The Solicitor
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The FindLaw UK Life, Family and Workplace Law Blog. The Solicitor strives to address the legal questions and circumstances that arise in the everyday lives of UK residents, including the laws that affect family life, workplace and personal finances.
Latest Blog Posts
- Tax Law Rewrite Complete on Nov 23, 2009 in England Northern Ireland Scotland Tax Law Wales Corporation Tax Corporation Tax Bill direct tax direct tax laws Stephen Timms tax law rewrite Tax Law Rewrite project Taxarion Bill
The Corporation Tax Bill and the Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Bill have been published. These Bills are the sixth and seventh produced by the Tax Law Rewrite project, which has rewritten a big chunk of UK...
- Crime and Security Bill: New Proposals To Protect Communities on Nov 23, 2009 in England Wales anti-social behaviour ASBO ASBOs Crime and Security Bill DNA database DNA samples gang lifestyle gang members parenting order protect communities
New proposals to protect communities by making the streets safer, shutting down criminal markets and ensuring justice for victims of crime were revealed last week in the Crime and Security Bill. The new Bill includes the following proposed measures:.
- Redundancy Rights: Off-License Group Announce 2,000 Job Cuts on Nov 23, 2009 in Employment Law England Northern Ireland Redundancy Rights Scotland Wales Bottoms Up efb retail first quench Haddows redundancies redundancy law redundancy rights threshers threshers stores Victoria Wine
Administrators at off-license group First Quench have announced they're closing 381 of the company's stores and cutting 2,000 jobs after negotiations to find a new buyer collapsed. First Quench owns a number of well-known high street chains...
- Scaffolder Fined After Worker Fell 10 Metres Through Roof on Nov 23, 2009 in Employment Law England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Health and Safety Health and Safety at Work Health and Safety at Work Act Health and Safety Executive health and safety law health and safety uk HSE MWS Scaffolding Services
A scaffolding business has been fined for health and safety breaches after a worker fell more than 10 metres through a roof. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Mark Wilson, trading as MWS Scaffolding Services, in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfo...
- New Energy Bill To Protect Consumers on Nov 23, 2009 in Consumer Law carbon capture and storage carbon capture storage clean coal ed miliband energy and climate change energy bill new energy bill ofgem protect consumers uk energy bill
A new Energy Bill was introduced in Parliament last week. The Bill has been designed with two objectives in mind: (1) protect vulnerable households; (2) develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology...
- Divorce 101: Ordinary Divorce Application - Scotland (#44) on Nov 22, 2009 in Family Law Scotland divorce application divorce application scotland divorce in scotland divorce scotland ordinary divorce application ordinary divorce in scotland ordinary divorce scotland scots divorce scottish divorce scottish divorce law
Where a DIY divorce is unavailable, a pursuer should file an application for an ordinary divorce. Before you file... (1) Grounds for divorce As a first step, read Divorce 101: Grounds For Divorce - Scotland (#6). (2) Should I hire a...
- Health And Safety Failure Led To Drowning At Public Swimming Pool on Nov 22, 2009 in Employment Law Scotland Dundee leisure centre Health and Safety Health and Safety at Work Health and Safety at Work Act Health and Safety Executive health and safety law health and safety uk HSE Luke Hutton Olympia Leisure Complex
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said this week that serious management failings led to the death of a young boy, who drowned in a swimming pool at a Dundee leisure centre. The seven year-old, Luke Hutton, died in September...
