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Divorce & Dissolution:Hide/undervalue your assets?

Divorce & Dissolution:Hide/undervalue your assets?

You meet a man, you fall in love. You decide to commit, you do not wish to be un-romantic and ...
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A “nonsensical” Parental Order time-bar: broken or bent?

A “nonsensical” Parental Order time-bar: broken or bent?

The President of the Family Division had a case where he updated the Parental Order process with a more flexible ...
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Smart Phone: Employee Weapon of Choice!

Smart Phone: Employee Weapon of Choice!

The smart phone, a seemingly innocent accessory, has revealed itself as a much more dangerous weapon against employers. The Smart ...
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Disabled Relative: Your Employment Rights

Disabled Relative: Your Employment Rights

An employer’s duty, to make reasonable adjustments for a disabled employee, does NOT extend to an employee who is “associated” ...
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Why have a shareholders agreement?

Why have a shareholders agreement?

You have a great concept or product, funding and perhaps a friend, relative or colleague that wants to join forces ...
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Co-Parenting: Alternative but Effective

Co-Parenting: Alternative but Effective

Every family is different; every child’s upbringing unique. However, having more than two adults in a child’s life is not ...
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Surrogacy and Employment Rights

UK Surrogacy Leave & Employment Rights

Does UK surrogacy leave give Intended Parents the right to receive maternity or paternity leave where a surrogate mother has ...
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Break clause update - Canonical UK Ltd

Break clause update – Canonical UK Ltd

Challenging rent terms in your lease: Canonical UK Ltd. v TST Millbank LLC In this case a tenant sought to break ...
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Raising capital: Crowdfunding

Raising capital: Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding is a new phenomena for businesses to raise capital by selling their equity to a large number of individuals, ...
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Is the Equality Gap Closing?

Is the Equality Gap Closing?

Family Care asks: With National Careers Week and International Women’s Day falling in the same month, what better time than ...
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Nursery T&Cs what is hidden in there?

Nursery T&Cs what is hidden in there?

As parents we have a number of important decisions to make. One is who will look after and care for ...
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Grandparents' rights

Grandparents’ rights

The legal recognition of a Grandparent, within Child Proceedings, has not sadly altered to reflect the change in society. More ...
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Cohabitation Separation

Cohabitation Separation

It is a common misconception that a “common law marriage” is recognised in UK law; it is not.  Regrettably, irrespective ...
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Maternity Leave and Pay: Know Your Rights!

Maternity Leave and Pay: Know Your Rights!

Pregnant employees are entitled to take 26 weeks’ Ordinary Maternity Leave and 26 weeks Additional Maternity Leave, irrespective of their length ...
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Social Media in Recruitment

Social Media in Recruitment

Relying on social media in recruitment could expose you to a discrimination claim. Employers should aware of the risk of ...
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Benefit to High Net Worth Individuals

Benefit to High Net Worth Individuals

An increasing number of Individuals are taking advantage of the fiscal and lifestyle advantages attainable by establishing residency in Gibraltar, which ...
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Social Media in employment cases

Social Media in employment cases

Employee’s and Employer’s should be forewarned that Facebook, Twitter and other social media cites can lead to grievances, disciplinary action ...
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Advice on Settlement Agreements

Advice on Settlement Agreements

The Government has responded to Law Society calls for clarification about the validity of compromise agreements (now known as Settlement ...
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They think I am gay: Can I be discriminated against?

They think I am gay: Can I be discriminated against?

If I am treated less favourably because service providers or my employer THINKS I am gay, but doesn’t know for ...
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Skype used in the Employment Tribunal

Skype used in the Employment Tribunal

The Reading Employment Tribunal is the first Tribunal known to have allowed a case to conclude via Skype. The Tribunal ...
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