An attorney is appointed to make decisions on behalf of someone who is no longer able to make them for them self. This may be because the person has had an accident or is suffering an illness such as dementia which means they have lost mental capacity – the legal term for the ability to make a...
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There has been a great deal of scrutiny in recent months of an established, but controversial, workplace practice.
‘Fire and rehire’ has been the approach taken by some employers during the pandemic to bring about changes to employees’ contracts. The idea is that where an employee...
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A level playing field at work is a pretty basic requirement. Employees should feel valued for who they are, and be given the same opportunities as others to progress in their career and in the organisation.
But that is not always the reality. People are treated differently in various ways and for v...
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Being sure that divorce is the right thing for you and your family is difficult. It’s the conclusion everyone should reach before they embark on the process that will draw their marriage to an end.
However getting to that point isn’t always straightforward. It isn’t always clear t...
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Workplace health and safety has been in the spotlight more than ever in the last few months, with employers under pressure to reduce Covid risks to their lowest possible level. Keeping workers safe is a key responsibility. And it’s one that most organisations take extremely seriously.
But acc...
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Employers often enter into redundancy with a heavy heart. It can mean losing good people who have served them well over the years. It also means embarking on a process that will suck up a significant amount of HR and management time. But it’s all done with the interests of the business in mind...
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A Living Will (sometimes known as an Advance Decision or Advance Directive) is a way of planning for what life may have in store.
As with many of the arrangements, such as standard Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney, that can be put in place during a person’s lifetime, a Living Will sets ou...
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The finality of divorce or dissolution is for many former couples the ideal outcome. Where a relationship has broken down irretrievably, the best thing in most cases is for each to go their separate ways, on clear and certain terms.
However this can be a step too far for some, initially at least. T...
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Mental capacity is a person’s ability to make decisions for themselves.
It’s something that many of us take for granted; we choose where to live, what to do with our money, what medical treatment we’re happy to receive. But for those who lose mental capacity, or who never had it,...
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There has long been an expectation among divorcing couples that their relationship will become the subject of a bitter court battle. They take it that court is the place for the terms of their divorce to be fixed and where they will have to come face-to-face with each other – possibly for the...
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