City banker wins landmark civil partnership appeal
30th March 2012
An equity analyst has won an appeal after challenging the way a High Court judge divided assets between his former civil partner and himself. Peter La...
Judge calls for ‘no-fault’ divorces
28th March 2012
The most senior family law judge in England and Wales has called for the introduction no-fault divorces, allowing people to get divorced without havin...
Prosecutors’ errors going unnoticed
27th March 2012
Some 7% of Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) cases are being wrongly discontinued or prosecuted because prosecutors are making ”errors of analys...
O’Reilly: Tribunal made me subject of resentment
26th March 2012
Former Countryfile presenter Miriam O’Reilly has spoken about the “seething resentment” she was confronted with when she returned to...
Posted workers ‘need safeguards’
22nd March 2012
The European Commission has called for new measures to prevent firms from exploiting EU residents if they work in another member state on a temporary ...
Corporation tax cut to 24% in April
21st March 2012
The Chancellor announced an immediate 1% cut in corporation tax after saying he wanted to make the UK’s tax system more competitive for business...
Katie Price settles second divorce
20th March 2012
Former glamour model Jordan – or Katie Price – has divorced Alex Reid due to his “unreasonable behaviour” in what is thought t...
Ruislip rail campaigner makes HS2 appeal
19th March 2012
An HS2 campaigner has claimed that a “plan B” scenario must be formulated in the event that the high-speed rail link comes to fruition and...
Unions criticise dismissal plans
16th March 2012
The Government’s consultation on current dismissal procedures will leave workers “horrified”, unions have said. Proposals include th...
Lords back industrial disease claims
16th March 2012
The House of Lords has supported moves aimed at stopping industrial disease sufferers losing up to a quarter of their compensation payouts. Civil just...
Absent dads could be forced to work
14th March 2012
Centre-right think tank Policy Exchange has called for unemployed fathers who do not live with their children to be stripped of benefits if they do no...
Government avoids legal aid setback
13th March 2012
A House of Lords opposition bid to derail Government plans to remove legal aid in the majority of immigration cases has failed. Although peers in the ...
Coalition to consult on ‘no-fault’ dismissals
12th March 2012
The Government is set to launch a consultation questioning whether compensated, ‘no-fault’ dismissals could be used by the UK’s smal...
Appeal over civil partnership settlement
09th March 2012
A former couple are awaiting the outcome of what is thought to be the first legal battle over the division of assets following the break-up of a civi...
Lords defeats for legal aid reforms
08th March 2012
The House of Lords has inflicted yet another defeat on Justice Secretary Ken Clarke’s controversial legal aid reforms. Peers on all sides of ...
MPs seek payday loans crackdown
07th March 2012
MPs have urged ministers to take steps to tackle debt management companies and payday lenders who target vulnerable customers. Members of the Busine...
Part time workers ‘better off on benefits’
06th March 2012
A change to the working tax credit system could see families better off with parents on benefits than actually working part time. At the moment low-pa...
EU to change sick leave entitlement
05th March 2012
If employees fall ill during annual leave, they will have a legal right to take more time off work, it has been reported. New European regulations whi...
Dyson eyes employment law changes
02nd March 2012
Business tycoon Sir James Dyson has said that the UK will thrive in manufacturing if looser employment laws and shorter factory leases are introduced....
Cameron hails reform bill progress
01st March 2012
Controversial welfare reforms which establish an annual benefits cap of £26,000 per household have cleared Parliament after peers ended their stand-o...
