The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published guidance for employers and employees on the new ‘Fit for Work’ service, previously called the Health and Work Service, which is being rolled out over the
In a case which highlighted the impact of legal aid cuts on the family justice system, a teenager who faced being cross-examined in court by a man accused of sexually abusing her will instead be
In a guideline case on the valuation of property rights perceived as holding ‘ransom’ value, a landowner whose shooting rights were compulsorily acquired by a local authority has had his hopes of a £5.6 million
Residential landlords are reminded that since 1 December 2014, the Government has been carrying out a pilot scheme (currently only in parts of the Midlands) requiring them to check the residency status of tenants and
Commercial competition in the funeral business spilled over into the planning field as rival companies, which each hoped to develop crematoria in an area where there was only a market for one, fought out their
Occupational pensions used to be considered gold-plated – but not anymore, it seems, after a retired employee’s campaign to increase levels of compensation paid by the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) fell on fallow ground at
If you are sick and tired of hearing salesmen on the phone, your complaints will not fall on deaf ears, as a plastic windows company discovered to its cost after it was fined £50,000 for
A company (company A) which specialises in ecologically friendly investments has won an asset freezing injunction against those it accuses of perpetrating a £2.2 million fraud relating to a 35 hectare plot of Brazilian teak
Under the new Shared Parental Leave arrangements, eligible parents of children due to be born or adopted on or after 5 April 2015 have more flexibility as to how they take time off work to
A family company which for over 50 years has led the field in the manufacture of ice cream vans has won the right to substantial compensation after convincing the High Court that a rival business
