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Currently, the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) helpline receives 15,000 calls a year from employers and employees seeking advice on pregnancy or maternity and redundancy issues. In response to...
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Redundancy is a potentially fair reason for dismissal, but may be found to be unfair – for example if a particular employee is unfairly selected for redundancy. Where the decision...
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A recent Court of Appeal case shows that mediation can often be a more beneficial way of resolving disputes than what Lord Justice Jackson referred to as ‘full blooded adversarial...
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If you discover that you have overpaid VAT, you may be entitled to a refund. However, this raises the question of the tax status of the additional profit generated by...
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The Court of Appeal has recently heard the first substantial appeal concerning a claim for ancillary financial relief (a financial settlement on the break-up of a marriage or civil partnership)...
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The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 require consent to be obtained for the use of cookies and similar technologies for storing information, and accessing information stored,...
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