 50 years before their salaries are the same a...
‘Pop-up’ courts set up in shops
18th August 2010
Courts could be set up in empty shops to save money and make it easier for those involved to get there, the Magistrates’ Association has said. B...
Law jobs ‘will go’ if legal aid cut
17th August 2010
Hundreds of lawyers face redundancy amid plans to reduce the number of firms which offer legal aid. Around 2,400 law companies offer social, welfare a...
Practices await legal aid decisions
16th August 2010
Law firms who have appealed against the Legal Services Commission’s decision to remove their eligibility for family legal aid contracts will now...
Pay-out for cancer diagnosis delay
13th August 2010
A child who lost his right eye has been awarded a five-figure damages payout. A ‘basic administration error’ led to Harvey Dellar’s ...
Call for solicitors to represent both seller and buyer
12th August 2010
Solicitors should be allowed to represent both seller and purchaser and both lender and borrower during conveyancing transactions, a Legal Services pa...
US cracks down on ‘libel tourism’
11th August 2010
US President Barack Obama has signed legislation into law that makes foreign libel judgments virtually unenforceable in US courts. The legislation fol...
Children waiting a year for care
10th August 2010
Vulnerable children are being forced to wait up to a year to be placed into care, latest figures have revealed. Delays in proceedings meant that in 20...
10th August 2010
Cohabiting couples are increasingly seeking legal advice as their relationships breakdown, according to The Law Society. The recession has sparked a b...
Panorama highlights dangers of using will writers
09th August 2010
Tonight’s BBC Panorama programme highlights the risks of using a will writing service, instead of instructing a solicitor. A recent survey by the Fe...
Law Society attacks legal aid cuts
09th August 2010
A decision to nearly halve the number of firms that are able to offer legal aid could create “advice deserts”, experts have warned. The nu...
06th August 2010
Dementia patients are being left without access to treatments which could help them because GPs are failing to spot the condition early enough, expert...
Calls to reform family leave pay
05th August 2010
A report is calling on the Government to reform laws surrounding paternity and maternity pay to simplify family leave for small businesses. The Federa...
Multi-millionaire divorce sparks law change branded a cheat’s charter
05th August 2010
Divorcing couples will no longer be able to use illegally obtained evidence of their former spouse’s assets, following a controversial Court of Appe...
Firms’ building failures killed worker
04th August 2010
A worker died on a building site because of safety failures by architects and a construction firm. David Cairns was killed when he fell off a roof, ni...
Man loses age discrimination case
03rd August 2010
A solicitors’ partner who sued his own company for age discrimination has lost his legal fight. Leslie Seldon was forced to retire when he reach...
Companies fined after man’s death
02nd August 2010
An architect and construction company has admitted that subcontractors who worked on a Somerset building site were not safely managed, leading to the ...
FSA to extend tough bonus rules
30th July 2010
Around 2,500 firms across the country could be forced to adopt the City watchdog’s tough new rules on bonuses and remuneration. The current Fina...
Bosses welcome retirement age progress
29th July 2010
Bosses have welcomed a Government announcement that it plans to allow people to work for longer by abolishing the age of retirement. The so-called def...
Ex-bank chief fined for fake figures
28th July 2010
A former boss at Northern Rock, the bank which was bailed out to the tune of billions of taxpayer pounds, has been handed a fine for faking figures fo...
Tribunal system ‘needs reform’
27th July 2010
The employment tribunal procedure needs to be overhauled, according to legal experts. According to a survey carried out by the Employment Lawyers Asso...
Payout for former hospital chief
26th July 2010
A former hospital chief has been awarded more than £67,000 compensation after he was unfairly dismissed. John Watkinson, the former chief executive o...
Pompey employees win compensation
23rd July 2010
Portsmouth FC have been ordered to pay more than £100,000 to employees who lost their jobs when the club went into administration. An employment trib...
Firefighter awarded £80,000 for human rights breach
22nd July 2010
A fireman has been awarded £80,000 for breach of his human rights after complaining about chairs hurting his back. ...
Council leader facing sex discimination claim from 1,100 staff
21st July 2010
Aberdeen City Council leader John Stewart is among 10 councillors who have been served with citations in sex discrimination claims lodged by more than...
Rules changes ‘put workers at risk’
20th July 2010
Workers are at risk due to changes to health and safety regulations over the past decade, the HSE has said ...
Pensions age timetable may be accelerated
19th July 2010
More people are likely to have to wait until they are 68 before they can claim their state pension under Government plans to speed up increases to the...
Car wash fined over employee cover
16th July 2010
An Essex car wash company found guilty of failing to purchase compulsory insurance to protect its employees has been fined. Prowash Systems, which run...
Shop manager, 50, wins ageism claim
15th July 2010
A Northern Ireland woman has been awarded almost £4,000 in a discrimination payout after being harassed by her boss over her age. A Fair Employment T...
Redundancy plea for low-earners
14th July 2010
The government has been urged not to apply plans to slash redundancy payments for civil servants to lower-paid workers. Liberal Democrat MP John Leech...
Banks urged to reform pay structure
13th July 2010
British banks have been urged to rethink their bonus structures as part of efforts to restore their reputation with the wider public. In a speech to t...
Britons urged to apply for tax owed
12th July 2010
An EU ruling means there is only a month left for British people with second homes in Spain to start reclaiming any tax they have been overcharged on ...
Euro-MPs curb bank ‘bonus culture’
09th July 2010
Euro-MPs have backed a crackdown on bankers’ bonuses – to come into force in time for this year’s round of top-up payouts. The Europ...
Tribunals against employers soar
08th July 2010
Employers in England, Scotland and Wales faced a soaring number of tribunal claims last year, new figures have shown. Some 236,100 employment tribunal...
City firms ‘sexually discriminate’
07th July 2010
A significant number of recruiters in the City of London confess to still having sexist attitudes within their companies, which can lead to career cha...
Cap for civil service pay-offs
06th July 2010
Redundancy payments to civil servants will be capped under new legislation to be brought in as soon as possible, the Government has announced. The dec...
Pregnant women win EU pay battle
05th July 2010
Pregnant workers who are granted time off or temporarily transferred to another job should retain the extra payments they normally receive, according ...
Firm forced to pay into pension pot
02nd July 2010
The parent company of a textile firm that was put into administration before being bought back on the cheap must stump up £5 million for its pension ...
Royal Mail sell-off ‘on horizon’
30th June 2010
The privatisation of the Royal Mail could begin in the next few months if workers accept a plan to give them a stake in the business, it has been repo...
CIPD calls for internship wages
29th June 2010
A £2.50-per-hour training wage should be introduced for internships across the UK, a leading management body has said. The Chartered Institute of Per...
Coalition ‘to lower immigration’
28th June 2010
The Government is committed to cutting the number of immigrants to the UK, according to Home Secretary Theresa May. A temporary cap of 24,100 workers ...
No cash for Chelsea Barracks group
25th June 2010
Property developer Christian Candy will not receive any money after a High Court judge ruled on his multimillion-pound claim over the Chelsea Barracks...
Former NHS boss wins legal battle
24th June 2010
The former boss of a Kent NHS Trust at the centre of Britain’s worst infection outbreak has won her battle over severance payment at the Court o...
Plans ‘axed to promote racial mix’
23rd June 2010
Judges at the Court of Appeal have rejected a planning application in north London that would have seen the demolition of homes and an indoor market b...
Firms confused over climate change
22nd June 2010
A study has revealed that the majority of British firms think environmental policy is unclear and there is a lack of cohesive thinking between climate...
Anaesthetist loses £1m damages bid
21st June 2010
A doctor has lost his £1 million High Court damages claim for injuries sustained in an operating theatre at a London hospital. Consultant anaesthetis...
Personal injury claims on rise
18th June 2010
New figures have revealed that the number of personal injury claims has risen again despite attempts to regulate claims-handling companies. Legal info...
Safety boss backs Government review
17th June 2010
A Government review of health and safety and Britain’s “compensation culture” has gained the support of the Health and Safety Execut...
Payout for discrimination claim PC
16th June 2010
A former policewoman has been awarded £275,000 after she suffered embarrassing and humiliating sexual remarks during her time as a firearms officer a...
Defendant scheme ruled unlawful
15th June 2010
Two senior judges have ruled that a Government scheme that requires defendants “to pay from their own pockets to establish their innocence”...
Health laws a ‘music hall joke’
14th June 2010
A former Cabinet Minister leading a review into health and safety law has said he wants to prevent the legislation becoming a “music hall joke&#...
Hammerson snaps up Leadenhall Court
11th June 2010
London office building Leadenhall Court has been purchased by property company Hammerson in a deal worth £65 million. Located on the corner of Gracec...
Employees urged to check contracts
10th June 2010
People are being urged to check their employment contracts when they start a new job. A survey of 4,000 adults by Which? Legal Service found just 26% ...
Law change plan to stop ‘garden grabbing’
09th June 2010
Councils are to get new powers to stop developers “garden grabbing” and building houses on green space. Local authorities have struggled t...
Surge in BBC sex discrimination cases
08th June 2010
Sex and age discrimination cases against the BBC have quadrupled in the past two years, according to the Telegraph. ...
RAF officer wins tribunal award
07th June 2010
An employment tribunal has awarded more than £16,000 to an RAF officer who claimed she was discriminated against because she fell pregnant, the Equal...
Gambling firms want EU laws changed
04th June 2010
The online betting industry has called for an overhaul of European Union gambling legislation after one of its courts upheld Holland's decision to bar...
Labour employment laws scrutinised
01st June 2010
The Government’s pre-election intention to review employment law has been boosted by a new study which reveals widespread indifference to a numb...
Free GP helpline ready for launch
27th May 2010
A telephone line offering GPs free advice on HR and employment law is to be launched by the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS) on Ju...
Rail bill expected ‘in due course’
26th May 2010
A hybrid Westminster Bill which would allow work to start on the construction of a high-speed rail (HSR) network will be introduced in “due cour...
Trust pays over age discrimination
25th May 2010
A hospital trust has had to pay a former member of staff £187,000 in compensation after the 56-year-old manager missed out on a promotion for being t...
Working time directive should go
24th May 2010
The coalition Government has been urged to support the repeal of the Working Time Directive, which aims to limit workers’ hours, because of its ...
Half of travel chaos staff lost pay
21st May 2010
A recruitment firm study has found that about half of all office workers who were caught in the ash cloud travel chaos last month had pay docked or sa...
Lawyer wins discrimination case
19th May 2010
A lawyer has been awarded £123,000 at an employment tribunal after it was ruled he had been sexually discriminated against and unfairly dismissed whe...
Baby P social workers to face panel
18th May 2010
Two social workers at the centre of the Baby Peter tragedy are to be charged with misconduct, it has been announced. The General Social Care Council (...
14th May 2010
A British Airways (BA) pilot who claimed he had been victimised for being Scottish has lost his tribunal claim. Douglas Maughan said he had been verba...
Equitable members welcome compensation hope
13th May 2010
More than one million policyholders who lost money in Equitable Life received hope from the new coalition Government today over compensation payments....
Ken Clarke appointed Justice Secretary
12th May 2010
Ken Clarke admitted today that he was “surprised” at his appointment as Justice Secretary in David Cameron’s new government. The for...
Court reverses Linklaters decision
11th May 2010
Communications company Levicom has won a victory in its £37 million court battle with magic circle law firm Linklaters, with a judge reversing an ear...
Victim’s partner to sue for damages
07th May 2010
A damages claim relating to medical negligence is to be lodged after a man died when medical staff failed to spot his illness ...
Pension fund savings ‘may be taxed’
06th May 2010
Individuals who have delayed making withdrawals from their pension funds have been warned that their money will be subject to inheritance tax followin...
Judge: Legal system is a minefield
06th May 2010
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