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Judges call for no-fault divorces

April 16, 2012

Senior judges in the UK have labelled current divorce laws “vastly outdated”, renewing calls for no-fault divorces to be introduced.

Report says divorce mediation not being pushed in court

April 16, 2012

A report has claimed that courts are not asking for details of divorce mediation meetings

Widow claims inheritance is not enough

April 16, 2012

Barbara Lileyman married her late husband Roy in 2007, having met some time in 2004 after the death of his first wife

Compensation award upheld for man forced to retire at 65

April 10, 2012

An engineer who won a discrimination case against his employer after he was told to retire has won an appeal and an award for further costs.

‘Dodgy debt’ clampdown by OFT

April 10, 2012

Debt companies that target customers through unsolicited texts, emails and phone calls will be targeted in an Office of Fair Trading (OFT) clampdown which it hopes will ease the pressure on indebted Brits.

Employment law changes to keep your eye on this April

April 10, 2012

It’s that time of the year again, a time when UK employers gear up for a swathe of employment law changes, and 2012 is no different

February rise in UK insolvencies

April 10, 2012

UK insolvency numbers show no signs of slowing down after a surge in failing IT firms pushed up the overall number of insolvencies across the UK in February.

High Court legal battles between landlords and tenants on the up

April 10, 2012

Landlords and tenants are increasingly butting heads in the High Court, as new figures show disputes between the two have increased more than eighteen-fold since the onset of the recession.