Monthly Archives: June 2012
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has ‘only scratched the surface’ of the interest rate swap scandal and risks misleading thousands of victims of mis-sold insurance into a false sense of security. That’s the verdict of litigation expert Mark Stubbs of …
In last week’s decision in the case of Spreadex Ltd v. Colin Cochrane, the court decided that no contract existed between Mr Cochrane and Spreadex, an online bookmaker, and even if there had been a contract, a crucial term on …
Many businesses in the South West have been sold interest rate swap agreements by their banks, and have discovered that these agreements are inflexible, with very high exit fees payable if, for any reason, a customer wishes to comment on …
There have been some key developments concerning employment law recently. Laura McFadyen, employment lawyer with Stephens Scown explains why rural employers should be aware of the effects it will have on their business… Agricultural Wages Order The Agricultural Wages Board …
The Department for Education has announced that it will be putting into place local authority adoption score cards based on figures from 2009 to 2011 which will show widespread delays throughout the adoption process. The Department states that hundreds of …
The government has recently announced proposals to change the Defamation Act, by allowing victims of anonymous abuse on the internet to require the identity of their abusers, known as “trolls”, to be revealed. These proposals will mean that website operators, …
I am a shareholder in a private company – should I have a share certificate? Yes – under section 768 of the Companies Act 2006 a share certificate specifying the shares held by a member is prima facie evidence of …
This is an issue which affects servicemen and women of whom; many are based in the West Country. We have the expertise to assist with what can appear, on the surface, to be complicated. During divorce proceedings, the Courts have …
It may not be at the forefront of your mind when you are busy organising a drilling operation but the British Geological Survey (BGS) have been reminding mining and drilling operators of their legal obligations to provide information on that …
The 2002 Adoption and Children Act S120 identifies extended the legal definition of harming children to include “harm suffered by seeing or hearing ill treatment of others, especially in the home”. Whilst therefore for some time it has been recognised …
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