Several recent decisions by the Pensions Ombudsman relating to death in service benefits have emphasised things that we ...

The UK Court of Appeal has handed down its most recent judgment (in favour of the claimants) in the major group litigation case concerning two communities in the Niger Delta, concerning a ...

Nominal maintenance: the Court can order nominal spousal maintenance. The intention is that the person’s right to claim spousal maintenance in the future is kept alive, so that there is the ...

Do you know what a First Hearing Dispute Resolution Appointment (FHDRA) is, how it will work, and what to expect?

Weightmans’ director of product and innovation, Catriona Wolfenden, has been included in The Lawyer Hot 100 2025 list.

Details on the recently presented bill which allows employees days off to deal with issues relating to domestic abuse or ...

Much of Labour’s pre-election rhetoric focussed on ending ‘exploitative’ Zero-Hours contracts, a phrase used to evoke arrangements where there is no minimum number of hours guaranteed to a worker, and ...

A landscape gardener who cut himself shaving has secured a compensation settlement of £5,000 after using an allegedly defective razor blade according to The Times (8 th January 2025).

A recent Court decision found that CQC repeatedly failed to follow its Conflicts policy, resulting in CQC decisions being taken with apparent bias Nythan Smith, Principal Associate and specialist ...