Your employer is obliged by law to keep you safe whilst you are at work. Equally, you are expected to follow the rules, policies and procedures put in place by your employer to ensure that you are kept safe at work.
Thankfully most of the time we do work safely, however sometimes accidents do happe...
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Choosing a builder to carry out work on your home can be a difficult process. Most builders or tradesmen will tell you that they will do a great job for you but sometimes the reality does not always match your expectations or their promises.
You may be surprised to find that there are steps you can...
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Not many people realise that you can change your name without following any sort of legal process. So if you decide, like someone in the US to change your name to Optimus Prime (a robot character from Transformers) there is not a lot stopping you, however you may and most certainly will come across...
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The Court of Protection is the name of a special court that has become well known to the general public since The Mental Capacity Act 2005 was brought into force.
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 says that anyone who lacks capacity under the definition of the Act, must have representation appointed by...
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Losing someone you love in an accident is devastating for you and for your family. There will be the emotional impact to contend with, but alongside that, you will have the stress and worry about how you and your family will cope financially.
Depending on the circumstances of the accident, particul...
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If you die without leaving a Will then your estate is divided by the law of intestacy. The intestacy law is rigid and inflexible and does not allow for anyone who is not blood-related or related by marriage, to inherit from your estate.
The intestacy law is the very reason why you should make a Wil...
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‘Right to Buy’ was a scheme originally proposed by Labour’s General Election Manifesto back in 1959, but was actually adopted by councils around the UK following its adoption by the Conservatives. Before the national implementation of 'Right To Buy' by Margaret Thatcher and her Con...
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The NHS in the UK offers care to everyone free of charge. In many respects, it is a model that is looked upon with envy in other parts of the world. Most of us have experienced the care provided by the NHS which runs from excellent to perhaps not-so-good. However, when does “not-so-good”...
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When you are going through a divorce, you probably won’t even have thought about splitting your pension as it is an asset that is mostly unseen for most of our lives. However, as it is an asset, there is a need to sort out how this pension entitlement is worked out.
Leaving these arrangements...
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Discrimination can take a number of different forms in the workplace and can be for a number of different reasons. The Equality Act 2010 outlines what amounts to discrimination and who is protected under the law.
The Equality Act says that certain characteristics are protected under the law a...
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