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Leading personal injury solicitor John Spencer of CS2 Lawyers has called for fundamental reforms to the personal injury market designed to enforce transparency, ensure consumer protection and improve access to justice.

Leading Merseyside law firm, Donoghue Solicitors, have donated an Xbox 360 with Kinect to help young patients in Alder Hey’s Cystic Fibrosis Unit.

The Royal Wedding is bringing out the romantic in all of us and it’s all too easy- and probably appropriate- to forget those disturbing one in three divorce statistics. Following the law in the USA, the UK courts now accept pre-nup agreements.

Five new Partners are being made on 1 May at Quality Solicitors Nalders.

How to serve international legal documents in France. Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extra-Judicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters.

Pursuant to the Insolvency Act 26 July 2005 and Article L622-17 of the Code de Commerce, debts arising after the date a French company is put into Receivership must be paid by the company's Receiver.

Buying a property in France requires the specialist legal assistance of highly-trained, qualified lawyers suitably experienced in such matters. It is not just permitted to have your own legal advisor, it is highly recommended.

Nalders has been selected as the only solicitors firm in Cornwall to join the UK’s first national legal brand, QualitySolicitors, as law firms around the country prepare for ‘Tesco law.’

One of the UK’s leading employment solicitors Trethowans examine the implications of a recent the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling that has determined that administration will not be sufficient to avoid regulations 4 and 7 of TUPE.

One of the UK’s leading employment solicitors Trethowans examine the implications of a recent constructive dismissal claim.

One of the UK’s leading employment solicitors Trethowans examine the implications of two recent disability discrimination decisions

Oxley & Coward Solicitors LLP is supporting Deafness Research UK by providing an educational grant to enable the country’s leading medical research charity to design and print vital information leaflets on hearing loss.

The much anticipated Manchester Legal Awards of 2011 has now finally come to an end and Olliers Solicitors have been one of the many nominees who have been delighted with their announcement of winning the Crime / Regulatory Team of the Year category.

Manchester's heavy weight solicitors firm nominated for Crime / Regulatory Team of the Year 2011 at the Manchester Legal Awards.

It’s beer we go as Rotherham’s Oakwood Beer Festival opens its doors with a new name in a new venue, but with one regular sponsor in the shape of Oxley and Coward Solicitors LLP returning to refresh the parts other solicitors cannot reach.

As a general rule, equal pay claims can be brought in the Employment Tribunal within 6 months of the end of the employment to which the claim relates.

The majority of the Equality Act 2010 came into force on 1 October 2010. There are, however, some provisions which will be brought into force or considered further in 2011

NEIL Grunfeld, head of family law at Howards Solicitors, is giving a cautious welcome to new proposals that make divorcing couples use mediation.

White & Black Legal hosted a debate on the issues facing women seeking business finance. The debate was held at Drapers’ Hall in the City of London. Speakers included Dr Vicky Pryce, Dr Rebecca Harding, Anne Glover CBE and Ken Olisa OBE.

Every year, there are approximately 3 million people in the UK who sustain an accidental injury

In line with expert-answers philosophy of making legal advice affordable, accessible and straightforward, they have launched a new site to help people change their name: change-name.co.uk.

A website providing Legal Advice where the client decides how much to pay is changing the rules of the game for the legal profession.

If you are one of the 70% of people who don’t have a Will, you risk bequeathing a situation that can tear families apart. Rotherham solicitors Oxley and Coward LLP hope a new BBC series could switch people on to the merits of preparing a Will.

Miriam O’Reilly has won her age discrimination case against the BBC after she was dropped as presenter of BBC One’s Countryfile.

Earlier this week the Court of Appeal ruled in Safeway Stores Ltd & Ors v Twigger & Ors that a £16 million fine imposed on Safeway cannot be recovered from the ex-employees who were responsible for incurring the fine.

In an office in Ellesmere Port a solicitor and a computer expert have devised a unique way of providing legal advice on the internet.

Divorced and separated couples who cannot agree on arrangements for children over Christmas should consider mediation to work things out, rather than an application to the court, according to local family law experts Oxley & Coward Solicitors.

It is not surprising that people in other countries allegedly laugh at the British as our infrastructure fails to cope with the first sight of snow.

Draft n Craft, a legal process outsourcing company based in India, is offering a Hassle free delivery model for all your work related needs.

Employment Solicitors Trethowans look at the new government announcement on the number of skilled migrant workers coming to this country

Southampton and Salisbury solicitors Trethowans has bolstered its Litigation Services Group with the hire of a team of three senior insurance litigation lawyers.

This premier event for legal professionals working in the evolving Public Sector environment, will discuss effective strategies & working models to enhance legal officers’ performance & efficiency through interactive participation & discussion

Pre-nuptial agreements (or pre-nups) have effectively been given official status in British Law following a recent court case involving a German heiress, opening a door to a boom in such agreements in the UK.

Manchester City footballer Nigel de Jong could be subjected to a personal injury claim following an on-the-field incident during a Premiership match earlier this month.

Paul Rooney Personal Injury Solicitors examines the case of a man who suffered a serious brain injury being awarded £2million in compensation after he was misdiagnosed by hospital staff.

A woman who was injured whilst travelling on the London Underground transport system is to claim compensation.

Katie Price and Peter Andre are apparently set for a 7 day hearing in their divorce proceedings.

The aim of the Equality Act is to harmonise all of the existing anti-discrimination legislation that has developed over the past forty years.

The recent Employment Appeal Tribunal ("EAT") decision in the case of Kelly v University of Southampton, upheld the Tribunal’s finding

The Justice Minister, Jonathan Djanogly has recently lambasted parents for using the Courts to decide their children’s future, rather than exercising their own responsibility and making those decisions between themselves.

THE head of one of Britain’s leading will-writing and probate companies this week called for a show of unity among those who write wills to address what he described as ‘the UK’s appalling lack of preparedness for the one inevitable in life’.

Coodes Solicitors and Robinson Reed Layton Chartered Accountants and Chartered Tax Advisers explained effective Inheritance Tax (IHT) planning at Killiow Golf Course on Friday, September 24. Due to the success, plans for another are now underway.

Mark Gardner, insolvency expert at Latimer Hinks Solicitors, believes that desperation can lead to people finding themselves drawn into problems with unscrupulous debt management companies.

Holiday pay remains one of the biggest bones of contention between employers and employees but one area of current employment law concerning the interrelation between holidays and sick leave could becoming a little clearer.

With the declared aim of ‘making Britain a more equal society’, the coalition government has announced that the long awaited Equality Act will go ahead as planned by the previous administration.

Rebecca Stopford, Commercial Partner with Rotherham’s Oxley and Coward Solicitors LLP, is warning businesses the 30 September deadline is fast approaching for every company to have at least one director who is an individual and not a corporation.

The head of the British Chamber of Commerce has warned the Government that the latest corporate pension laws could seriously damage employment prospects in the UK

Most of the provisions of the much discussed Equality Act 2010 will come into force in October this year. This includes Section 60, which prohibits the asking of questions about a job applicant’s health.

Doncaster Employer of the Year Award nominee Atherton Godfrey are pleased to announce that two former trainees join their ranks as qualified Solicitors ready to take on client instructions.

A policy, implemented by the previous Government, aimed at combating the increasing amount of vacant retail space has failed to make an impact on recession-hit town and city centres. according to Mark Clayton.