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Career Lost Demands More Equal Treatment in Divorce

Posted2 March 2015

Big money divorce cases get into the news for a whole variety of reasons, but an allegation of sex discrimination is seldom one of them. However, this was one...

Stamp Duty Changes

Posted27 February 2015

The basis on which stamp duty is charged is being changed in a move that will benefit most purchasers of property. The old system applied a single rate of...

Court Interpreters’ Race Discrimination Claims Boosted

Posted26 February 2015

In Windle and Another v Secretary of State for Justice, foreign language interpreters who claim that they suffered race discrimination whilst working for Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS)...

Ways to Complain – And Ways Not to Complain!

Posted25 February 2015

A little-reported case shows the danger of taking matters into your own hands when you buy goods of inferior quality. It dealt with the sale of a pony. The...

Low Pay Commission’s Recommendations on Increases to the National Minimum Wage

Posted25 February 2015

The Low Pay Commission (LPC) has published its 2015 report in which it makes recommendations to the Government on National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates. The recommendation as regards the...

Entrenched Position Over Ditch to Cost Thousands

Posted24 February 2015

Two couples who entered into a protracted legal argument over the ownership of a ditch have been left facing legal costs of £500,000 after the dispute ended up in the...