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A packaging firm has been fined £200,000 after one of its employees severely injured both hands when they became trapped in heavy machinery. The 25-year-old man worked for Smurfit...
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Employers are reminded that several new employment law measures came into force on 29 July 2013. 1. Bringing an Employment Tribunal (ET) claim is no longer free. The...
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A case concerning a contract between a man who ran a removal business and a house owner, which was made at the home of the latter and followed up by...
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The Government has recently carried out a consultation on how the proposed new ‘superfast’ patent service should work. Currently, it can take a number of years to gain patent...
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Householders whose homes suffered storm and flood damage reluctantly found themselves at the epicentre of a High Court case in which they defeated claims that they should be held personally...
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A firm of accountants which failed to point out tax saving opportunities to a client when he sold his company was found to be negligent by the High Court recently. ...
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