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Uncategorised  |  16:03:18
Managing mental health and wellbeing in the workplace
With the statistic that 1 in 6 British workers are affected by mental health issues each year and estimated to cost the UK £35 billion annually, what can you do as an employer to actively support and promote workplace wellbeing?
Disinformation in the Post-Truth Era
Uncategorised  |  13:03:18
The post-truth era through the lens of a specialist defamation lawyer
Much debate has been stimulated by Donald Trump’s tweets and press conferences regarding the concept of truth. Trust in traditional and social media has abated significantly over the last decade, with the impact of...
How networking makes yo live longer
Uncategorised  |  12:03:18
How networking makes you live longer – the importance of social health in an era of “infobesity”
Management systems have been slow to catch up with the information overload suffered by most of today’s businesses / professionals. Whilst people can access the expertise necessary to optimise their diet, exercise, and other...
Uncategorised  |  12:03:18
Termination payments and tax – changes are approaching
You may think you know the position on termination payments and tax; up until recently it has been relatively simple to calculate. However, the Government has recently embarked on a series of reforms which bring about significant changes to the tax and NICs treatment of termination payments. Ironically, the Government’s aim was to simplify the legislation; however, the new rules remain complex.
Uncategorised  |  12:03:18
Claim for 89-year-old former power station worker settles more than 40 years after he was first diagnosed with an asbestos-related condition
RWK Goodman have recently settled a claim for compensation for a former power station fitter who worked at Hams Hall Power Station in the West Midlands for 30 years. Mr R was born in...
Uncategorised  |  12:03:18
WITNESS APPEAL: Did you work at or attend Beechwood Primary/ Infant School, Woodley, between 1975 and 1981 or Bulmershe School, Woodley between 1981 and 1987?
Our specialist asbestos claims team has been instructed by a local woman who has sadly developed mesothelioma, an asbestos related cancer. We are investigating how she may have come into contact with asbestos and...
Uncategorised  |  12:03:18
Brexit and intellectual property
I posted a blog on the likely effects of Brexit on intellectual property back in July 2016. A year and a half on, and with negotiations between the UK Government and the EU moving along at a pace considerably slower than a skeletal sled, has any progress been made and is anything more certain? In this blog, I review the position and provide an update.
Uncategorised  |  08:03:18
WITNESS APPEAL: Did you work for Templewood Hawkesley between 1970 and 1974 or Alfa Laval between 1974 and 1976?
Our specialist asbestos claims team has been instructed by the family of local man who has sadly developed and died from mesothelioma an asbestos related illness. We are investigating how he may have come...
Uncategorised  |  08:03:18
WITNESS APPEAL: Did you work for Patterson International between 1960 and 1965 or Caird & Rayner in 1966/67 or Powell Duffryn Engineering between 1967 and 1970 or Taylor Woodrow Construction between 1967 and 1978?
Our specialist asbestos claims team has been instructed by the family of local man who has sadly developed and died from mesothelioma an asbestos related illness. We are investigating how he may have come...
Opinion  |  07:03:18
Litigants in person – will changes to the law make it harder to access justice?
In January, Justice Minister Lord Keen shared his opinion about litigants in person. He insisted that litigants in person would be capable of handling their own personal injury claim, especially if that claim is not of substantial value. This is a significant setback for claimants who seek to access the justice they deserve, and here’s why.
Opinion  |  06:03:18
The PACE trial – “one of the biggest medical scandals of the 21st century”
On 20 February 2018 a Parliamentary debate on the PACE trial – a controversial study on ME/CFS treatment – highlighted the flaws of the original trial whilst also raising debate over whether more information is needed to educate the public and the medical professions about the devastating effects of ME/CFS.
Construction & Engineering
Opinion  |  01:03:18
Spotlight on Grove Developments Limited v S&T (UK) Limited: is this really the end for ‘smash and grab’ adjudications?
This week (27 February 2018), in a judgment of the Technology and Construction Court, the Honourable Mr Justice Coulson confirmed that a party who fails to issue an effective payment or pay less notice in response to a contractor’s application for interim payment still has the right to seek in adjudication a proper valuation of the works included in the contractor’s application.
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