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As the Government policy of allowing couples to share their parental leave reaches its one-year anniversary, new research shows the take-up has been minimal, with just 1 per cent of men choosing to make use of the opportunity. ... read more
April 5th, 2016
With the ongoing transformation of the legal services sector, law firms need to review the skills required of their employees if they are to succeed. They also need to be more open to taking on “non-traditional and transient employees”. ... read more
March 30th, 2016
The government is proposing to increase the charges for the granting of probate on larger estates. Probate is the official permission to distribute a dead person’s estate. ... read more
March 2nd, 2016
What do you need to know about international divorce?
What is the difference between divorce and international divorce? There are various situations when it becomes international, for example: ... read more
December 16th, 2015
Oisin Tymon, a producer on Top Gear who was punched by the show’s presenter, Jeremy Clarkson, earlier this year has launched a personal injury and employment claim for more than £100,000, according to The Telegraph. ... read more
November 16th, 2015
A former insider at the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) has alleged that the contract procurement process due to conclude today is flawed, according to the Law Society Gazette. Criminal defence firms are due to find out if they have won one of a reduced number of contracts to provide 24-hour cover at police... ... read more
October 16th, 2015
The new Consumer Rights Act, which came into force on 1 October 2015, will for the first time give shoppers the clear right to a repair or replacement when web-based products, including downloaded or streamed content such as apps, music, movies and games, fail to work. ... read more
October 2nd, 2015
The government is contemplating introducing legislation to reinforce changes to the School Admissions Code that offer children born in the summer the option to delay entry to reception until they have passed five years old. ... read more
September 11th, 2015
Claire Miller, a qualified barrister, offered profound thanks to the 30 people who helped lift a taxi under which she was inexplicably trapped to free her without serious injury. Recovering at her home she called Londoners “the greatest people on Earth”. ... read more
August 20th, 2015
The chair of the Bar Council, Alistair MacDonald, has voiced doubts about whether alternative business structures (ABSs) should be permitted in the barristers’ pr0fession, even though the Bar’s regulator has applied to license them. ... read more
August 19th, 2015
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