Legal articles
25-01-10
Take action now to mitigate the 50% tax burden
Practice group: Corporate & commercial legal services
From April 6 2010, anyone with a taxable income of over £150,000 will have to pay the new higher tax rate of 50%. The move is just one of...
24-01-10
The beneficial effects of workplace mediation
Practice group: Employment law
James Townsend, senior associate and employment law expert at B P Collins, looks at mediation in the workplace.
"Mediation in the...
23-01-10
Will your inheritance be safe? | Contested Wills
Practice group: Will, trusts & probate legal services
Did you know that anyone can set themselves up as a will writer? Armed with the forms from an easily downloadable online information pack,...
22-01-10
Providing the right building blocks for your family's finances | Property investment
Practice group: Will, trusts & probate legal services
We recently looked at whether investing in the property market was worthwhile. We now consider how good planning and getting the right...
21-01-10
Collaboration not confrontation | Divorce
Practice group: Family law services
Nicolette Zarka, collaborative lawyer and qualified mediator, explains how a new process is helping bring peace and goodwill to the divorce...
20-01-10
Home sweet home? | Homebuyer Report
Practice group: Residential property legal services
Buying a property can be fraught with problems, but there is one way to ensure you don’t get caught out. Chartered Surveyor Paul...
19-01-10
Make your New Year's resolutions ones to remember | Cash flow
Practice group: Litigation & dispute resolution legal services
Five golden rules from the litigation and dispute resolution team to help keep the cash flowing.
1. If I sell goods, I will remember to...
18-01-10
Green light for employment claims | Religion and Belief
Practice group: Employment law
A landmark ruling by a Judge has decreed that an employee’s environmental views deserve the same protection in the workplace as religious...
17-01-10
Without prejudice communications can be admissible
Practice group: Employment law
The phrase 'without prejudice' is commonly used where parties in a dispute wish to keep communications relating to its settlement from...
16-01-10
Default retirement age consultation
Practice group: Employment law
In its recent decision rejecting the charity Age UK’s challenge to the default retirement age of 65 – introduced in 2006 by the...
15-01-10
Annual increase in tribunal awards
Practice group: Employment law
The Employment Rights (Revision of Limits) Order 2009, which details the annual inflation-linked changes in limits on the compensation...
14-01-10
Sickness and holiday leave
Practice group: Employment law
The EU Working Time Directive lays down minimum health and safety requirements for the organisation of working time. The purpose of the...
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