When the financial arrangements are being made on divorce, the court must ask itself whether these are fair and do not discriminate against one party bearing in mind all the circumstances. Recently, a woman appealed to the Court of...

The provision of assistance by a company for the purchase of its shares was prohibited until the 1981 Companies Act came into force, when a ‘whitewash’ procedure was introduced which allowed private companies to give financial assistance for...

A trainee teacher whose pelvis was fractured when he was crushed by a reversing school mini-bus has been awarded £365,000 in compensation for his injuries. John Lewis, 32, was standing in front of his own vehicle in Finsbury Park...

New rules relating to the registration of company names came into force  today which will allow companies to object more easily to the registration of a company name which could be confused with theirs. See the new rules  at the UK...

It is by no means uncommon for people to have money in accounts which they or their relatives have forgotten about and the scale of the problem is illustrated by the fact that the National Savings and Investment Bank (NSIB) says it has £435 million in...

Employers are reminded that from today the adult National Minimum Wage   will rise from £5.52 to £5.73 an hour. The minimum rate for 18- to 21-year-olds will increase from £4.60 to £4.77 an hour and for 16- to 17-year-olds the...

One of the commonly disputed issues in equal pay claims is who is an appropriate comparator for the purposes of deciding if an employer’s pay policy has been applied in a discriminatory fashion. Recently, a claimant sought to use...

An executor who ‘went too far’ recently found himself liable for the costs of beneficiaries which sued him for failing to administer the estate. The circumstances were that the estate of a lady who died in 2006 came to be...

Two recent cases involving breaches of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 have highlighted the need for those with health and safety responsibilities to be vigilant in ensuring that day-to-day tasks are carried out in a way that does not put workers...

A motorist who was seriously injured in a head-on collision has been awarded £90,000 in compensation. Chris Chambers, 34, who worked as a police administrator, was driving on Christmas Eve 1999 when a car travelling in the...