You & the Law

You may have heard that the government intends to abolish the Default Retirement Age (DRA) of 65. Great news for some, whilst others are groaning loudly at the prospect of expiring at their desks. By 1 October 2011 the DRA and retirement procedures will be abolished altogether.

With Spring comes the usual scramble to get to grips with developments in employment law as a raft of new legislation comes into force.

Despite an overall drop in the number of claims from 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009, the statistics reveal that claim numbers remain high at 151,000 and the majority of claim types rose in that period.

The laws relating to agricultural tenancies have changed a great deal over the last 15 years or so, and with more agricultural land coming up for sale it is important for landlords and tenants alike to know exactly where they stand.

How do you spend your Easter Bank Holiday? Some quality time with family and friends? Long walks and pub lunches? Hoovering, tidying and waiting for strangers to tramp through your home and criticize your decor? If the latter you are part of a well recognized phenomenon which is that Easter is a traditional boom time for putting your house on the market.

We're understandably facing a lot of queries from employers at the moment arising from the weather and how it has affected attendance at work.

Bank charges - A victory for the Banks ?

High care home fees risk leaving the elderly with little or nothing to bequeath to loved ones in their wills, warns the Law Society.

As you may already be aware, the Charity Commission has now published its first set of public benefit reports. The Commission has found that two of the five independent schools surveyed were not operating for the public benefit (which is now a statutory component of charitable status).

Great news! The BBC announced recently that we are over the worst of the recession. This is what we all needed to hear, but what exactly does it mean in practice for us?