Facebook Comments Lead to Unfair Dismissal
October 21, 2011Employment Law An employment tribunal has ruled that an employee was unfairly dismissed for making negative comments about her workplace on Facebook. In the case of Witham v Club 24 […]
Employment Law An employment tribunal has ruled that an employee was unfairly dismissed for making negative comments about her workplace on Facebook. In the case of Witham v Club 24 […]
Family Law The Prime Minister, David Cameron, announced plans on 10 October 2011 to make forced marriages a criminal offence. At the moment the breaking of a Forced Marriage Prevention […]
Landlord and Tenant Under the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, long leaseholders of residential buildings can apply to take over the management of the building (subject to certain exceptions). […]
Family Law Iain Duncan Smith has used his speech at the recent Conservative party conference to issue a clear statement that married couples must be given tax breaks. The Work and […]
Employment Law At the Conservative Party conference the government revealed planned changes to employment law. The Chancellor, George Osborne, announced the government intends to change the qualifying period for an […]
Family Law As detailed previously the government has decided against making reforms to cohabitants legal rights in the current parliamentary term. The Law Society strongly believes that changes are needed […]
Family Law The Attorney General Dominic Grieve is to write to the Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke to raise concerns over the Government’s planned cuts to Legal Aid. Mr Grieve has […]
Landlord and Tenant Under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 leaseholders are liable to pay service charges where they are ‘reasonably incurred’. In the recent case of Garside and another […]
Family and Children In the case of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council v Haigh and others, The Family Division of the High Court ordered that information relating to the case be […]
Family Law A report for the Ministry of Justice has revealed support for greater transparency and a better understanding of the family justice system. The Family Courts Information Pilot was […]
Cohabitants and Unmarried Couples Live in couples can still have legal rights despite the government’s decision to shelve plans to give cohabiting partners similar rights to married couples (see here). […]
Landlord and Tenant The government has proposed changes to the Localism Bill to try and address the imbalance between landlords and tenants after a run of cases found in favour […]
