The UK government has promised to enshrine the “right to switch off” from work in law, penalising employers for contacting workers outside an agreed set of hours. The policy, which is to be introduced as part of a new employment rights bill, could result in employers who repeatedly breach the agreement being forced to pay …
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8 Job Searching Tips for Moms Going Back to Work After Divorce
Going back to work after divorce can truly feel daunting for many reasons. I experienced it firsthand. With fears that can include technology, leaving the kids with a nanny or in daycare, the big lifestyle change, and not feeling like you are capable of finding a job, it’s a stressful thought. But, it doesn’t have …
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Bridging the Gap in Patent Licensing Disputes
“FRAND negotiations workshops have shown promise in resolving disputes involving large patent portfolios through pre-litigation mediation.” Patent licenses include a complicated assortment of interdependent terms and conditions. Successfully negotiating patent licenses, especially patent portfolio licenses, requires both parties to make business-driven tradeoffs to reach mutually acceptable agreements. Mutually acceptable rarely means that either party believes …
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Business confidence climbs in the capital
Permission to appeal granted for leading energy litigation case – London Business News
A significant case in the fight against energy mis-selling, worth in excess of £100k has been granted permission to appeal, says specialist claims firm, Business Energy Claims (BEC). The decision to grant permission to appeal comes alongside a number of other court cases heading to the Senior Courts and represents a potential significant step forward …
SSB Group funds not enough to cover administrator costs | News
Administrators and lawyers handling the affairs of collapsed firm SSB Group could not even find enough available funds to pay their own fees, it has emerged. A newly-published report on the first six months of the administration by FRP Advisory, has revealed that the sale of the Sheffield firm’s work in progress comes to just …
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One Big Reason Why Marriages Fail
This might sound trite, but a common cliché is “you have to be happy with yourself before you are going to be happy with someone else.” Yes, that is true, but what happens when two people were happy, they got married, and then some life change causes one of the people to be unhappy, spiral …
How to deal with vexatious litigants in the civil jurisdiction
Litigation is something most individuals or businesses enter as a last resort, often because there is just no other option left open to them. The converse of this standard position is the vexatious litigant. The ‘berserker’ of the legal world – hellbent on pursuing numerous applications in a body of cases repeatedly, simultaneously or recurrently. …
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What NOT to Say To Someone Going Through a Divorce
When I was newly separated, I was brokenhearted. I also had feelings of fear, anger, resentment and confusion. I felt like I was living in a fog, like maybe I’d wake up the next day and this would all have been a dream. Unfortunately, the nightmare was real. What I do remember so vividly, even …
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Criminal defence lawyers rule out 24-hour courts for riot prosecutions
Criminal defence solicitors do not have the capacity or resources to support 24-hour courts, the chair of a practitioner group has told the Ministry of Justice in response to reports that the additional courts protocol could be activated to deal with cases arising from the current wave of riots sweeping the country. On Sunday, prime …
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