The writer is national chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses The worst UK recession since records began. Up to 1m job losses forecast by the end of the year. Speculation about negative interest rates. The macro analysis of the UK’s economic predicament is stark and deserving of attention. There is always a danger, however, …
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Introduction When faced with threatened or filed litigation by current or former employees, many companies never consider alternatives to expensive protracted litigation. Instead, companies insist that they will never settle and will litigate for as long as necessary. The rationale behind this “no settlement” policy is supposedly to deter additional employee litigation. The reality is, …
PUBLISHED: 10:30 26 September 2020 Sophie Stainthorpe There are many financial factors which would be taken into account if someone was made redundant during a divorce, and it’s advisable to seek independent legal advice in this situation Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto Elena Abrazhevich Redundancy can have significant implications in divorce proceedings. Partner and family law expert …
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Introduction When faced with threatened or filed litigation by current or former employees, many companies never consider alternatives to expensive protracted litigation. Instead, companies insist that they will never settle and will litigate for as long as necessary. The rationale behind this “no settlement” policy is supposedly to deter additional employee litigation. The reality is, …
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Britain’s Finance Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a new jobs support program to help firms employ people on shorter hours amid the coronavirus pandemic, with the current furlough scheme ending this month. “The government will directly support the wages of people in work,” Sunak told Parliament on Thursday. It would give businesses “who face depressed …
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The barrister who was mistaken for a defendant three times in one day at court has called for compulsory anti-racism training at every level of the UK legal system. Alexandra Wilson, who specialises in criminal and family cases, put in a complaint on Wednesday and spoke of her frustration about the incident on Twitter. Her …
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sorbetto/Getty As a divorce coach, I’ve been hearing this one thing a lot from clients of mine who are trying to move the hell on… “It wasn’t supposed to be like this.” “We were supposed to grow old together.” “I was supposed to retire in a few years, but now I have to go back …
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will be given new powers that will allow it to force financial institutions to provide information about people’s assets. The firms will be required to pass on customer information if served with a “financial institution notice” by HMRC under new measures proposed in the next finance bill. Read more: Finablr …
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THE irony wasn’t lost on anybody – just as Phillip Schofield came out, the rest of the world went back in. Seven months after he publicly announced he was gay, any hopes that the This Morning host had of enjoying his new-found freedom were shattered, thanks to lockdown. 13 Phillip Schofield and Stephanie Lowe have …
Delays in cases coming to court are ‘corrosive’ as they force victims to wait for justice, director of public prosecutions Max Hill warns Max Hill said remote hearings should take place to tackle the growing backlog Courts in England and Wales are grappling with a waiting list of around half a million cases Delays were …