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Last November, it was announced that the fines for drivers caught using their mobile phone behind the wheel was to increase, and now the date for this implementation has been announced. Currently drivers who are caught receive a £100 fine and three penalty points, but from 1st March this year this will be increased to £200 and six penalty points.
2017 is already set to be an interesting year in terms of Employment case law. Gina McCadden, Solicitor within the Employment Team, takes a look at the decisions we are expecting throughout the year and what affect they may have on employers and/or employees.
Unless you didn't watch the news yesterday, you won't have missed the discussions surrounding dress code and the latest report highlighting the inequalities still existing in the workplace. The report, entitled High Heels and Workplace Dress Codes, has found that the Equality Act 2010 should ban discriminatory dress rules at work, but in practice the law is not applied properly to protect workers of either gender.
As the housing market improves, so does the availability of homes in Hampshire as news comes of a new garden village to be developed in the area, sharing access to a £6million fund over the next two years. Welborne will be situated just outside Fareham as part of the Government’s new Garden Village framework in a bid to provide high quality, affordable housing.
Michael Fallon, Defence Secretary, recently announced that the popular Forces Help to Buy Scheme, which was due to close in April this year, has been extended to 2018. The news comes as Mr Fallon revealed that the Government target to double the number of service personnel application approvals to 10,000 has been met.
Most employers this year will be considering how employment law will change as we start our negotiations to leave the EU, and while we cannot predict how this decision will impact employment law at this stage, there are certain areas that we can foresee.
Dementia and Alzheimer’s have become the biggest cause of death in Britain for the first time, overtaking heart disease. This increase has consequently led to the rise in Lasting Power of Attorneys (LPAs), and here Sue Nicholson, Private Client Lawyer, explains the importance of having an LPA in place.
It’s a successful time for Trainee Solicitors at Warner Goodman as Georgina Savage is the second Trainee in recent months to qualify from the Hampshire law firm.
Today is Blue Monday, a day statistically proven to be the most depressing day of the year as factors such as the weather, debt overflowing from Christmas and the fact many of us have already failed our New Years Resolutions worry us.
Signs of the recovery of the UK property market were proven once again today as new figures show the number of first time buyers in 2016 reached its highest level since the start of the financial crisis in 2007. Sarah Brooks, Residential Conveyancing Partner, here reviews the news across the UK as well as here in the South.
In Lόpez v Servicio Madrileño de Salud the European Court of Justice recently ruled that the use of successive fixed-term contracts to cover permanent needs in the Spanish healthcare sector are contrary to EU law.
January is notoriously known as the month when family lawyers become busy following Christmas chaos and arguments. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) however show that the overall rates of divorce are continuing to fall.
We spend a significant amount of time at work and so staying safe is something both employees and employers are responsible for. According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 1.3 million working people suffered from a work-related illness in 2015/16, with 144 workers killed while at work, and a further 621,000 injuries occurred at work, according to the Labour Force Survey.
GDPR was adopted by the European Parliament on 25th May 2016 and comes into effect on 25th May 2018. Geoffrey Sturgess explains what this means for businesses and what action you need to be taking.
A New Year makes us all think about resolutions; some of us join a gym to get fit, some of us may wish to volunteer more, and apparently one in three of us would like to start a new career or change jobs.
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