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27/12/2006 : New Rules Will Affect 'Chuggers'
Walk down any high street and you will probably see someone collecting money for charity. Many of us now routinely experience being approached by a charity fundraiser hoping to persuade you to sign up to a direct debit there and then. The use of… »

22/12/2006 : Special Guardianship - how special is it?
Parental responsibility is a bundle of powers over and duties towards children. Mothers and married fathers have it automatically. Unmarried fathers can acquire it either by signing a parental responsibility agreement with the child’s mother, by… »

19/12/2006 : Hold The Front Page - Recent Developments in Privacy
The hush of privacy has descended further with an adulterer winning a temporary injunction banning the betrayed husband from naming him in the media. Mr Justice Eady imposed the order after the adulterer, a well-known figure in the sports world, faced… »

05/12/2006 : Christmas Again!
At this very moment any number of employees are looking forward to the office Christmas party, team meal or other Christmas “do”. Let me make a prediction, after the event some people will have sore heads, some will wonder what they said… »

01/12/2006 : NHS Redress Act
On 8 November 2006, the NHS Redress Bill received Royal assent. The Bill, which was published back in October 2005, created powers to set up an NHS Redress Scheme. The aim of the Scheme is to provide a more speedy resolution to the claim with more consistent… »

30/09/2006 : Private Client Bulletin - September 2006
Will Planning: A cautionary tale? Former Channel 4 Countdown presenter Richard Whiteley’s estate raises a number of interesting issues, given his substantial property interests and private life as colourful as his famous ties and jackets.…
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27/09/2006 : More new law
This article will be very interesting to some people and as dull as ditch water to others. Which camp you fall into probably depends on whether you, or anybody close to you, is affected by the changes in the law that the Work and Families Act 2006 will… »

27/09/2006 : Do you believe?
Jon Loney, employment specialist at South West law firm Foot Anstey, highlights employers’ duties under the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations. Religious extremism has been at the forefront of the British media in recent months,… »

27/09/2006 : Sick Pay & Disability
Whenever radical new laws are introduced, it takes a good few years before the courts put enough flesh on the bones of the basic law for us to understand exactly what the law means in practice. The Disability Discrimination Act was introduced in… »

27/09/2006 : Workplace Malpractice
Dave has been unemployed for a number of years and is naturally delighted when he gets a job working for a timber merchant. Part of Dave’s job involves cutting wood using a circular saw. Dave is sent on a training course on how to use the saw safely.… »

27/09/2006 : Unfair Constructive Dismissal
Nick has worked for a medium-sized company as a sales manager for seven years. He is responsible for five people. It would be unfair to say that Nick is lazy but his main interest in life is golf and this takes priority over his job. Nick’s… »

27/09/2006 : Coming to an End
It is said that there are two certainties in life; death and taxes. However, it is just as certain that every job has a start and an end. At the end of the day, none of us live forever. However, on a slightly more cheerful note, I want to look… »

27/09/2006 : Holiday Plan Ahead
This is the time of year when most of us think about going on holiday. How much we are entitled to can be a touchy subject. Time away from work is recognised as an important part of the work/life balance and there is no doubt that it can help reduce… »

27/09/2006 : Holiday Pay
Workers are entitled as the law currently stands to four weeks’ paid holiday a year. Quite a lot of employers, particularly those who employ temporary, season or shift workers have adopted a practice of paying the worker an additional amount… »

27/09/2006 : Money Laundering
Do you ever feel a deep sense of frustration when asked to supply utility bills, passports, birth certificates etc etc to prove to people who often know you well, that you are who you are and not some drug baron or mafia boss? Me too. However,… »

27/09/2006 : Sex Discrimination
Jon Loney, an employment lawyer at Foot Anstey highlights the latest case of sex discrimination This month a former male nurse won a case of Sex Discrimination against an NHS trust who refused to allow him to carry out routine procedures on female… »

27/09/2006 : You’re fired!
Sir Alan Sugar certainly didn’t suffer fools gladly in this year’s TV series ‘The Apprentice’. His bullish style of peremptory dismissals made compelling viewing, and I for one was glued to my TV. However, such a management… »

27/09/2006 : Fixed Term Contracts
In June 2002, Gillian accepted a one year fixed term contract to work for a small publishing company as a graphic designer. At the end of the contract, she was offered a two year fixed term contract. Gillian was hoping to be offered a permanent job but… »

27/09/2006 : Part Time/Full Time
Jane works in a shop for twelve hours a week. She would like to work full-time but has children to run around after. One Saturday morning when she is working in the shop she gets chatting to Sarah who works full-time. Jane is disgusted to learn that… »

27/09/2006 : Unfair Dismissal
The vast majority of employment related claims that employees make against employers are for unfair dismissal. Surprisingly there is still quite a lot of confusion as to what the unfair dismissal rules are. So here are the basic principles.… »

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