Terminate. It is such an aggressive word, evoking images of Arnie shooting good and bad guys (depending on which movie you watch) and a muscled Linda Hamilton doing an impressive number of pull-ups. Termination is also a legal term applied to...
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Burki v Seventy Thirty Ltd; Seventy Thirty Ltd v Burki EWHC 2151 (QB) Ask most new couples how they met these days and the answer you mostly get is, “we met online”. Internet dating apps are worth £11.7 billion in the UK and account for...
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When most of us leave for work in the morning, few of us consider that we may return home, days, weeks or months’ later, with serious, perhaps life-changing injuries. In 2016/17, 175,000 employees were required to take seven or more days off...
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KFC suffered an extraordinary embarrassment at the end of February when it had to shut down almost half of its 900 UK outlets because it could not get chicken into its stores. The saga began when the company, of which 80% of its stores are run on...
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For many of us turning up to work each day in our safe, open plan offices, where the most dangerous item we face is a faulty stapler, the idea of spending our days doing something slightly riskier is appealing. Think about it; when you were a...
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Last year was a tumultuous year for employment law. From the abolition of the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal Fees to disability discrimination and whistleblowing, employers and HR directors need to take note of certain...
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Do you remember the film, The Graduate? It may surprise you to learn that Anne Bancroft was only 35 when she played the iconic role of bored housewife, Mrs Robinson (Dustin Hoffman was 29 years). By todays standards, most people would agree that...
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Due to the age of this post, the law may not still be relevant and as such the information out of date. Please refer to this page and this blog for more up-to-date information. Earlier this year, The Times reported that an 81-year-old...
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Suffering from a personal injury due to the negligence of an individual, business or local body can be life-changing in some cases. However, even seemingly minor injuries can result in months of rehabilitation and lost income. That is why...
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For many years the English family law system has steered away from harsh, confrontational methods to resolve family law disputes. Instead, couples have been encouraged to work out financial settlements and arrangements for children between...
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