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...
