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Recently there has been a lot of publicity surrounding the case of Heather Ilott, who successfully claimed against her mother, Melita's estate after she died.
There have been some surprising results in a number of recent cases examined by the courts regarding Wills made by people whose mental capacity is diminishing due to dementia or otherwise.
From 6 April 2017, lecturers and senior FE administrators applying for Tier 2 visas outside the UK will need to provide criminal record certificates in support of their applications.
If you own a successful family business you probably built it up over the course of many years of hard graft, or acquired it from someone else who did. So it often seems quite counterintuitive to suggest that you take that business and fragment it.
Two thirds of SME businesses in the UK are family owned, so it's clearly a popular business model. But…only 30% will successfully pass to the second generation (and only 12% to the third and 3% to the fourth)...
We are regularly asked to advise on the terms of business provided by hirers for the supply of contractors (temporary workers and independent contractors) by staffing businesses.
An application to order compliance with a subject access request was refused by the High Court because the data controller's searches were found to be reasonable and proportionate, and the legal professional privilege exemption had been properly claimed..
In the 2016 Autumn Statement, the government announced that it would be implementing legislation to reform the intermediaries rules (IR35), for those engaged by the public sector through an intermediary...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal had to consider whether an employer's refusal to grant an employee five consecutive weeks' leave in order to attend a series of religious festivals amounted to indirect religion or belief discrimination, in the case of...
Another recent prosecution by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) of a former employee highlights the need for employers to ensure they are taking appropriate measures when it comes to the protection of data.
The government, on 20 January 2017, published the draft Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017 (the Regulations)...