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Approaching Death of a Loved One
Anticipatory Grief – Preparing For Death Anticipatory grief, the actions and process involved in preparing for death are sometimes known as the mourning before – is a mainly emotional phenomenon with 3 physical manifestations – Health care and personal...
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Inheritance Tax Glossary
Assets - The things you own - property, personal possessions, savings and investments. Capital Gains Tax (CGT) - a tax on gains arising from the disposal of assets. The tax is levied on the total of all chargeable gains after the deduction of allowable...
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Understanding Police Misconduct
Police misconduct happens more often than some people think and less often than other people think. It's a matter of perspective in how often people believe police misconduct occurs. If you happen to be a young black male, your answer to how often police...
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Prenuptial Agreements: Protect Your Family Business.
Imagine this scenario. You have worked very hard to build up a small business for yourself. You are your own boss and your business is running quite successfully. The only thing missing from your life is someone to share it with. You finally meet that...
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The Essential Laws of Lawyers Explained
An Introduction to Accidental Death Lawyers Law offices have many different kinds of lawyers. Some lawyers deal with cases involving criminals. Others help with divorce cases. And sadly, some lawyers have to handle the cases that involve someone’s death....
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Why Local Lawyers Are Best
Having a local lawyer working on your side can make a big difference when it comes to personal injury law cases. It’s very important to get a local attorney who knows your local town laws and your local state laws. A local law office will offer you a...
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Avoiding Inheritance Tax
More people than ever are being affected by inheritance tax (IHT), largely due to the big rise in house prices in recent months. The amount of IHT paid to the government last year rose by 8% as the total levied from estates reached £3.1 billion. How can...
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Becoming A Foster Carer
Are you interested in becoming a foster carer? It is a topical issue at the present time because there is an estimated shortfall of almost 9,000 families between supply and demand. The number of children who need foster home accommodation has risen in...
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Being Made Redundant
Losing a job, especially if you have been with a firm for a long time can be a difficult and traumatic experience. However, knowing your rights at this time will be of some assistance and will help remove a little of the extra burden at the very least....
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Bullying In The Workplace
Everybody in the workplace has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. There should be no place for bullying or harassment of any kind. However, for those who are victims in this way it can be very difficult to know what to do and who to turn...
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Employee Grievance Procedures
If you have a grievance of any sort at work what should you do? Who do you raise it with and what are your chances of ensuring that the matter is taken care of to your satisfaction? Grievances are any problems, concerns or other matters that you may have...
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The Effect Of Legal Aid On Divorces
The changes to legal aid which came in in April 2013 mean that it will, from now on, not be available in 120,000 divorce cases every year apart from those where domestic violence can be proved. The change means that more couples are likely to look to...
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Fathers Wanting Access To Children - An Overview
Being a father of children yet not living with them can be deeply traumatic and one only has to look at the campaign group Fathers 4 Justice to see how desperate some fathers get if they cannot have access to their children. Fathers rights do not really...
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Employment Tribunals - Constructive Dismissal
The recent case involving Sir Alan Sugar and winner of The Apprentice, Stella English, has placed employment tribunals and constructive dismissal claims in the spotlight. Background To The Case Stella English was hired by Sugar after winning the popular...
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The Law Relating To Children
The Children Act of 1989 governs many of the laws relating to children and states that the courts will not make any orders unless this will be better for the child than making no orders at all. If the parents of a child are in dispute over the arrangements...
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Letting People Go
Recent years have seen some changes for companies which want to dismiss workers with more being introduced this April (2013). It is worth both employers and employees fully understanding the procedure. The qualifying period for unfair dismissal was increased...
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How to deal with employee gross misconduct
Gross Misconduct is serious misconduct conducted by the employee. Gross misconduct is misconduct so serious as to justify summary dismissal of an employee (summary dismissal is an immediate dismissal of an employee without notice). Whether a particular...
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Should whistle-blowing be financially rewarded?
When it comes to the Bribery Act, most, including us, would agree that the moral rationale behind this legislation is correct. Bribery is bad for society and bad for business, and both society and business are struggling big time at the moment. In legal...
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Mesothelioma Lawyers in High Demand
Mesothelioma is a rare, deadly cancer that strikes nearly 3,000 people in the United States every year. The average life expectancy of a person suffering from mesothelioma is a mere six months from diagnosis. Most victims are men over the age of forty...
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Fit Notes – fit for purpose?
A survey by EFF suggests that the introduction of the “fit note” into employment law is having little discernible effect or benefit in getting employees back to work more speedily. The EEF research also suggests that: 46% of employees took no sick days...
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Lawyers – ignore the internet at your peril
Based on the results of a recent US survey carried out by The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) 3 out of 4 US consumers seek out their lawyers online. That’s a whopping 76% with just 24% seeking their legal assistance elsewhere. The survey was based...
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Contract – what contract?
It is a common theme of many disputes surrounding a contract that the parties involved will argue that the terms included in the contract do not reflect all the terms that were reflected between the parties or alternatively that the contract was varied...
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What is TUPE?
On an asset acquisition, the parties to the transaction must consider the impact of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (‘TUPE regulations’). The TUPE regulations came into force for transfers taking place on or after...
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Why are lease extensions now so common?
Lease extensions have become an increasingly common property law issue in the UK in the last decades, and the issue commonly arises, often to the surprise of a seller of a flat, when they come to sell their property. The issue is largely caused by the...
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Tips for employees on employment tribunal claims
Evidence Kept an accurate record of all emails, conversations and minutes of meetings. Produce a time diary of events with as much detail as possible. Mitigation If you leave your employment you are under a duty to mitigate your losses. Keep a record...
