Record settlement businessman avoids tax claims
31st May 2012
An insurance businessman, who was once forced to pay out on the UK’s most costly post-divorce claim, has had a case against him regarding unpaid tax...
Secret evidence ‘ruled out for inquests’
30th May 2012
Officials have announced that inquests will not be granted powers to hear evidence in secret. The call came under the newly published Justice and Secu...
Brits ‘overpay’ inheritance tax bills
29th May 2012
Large numbers of UK taxpayers may have paid more inheritance tax than they needed to, according to new data. In statistics released by NFU Mutual, fig...
Brits ‘overpay inheritance tax bills’
29th May 2012
Large numbers of UK taxpayers may have paid more inheritance than they needed to, according to new data. In statistics released by financial service p...
28th May 2012
The number of new laws created has fallen to its lowest level since 1992, indicating a “slackening in the pace of new legislative change”, accordi...
Doubt over ‘no-fault dismissal’ plans
25th May 2012
A report commissioned by the Prime Minister calling for changes to employment law, making it easier for businesses to dismiss staff, has been criticis...
Welsh firm fined after fatal crush
24th May 2012
A recycling firm has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a worker was crushed to death by an industrial skip. Officials at ...
MPs set out new power measures
23rd May 2012
A programme with the aim of rolling back the state and giving individuals and companies extra power has been set out by Tory MPs. The group, from the ...
Courts criticism was valid – Clarke
22nd May 2012
Criticism over Ken Clarke’s proposals to expand secret hearings into civil courts was correct, the justice secretary has admitted. Mr Clarke sai...
Employment plan ‘to cause friction’
21st May 2012
Tensions are expected to mount within the Coalition this week when an extreme plan to change employment restrictions is published. Venture capitalist ...
Child support agency urged to rethink fees
18th May 2012
A group of MPs have called on the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC) to reconsider its strategy to charge parents a fee for applying...
Blood transfusion compensation bids
17th May 2012
Patients who contracted HIV, hepatitis C and other diseases following transfusions of contaminated blood in the NHS’s ”worst ever treatment d...
IBB welcomes HSBC panel decision
16th May 2012
IBB Solicitors welcomes the decision by HSBC to backtrack on its restriction on clients to use only its narrow panel of solicitors for conveyancing. H...
Government axes A4e jobs contract
16th May 2012
Training company A4e has been stripped of its welfare-to-work contract in the South East of England. The firm’s Mandatory Work Activity (MWA) c...
CMEC accounts not fully signed off
15th May 2012
The National Audit Office has not fully signed off the accounts of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC) due to a number of errors. ...
Plans to overhaul employment tribunals
14th May 2012
Proposals that will slash red tape and see reform of the rules around employment tribunals have been championed by the Business Secretary. The Ent...
Disappointment over gay marriage snub
11th May 2012
Campaigners have hit out at the Government’s decision to exclude gay marriage plans from this week’s Queen’s Speech. The issue of wh...
Courts to close during Olympics
10th May 2012
Government plans will see around 50% of criminal courtrooms in the capital out of operation during the London Olympic Games. Official documents seen b...
More rights planned for divorced fathers
09th May 2012
Divorced fathers are likely to be granted more rights to see their children if the arrangement benefits the child under a Bill outlined in the Queen&#...
Top judges debate property status
08th May 2012
A building in one of the UK’s most expensive areas has been the subject of debate for some of the UK’s top legal minds, according to reports. Lord...
Property wrangle over London tennis club
04th May 2012
A complicated debate is ensuing about the ownership of the St Andrew’s Lawn Tennis Club’s playing courts in Cheam, London. The land, which is wor...
Appeal judges rule over contempt sentences
03rd May 2012
The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of a decision to jail two women who “intimidated” jurors during an assault trial. The court was to...
‘Tabloid marriages’ bad for society
02nd May 2012
A High Court Judge, who has seen an unprecedented increase in divorce during his work in family judiciary, is blaming the “Hello magazine approa...
Girl injured at birth wins compensation claim
01st May 2012
An 11-year-old girl who sustained injuries whilst being born has been awarded £10.8 million in compensation due to hospital staff failing to perform ...
