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Equal pay for men and women has been in the news again recently after more than 4,500 female Birmingham City Council employees won their discrimination claim at the Employment Tribunal. The women, who work as cleaners, care assistants and in other more traditionally female jobs, claimed that the Council had discriminated against them because they did not qualify for bonuses that were payable...
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With tax rates on the rise and the coldest winter in years still a vivid memory, it may be a tempting prospect to leave Britain behind and settle somewhere in the sun.
One of the drawbacks with this approach is that it is, in practice, difficult to sever one’s connection with the UK for tax purposes. There are several things you must do in order to become non-resident for tax...
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An executor who stole more than £80,000 from the estate of a client faces a jail sentence for his crime. The man, who operated as a ‘will writer’, also faces a confiscation order against his assets. Much of the money was used to finance a luxury cruise for him and his wife and for gambling.
The theft was discovered by a cancer charity, which was due to benefit under...
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When a wife agrees to allow the family home to be used as security for her husband’s debts, the legal situation is normally clear and the creditor can rely on her consent in order to take possession. However, a recent case, in which a wife successfully resisted the bank’s claim on the matrimonial home after she discovered that her husband had been having an affair, has shown the...
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In what is thought to be the largest consumer class action in English legal history, more than 1,500 customers who suffered chemical burns and allergic reactions after buying ‘toxic sofas’ are to share in a £20 million compensation settlement.
Several thousand people in the UK developed health problems as a result of contact with their new furniture and some have been...
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A recent case shows yet again that there are those who will prey on the elderly and the bereaved for their own benefit.
An NHS bereavement services adviser from Leicestershire was jailed after being found guilty of stealing £3/4 million from the estates of deceased hospital patients.
The woman had befriended the patients and used the trust they bestowed on her to forge...
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A 92-year-old widow has won the right to evict her daughter and son-in-law, following a bitter family dispute that has lasted, on and off, for 20 years. The Court of Appeal judges dismissed claims by the couple that they had been promised the house would be theirs and had acquired rights over it because they also made repairs to the property at their own expense.
Eileen Cook and her...
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New rates for the National Minimum Wage (NMW) will come into force on 1 October 2010.
As announced last year, the adult rate of the NMW is to be extended to 21-year-olds when the new rates come into effect.
The revised rates are as follows:
• The adult hourly rate of the NMW will increase from £5.80 to...
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New Rights for House Buyers
The new Consumer Code for Home Builders came into force on 1 April 2010 and provides significant new protection for those who buy homes ‘off plan’.
The Code requires builders of houses to keep buyers informed of the progress of the construction work. It specifically requires builders to provide ‘reliable and realistic’...
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For an application to be made for ancillary relief (a financial settlement on divorce), there has to have been a valid marriage in the first place. On that simple point a woman’s application to file for divorce and claim ancillary relief was recently refused by the court. The judge had watched the ‘wedding video’ of a ceremony carried out in South Africa and concluded that...
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