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				  <title><![CDATA[Stamp Duty holiday draws to a close]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[A week after the Budget introduced a new 7% Stamp Duty for property transactions worth more than £2m, the duty holiday for first time buyers – which saved up to £2,500 in some cases - has also drawn to a close.The holiday, introduced in 2010 in a bid to give the housing market a boost, allowed first time buyers to avoid paying tax on properties worth between £125,000 and £250,000 when completing t...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 06:54:08 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Supreme Court clears up age discrimination grey areas]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[The UK’s highest Court has pledged to both clarify and iron out ambiguities surrounding the country’s age discrimination laws with regards to employment, and will remind all employers of their responsibilities to help make the law clearer.Under current law, age discrimination is forbidden in the workplace, however exceptions are allowed if said discrimination “can be justified”. Such justification...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 05:20:46 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[‘No-fault' dismissals debated in Government consultation]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[Controversial plans that would allow small businesses to sack employees “more easily” have gone to consultation on the request of the Government.This month the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, launched a call for evidence on whether current dismissal procedures are too “onerous” and whether there is a lack of understanding among business owners over how and when they can sack employ...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Wed, 2 May 2012 06:15:49 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Court of Appeal rules against NHS Chief Executive sacked to save pension costs]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[An NHS Chief Executive who claims that he was dismissed from his post based on his age has lost his case in the Court of Appeal.Nigel Woodcock, who was Chief Executive of the North Cumbria Primary Care Trust until 2006, claimed that he was told that he would not be employed beyond the age of 49 because he would need to be provided with a much larger pension settlement on turning 50.Mr Woodcock was...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Wed, 2 May 2012 06:24:39 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Families of asbestos victims win legal battle]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[A landmark ruling this week in the Supreme Court decided that insurance liability for asbestos cases would be ‘triggered’ when employees are first exposed to asbestos dust rather than when the symptoms of mesothelioma become apparent, which is often many years later.The issue of when liability is triggered has been looked at by the Courts several times since 2008 when the High Court ruled that lia...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:49:09 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Calls for regulation of probate and administration of estates]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[A report by the Legal Services Consumer Panel has given its recommendations on probate and administration of estates. Its report has recommended that these areas be regulated alongside Will writing, for which it called for regulation last year. The report highlights a number of areas of concern, including the high risk of fraudulent activity within the market, service failures in respect of delays...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:59:59 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Money-saving motorists avoiding vehicle maintenance]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[Britons keen to save every available penny are delaying essential vehicle maintenance work and regularly getting behind the wheel of unsafe cars to avoid costly repairs, a poll by Britannia Rescue has found.Out of over 2,000 motorists surveyed, 23% admitted their cars have an illegal defect, while 14% say their vehicle is in urgent need of repair, with the most common defects being bald tyres, fau...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:51:30 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Widow claims inheritance is not enough]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[Barbara Lileyman married her late husband Roy in 2007, having met some time in 2004 after the death of his first wife. Mr Lileyman, a successful Company Director, made his Will shortly after the marriage, leaving his wife limited rights of occupation in the two properties they owned together, an annuity and some of his personal chattels. She established a claim against the Estate arguing that she ...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:55:49 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Employment Tribunal reforms to save £10m]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[Much-needed employment law reforms which came into effect this month look set to save UK businesses more than £10m a year, ministers have claimed.The changes, which should “streamline Employment Tribunals” and keep businesses out of the Courts where possible, recently came into effect on 6th April 2012.  They include:<ul><li>The maximum level for costs awarded to businesses winning a vexatious Tri...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:46:17 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Change in energy standards for UK landlords]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[Landlords are being reminded that they must comply with changes to Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) which will affect all rental properties in the UK from 6 April this year.EPCs, which give information on the energy efficiency and environmental impact of a property, are mandatory for all private-sector rented homes. But from 6 April 2012, landlords and letting agents will have just 7 days to...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:47:20 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Teased porter wins discrimination damages]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[A porter at the Royal College of General Practitioners labelled “Inspector Clouseau” by his colleagues due to being French has won his case for sexual harassment and sex discrimination.Appadoure Basile was dubbed “Clouseau, Basil Fawlty” and “Basil Brush”, and workers would constantly ridicule him in the workplace, calling him a "French w***er" and French "t***er", an Employment Tribunal was told....]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:49:10 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Business property owner fined over asbestos negligence]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[A property manager, who pleaded guilty to breaching the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 regarding a duty to prevent the risk of asbestos, has been fined over £30,000.Richard Hayward, who pleaded guilty to breaching Section 3(1) of 1974 Act over failings at the former Rhondda Pressing building, was fined £12,000 and ordered to pay costs of £20,000 following the HSE investigation, which found...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:47:58 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Drink policies lacking in UK offices]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[More and more workers in the UK seem to be taking advantage of the lack of drink-at-work policy in the workplace, with productivity and absenteeism due to alcohol abuse now costing the economy £14 million working days and over £6 billion annually.According to leading alcohol charity Alcohol Concern, just one-fifth of FTSE 250 companies have explicit alcohol-at-work policies in place, and the chari...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:00:07 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Jubilee holiday woes for UK employers]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[As celebrations for the Queens Diamond Jubilee begin to take shape up and down the country, employers have been warned to make provision for last-minute holiday requests from workers eager to make the most of a shorter working week.There will be an additional Bank Holiday on Tuesday, 5 June this year to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, and the spring bank holiday has been moved to Monday 4 J...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:21:20 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Smartphone divorces becoming more common]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[Couples currently going through a divorce have been warned over the use of the smartphones, after research in the US found that texts are increasingly being used as evidence in divorce proceedings.According to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), over 90% of America's top divorce attorneys said they have seen a spike in the number of cases using evidence from iPhones and other smart...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Mon, 2 Apr 2012 05:56:03 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Head of Neuropsychology at Addenbrooke’s Hospital claims unfair dismissal after whistleblowing]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[The case of a leading neuropsychology consultant, claiming that he was bullied and then sacked after raising concerns over patient safety, has landed before an Employment Tribunal.Dr Narinder Kapur was fired from his role as Head of Neuropsychology at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge in December 2010. According to Dr Kapur, this was down to his repeated highlighting of patient care issues that ...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Mon, 2 Apr 2012 06:05:21 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Composer's carer wins battle for estate]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[Accomplished British composer Sir Malcolm Arnold died in 2006 from a chest infection leaving a significant proportion of his estate, including his house and half of the remainder of his estate, to his carer of 22 years, Anthony Day. The composer's children, Katherine and Robert had sought to challenge Mr Day's entitlements but the High Court has ruled in his favour and ordered that his costs of ap...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:00:35 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[FOSTERS PERSONAL INJURY – RE-ACCREDITED BY APIL]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[Fosters Personal Injury Department has been successfully re-accredited by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) under its national Accreditation Scheme.The scheme, a kite mark of quality, is aimed at ensuring that those who have suffered injury through no fault of their own can be assured that their claim for compensation will be dealt with in a professional manner by acknowledged expe...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:40:47 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA["Twitter, Trolling and Cyber Bullying" - The Law and Social Media]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[The case of Liam Stacey, sentenced to 56 days imprisonment for his racist abuse of Fabrice Muamba over Twitter has brought back into focus the discussion of crime committed on Social Media websites such as Facebook and Twitter. As social media becomes an everyday part of our lives, so the number of people buoyed by the relative anonymity and remoteness of their actions are using these forums to ab...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:21:44 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Lawyers instructed by victims of Costa Concordia]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[Some victims of the Costa Concordia disaster have instructed solicitors to represent them in possible claims against the ship’s owners. One ex-pat Brit, Sandra Rogers, is seeking legal advice after she was parted from her daughter and grandchildren during the incident and lost her husband’s ashes, which she had intended to scatter during the trip. Mrs Rogers has criticised the handling of the disa...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:57:56 GMT</pubDate>
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