A new handbook has been published by the Judiciary of England and Wales aimed at providing advice and guidance for litigants in person. The 170 page book is designed to be a first port of call for what many are expecting to be the significant increase in the...

At this time of year thoughts are starting to turn towards Christmas, with the rounds of parties and team drinks beginning and that lovely long break between Christmas and the new year on the horizon for some. However, for employers, as excited talk of the...

Winter on the UK’s roads is well known as being a treacherous time for cyclists but in recent months the numbers of deaths – particularly on the roads of the capital - have been even more marked than usual. This has been enough to trigger ongoing...

With more than 700,000 homes currently empty in the UK (based on statistics for 2012), and more than 259,000 of these properties classified as long term empty (i.e. for more than six months), steps are currently being taken to try and remedy what has been...

Traditionally, the problem of squatters in empty premises has been confined to residential buildings where squatters have entered, often when residents are away on a long term trip or where, for whatever reason, a building has sat empty for some time....

Any injury to a child is devastating at any stage in development and it can often be difficult for a family to cope. Spinal cord injuries can be particularly hard to deal with, as they have such a huge effect on a child’s future, as well as on the way...

From January 2014 there are revised rules being ushered in for those who are classified as waste carriers, which all businesses that fall into this category need to be aware of. The new rules introduce a requirement to be registered as a ‘waste...

Absenteeism in the workplace has been a pretty big issue in recent years and the general consensus seems to have been among UK businesses that too many days are lost to sickness, whether real or imagined. However, recent research put together by researchers...

The Consumer Rights Bill (the ‘Bill) is a draft piece of legislation that was introduced earlier this summer and is currently making its way through parliament. It is specifically designed to draw together and redesign consumer law to make it easier to...

Last year in the UK we saw a record breaking fall in the number of casualties resulting from accidents or incidents on the country’s roads – in fact the numbers dropped to the lowest levels since records were first collected almost 90 years ago....