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27th April 2012
According to an article earlier this month in the Independent, victims of forced marriage are now being forced to wed in more far-flung places than originally thought. The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office dealt with over 1,500 cases of forced...
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27th April 2012
Will Government changes to the qualifying period for protection from unfair dismissal create a risk of a "hire and fire" culture? The Government has very recently increased the qualifying period for protection from unfair dismissal from one year to two...
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27th April 2012
While you may think of the American population as generations of litigants, it would appear that this is no longer the situation. America's legal system is apparently shrinking and now thousands of young graduates who went to law school to train as...
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15th March 2012
The London Olympic Games is fast approaching. Over the coming months,a wide range of brands will produce an enormous number of adverts and other promotional material attempting ride upon the wave of enthusiasm using references to London 2012.
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13th March 2012
PLEASE COMPLETE THE LEXIS NEXIS ANNUAL STUDENT SURVEY TO BE IN WITH A CHANCE OF WINNING £1000 VIRGIN VOUCHERS.
The survey asks questions about what research methods you use, which online legal research providers you are aware of and currently...
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4th March 2012
Times are certainly changing for solicitors. Currently, solicitors have to deal with two wide-reaching changes: Firstly, the Solicitors Regulation Authority is implementing a new style of regulation and secondly, SRA-licensed alternative business...
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4th March 2012
Solicitors have two big changes to deal with at the moment: Firstly, the Solicitors Regulation Authority is implementing a new style of regulation and secondly, SRA-licensed alternative business structures are set to appear in the very near future....
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29th February 2012
For those of you who are studying the LPC and soon to embark upon the Family elective, you may be interested to know that an online divorce service is now being offered by law firms.
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28th February 2012
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The introduction of a non-negotiable community infrastructure levy (likely to be adopted by most local councils). The result of this will be that the owners of developments requiring planning permissionwill have to pay a charge towards the...
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28th February 2012
For those of you who don’t know or who are unaware, the Official Solicitor is a team of government lawyers based in London and appoints solicitors to act on behalf of individuals. Under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, anyone who is deemed incapable of...
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