Archive for the Law Center Category

Accident Compensation Claim After Fall From Height

One of the most common accident compensation claims in the workplace involves falls from heights. Any job where the employee has to scale heights has a certain intrinsic risk which is why it is vitally important for both employers and employees to minimise the risks by taking precautions as laid out by government in health [...]

Website Terms and Conditions Template

If you have Microsoft Office, you may use the help tools to download website terms and conditions template. You have options to download templates online, make your own template, or use sample templates to create your Website Terms and Conditions.
Website terms and conditions template is important to have to protect your rights. The terms and [...]

Chancellor Promises to Change Employment Law and Crack down on Unfair Dismissal Claims

George Osbourne has vowed to change employment law to make it tougher for workers to claim unfair dismissal against their employers, ending what he calls the “one-way bet against small businesses”.
The Chancellor has revealed that the qualification period, which determines how long an employee must have been working for an organisation before they can claim [...]

Fire Safety Regulations

The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies to all non-domestic premises in England and Wales, including the common parts of blocks of flats and houses in multiple occupation (HMOs). The law applies to you if you are:
1.       responsible for business premises
2.       an employer or self-employed with business premises
3.       responsible for a part of a [...]

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New UK Legal Centre
A new 300 million pound court complex has been established and will open in the following weeks of September 2011. The new complex is going to house 11 stories of court offices including 31 courts, three super courts, and provide a venue for multiparty disputes. The building is called the Rolls Building [...]

Defending An Employment Tribunal Claim

Having been used to dealing with their employment law obligations in house, Midland Healthcare were finding increasingly more of their time was being taken up understanding complex legislation that had to be dealt with on an almost daily basis.

This was valuable time that could have been spent promoting the group and maintaining the high standards [...]

Affordable Legal Templates

When it comes to getting a legal contract put in place most businesses would go to a lawyer or solicitor to get a contract drafted if they did not have to consider the cost but legal contracts are expensive but at DIY Legals you can get templates to draft your own. The problem is that [...]

Women’s Rights

In previous years, generations ago women were considered property of the husband or father to whom they belonged. Now as we have progressed into the 21st century women have stepped up to the plate and are an integral part of society and politics, on an entirely equal footing with men. In the past, [...]

What Does The Law Mean To You?

Although we all have an understanding of what law is, and generally why it’s appropriate that it should be in place to serve and regulate our conduct in society, we seldom think of what law actually means in an everyday context. What is law for the average Joe in the street? How does [...]

What Are Prescreened Offers of Credit and Insurance?

Mail Call: Bills, a letter from your Aunt Mary, a circular from a local department store, your monthly bank statement, and an offer for a new credit card that says youve been prescreened or prequalified.
A prescreened offer of credit? Whats that?
Many companies that solicit new credit card accounts and insurance policies use prescreening to [...]

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