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27/03/2008 : Would You Like An Extra Bank Holiday?
Ex-attorney general Lord Goldsmith is proposing a new public holiday to celebrate ‘Britishness’ as part of a campaign to promote British citizenship. It’s not the first time a new bank holiday has been suggested. Tour company… »

26/03/2008 : In Sickness And In Health
I often wonder if I should have been a doctor instead of a lawyer. It comes as no surprise to me to hear this week that we are now officially one of the sickest countries in Europe. The latest government sponsored report puts the cost of our country’s… »

25/03/2008 : How To Challenge A Contempt Of Court Act Postponement Order
Reporters who can spot and challenge an invalid postponement order under S.4(2) of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 help the media to confront one of the most wide-ranging reporting restrictions on the statute book. Such orders sometimes ban… »

24/03/2008 : Six Things To Do Before The End Of The Tax Year
The end of yet another tax year is in sight bringing an opportunity for you to put your tax affairs in order Below is a brief summary of some of the tax saving opportunities available to you before 5 April 2008. 1. Pension contributions… »

20/03/2008 : Trade Mark Poaching – A New Trend?
Trade marks and trade names are valuable commercial assets that instantly distinguish your goods or services from your competitors. As people become more savvy in intellectual property we are seeing an increasing number of businesses attempting to unfairly… »

19/03/2008 : "Money Can’t Buy Me Love” – The McCartney Divorce: Fair or Foul?
On a day when stock markets across the world slumped, with the loss of millions of pounds, one person at least made a good return on her investment. The announcement flashed up online and on TV news programmes with all the fanfare of an international… »

12/03/2008 : Hope I Die Before I Get Old
When you hear the phrase ‘age discrimination’ what do you think of? Is your first thought panic over whether you can force Norman to retire when he’s 65 next month? Or are you regretting writing ‘now you’re over the hill’… »

12/03/2008 : The Wait Continues...
Improved Legal rights for cohabiting couples are still bleak, despite the recent, and much publicised, Law Commission report on cohabitation and relationship breakdown. The report recommended that couples who had lived together for a qualifying period… »

06/03/2008 : There’s No Disputing it – It’s Time For A Change!
Benjamin Franklin once reportedly said that ‘The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice’.  Many small employers would certainly agree when it comes to the statutory employment dispute resolution procedures introduced… »

04/03/2008 : Prisoners And Work Placements
A man is in prison. The prison has a resettlement unit, the purpose of which is to place prisoners with local businesses in order to prepare them for release and possibly secure them an ongoing job. Our prisoner gets a work placement with a small… »

03/03/2008 : Common Sense Prevails For Media Access to Court Papers
Public access to information about court cases has improved – in a significant victory for open justice. Previously, court staff were routinely refusing journalists access to judicial review papers filed in court. But the head of the Administrative… »

28/02/2008 : Age Discrimination
Age discrimination became unlawful just over two years ago. By March last year, there had been 972 claims made to employment tribunals and, if our experience is anything to go by, that number will now be a lot higher. It is important that employers… »

21/02/2008 : The Dangers Of Being Too Casual With Your Workers
As the beautiful British summer approaches together with the inevitable sight of knotted handkerchiefs and smoke from hastily erected barbeques, many businesses in the region will be looking forward to a busy and profitable season ahead. For many,… »

21/02/2008 : In The Dock: Corporate Manslaughter Reforms
Death by corporate manslaughter enters a new chapter after 6 April. The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2006 will make it easier for all companies to be held responsible for serious failures in the management of health and safety resulting… »

20/02/2008 : Flying Solo In The Divorce Court?
Heather Mills is now acting in person in what could potentially be the biggest ever divorce settlement in English legal history.  What does acting in person mean? It means deciding against using a lawyer or barrister to act for you and doing… »

20/02/2008 : Top Tips To Avoid Repossession
Don’t be an ostrich With repossessions rising by 21% in the last year and predicted to increase in 2008 many homeowners may have concerns about how to handle to repayment difficulties and avoid repossession. The key to sailing through… »

14/02/2008 : Be Warned
For many years the law has been certain in relation to warnings dished out to employees. A verbal or written warning normally has a life of six months and a final written warning a life of twelve months. Once a warning has expired, it could not be relied… »

14/02/2008 : Love Is In The Air Conditioning
Their eyes met across the photocopier. Before long they were spotted sharing their lunch hours together in the staff room. A few months later it became official – our two office lovebirds were engaged.  An office romance is a happy event,… »

12/02/2008 : Second-guessing contempt, and fanciful libel – “love it!”
The contempt laws continue to raise difficult questions about media coverage of on-going court cases. One example concerns the recent press interview of Sally Murrer, the Milton Keynes Citizen journalist charged with aiding and abetting misconduct… »

05/02/2008 : Local Authorities Must Follow Rules Where Children Are Concerned.
Family cases are private matters so we may never know the full story, but the recent removal of a two hour old baby from its mother by a local authority in Nottingham, without any court order, clearly breaks the law. The mother’s social workers… »

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