Friday 23 August 2013

Judge tells divorcing couple to stop spending on expensive divorce battle

 

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It comes to something when a judge has to tell a divorcing couple to stop spending money on an expensive divorce battle.

But that is exactly what has happened in a case involving

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Thursday 22 August 2013

The Bribery Act has teeth after all

The wait is finally over for a prosecution by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) under the Bribery Act 2010.

Until very recently, the only prosecution brought under the Bribery Act had been brought by the DPP. Commentators have suggested that this might be due to the SFO being under-funded or even disinterested.

Certainly, few people would

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Thursday 8 August 2013

Discrimination law – don’t risk claims of over £30,000

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Falling foul of discrimination law is no trifling matter for a business. In fact, in some cases, employees have been awarded over £30,000 for discrimination claims.
That might sound bad enough but in fact

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