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Business News
Increase in female entrepreneurs More women are setting up their own businesses to get greater flexibility between work and family life, according to a new survey of female entrepreneurs. more 5/12/2008
Deaths in construction down 10% Unvalidated figures suggest that the number of construction workers killed in 2007/08 has decreased by 10% on the previous year, but businesses should not to be complacent warns the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). more 4/10/2008
Common commencement dates The Government has announced that new laws should come into force on only two dates per year, thus saving businesses an estimated £628 million per year. more 4/7/2008
Businesses unprepared for Corporate Manslaughter Act The Corporate Manslaughter Act comes into force on 6 April, but only 50% of organisations are prepared for the new legislation, according to Callum Taylor, underwriting manager with insurance company Hiscox. more 1/7/2008
Only 50% of SMEs have a website No more than half of Britain's small to medium-sized businesses have a web presence, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has revealed. more 12/17/2007

Company Formation News
Latest Companies Act implementation Private companies are no longer required to have a company secretary. more 4/6/2008
Changes to Companies Act put back a year The Government unexpectedly announced this week that the October 2008 deadline for implementation of parts of the Companies Act 2006 has been pushed back a year. more 11/8/2007

Court News
Woman wins compensation for snapped shoe A woman whose heel snapped off her shoe leaving her with an injured leg has been awarded compensation by the shoe shop, potentially leading to hundreds of similar claims from other injured women. more 7/15/2008
Pringles wins VAT case Pringles manufacturer, Procter & Gamble, last week won its appeal against Revenue & Customs over VAT on its crisps-in-a-tube more 7/6/2008
Hands-free phone lorry driver jailed for fatal accident A lorry driver who ran into the back of a Transit van while using a hands-free mobile phone - killing its passenger - has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. more 6/25/2008
Paralysed rock climber loses appeal A rock climber who tried to sue the trustees of an activity centre after falling from a climbing wall and breaking his neck has lost his appeal. more 6/18/2008
Florist guilty of negligence after man slips on petal A London florist has been found to be negligent and ordered to pay compensation after a man slipped on a petal at Marylebone Station. more 6/1/2008

Marriage and Divorce
Christian Registrar wins discrimination case A Christian registrar who refused to carry out civil partnership ceremonies has won her discrimination case after she was victimised for her religious belief. more 7/14/2008
New Bill to give rights to cohabiting couples A Bill to give rights to cohabiting couples will be introduced this autumn as part of a new "Living Together" campaign launched by family lawyers group, Resolution. more 7/13/2008
£1.4m Divorcee sues lawyers for negligence A woman who won a £1.4 million divorce settlement is suing her lawyers for negligence, claiming she should have got a bigger payout. more 7/9/2008
First high-profile civil partnership dissolution Little Britain star Matt Lucas and his partner of six years, Kevin McGee, have begun proceedings to dissolve their civil partnership. more 6/23/2008
Plans to require both parents to be named on birth certificate Government plans to change the law to require fathers, as well as mothers, to be named on a child's birth certificate were announced this month. more 6/15/2008

Domestic and Consumer
OFT report reveals complexity of current accounts A report by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) into personal current accounts shows that they are not working well for consumers. more 7/17/2008
New consumer protection law New legislation outlawing unfair trading came into force this week. more 5/28/2008
Scottish legal profession vote for "Tesco law" The Scottish legal profession has voted overwhelmingly to break the monopoly solicitors have over the ownership of legal firms in Scotland, opening the way to competition from supermarkets and banks. more 5/25/2008
Bank charges ruling likely to be appealed The banks will be allowed to appeal against the High Court ruling last month that their penalty fees can be assessed for fairness, a judge has indicated. more 5/22/2008
OFT welcomes High Court ruling on bank charges The High Court in London has ruled that bank charges can be assessed for fairness. more 4/24/2008

Employment
Acas urges early mediation Employment relations service Acas is urging small businesses to consider early mediation rather than going to court to solve workplace disputes. more 7/20/2008
Landmark flexi-time decision A landmark decision by the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg means that millions of carers could be able to demand flexible working hours. more 7/16/2008
Butchers fined for failing to pay NMW The owners of a Sheffield butcher's shop were last week successfully prosecuted for deliberately not paying the National Minimum Wage. more 7/7/2008
Review of no win no fee funding announced The Government has today announced a review of no win no fee funding in employment (as well as personal injury and defamation) cases. more 6/24/2008
Employers of illegal workers named and shamed Employers hiring illegal immigrants have been named and shamed by the Home Office on the UK Borders Agency website. more 6/22/2008

General
EU death knell for crispy duck Crispy Peking duck is likely to be off the menu in restaurants from now on due to European Union health and safety regulations. more 7/22/2008
Scottish pubs told to improve toilet facilities or risk closure Licensed premises across Scotland are having to improve facilities or risk closure under new laws. more 6/26/2008
Couple lose hedge dispute due to legal loophole A couple have lost a long-running dispute with their neighbour over a hedge because of a legal loophole. more 6/4/2008
Study reveals UK heading for US-style claim culture New research commissioned by law firm, Russell Jones and Walker (RJW), suggests that the UK is heading for a US-style claim culture. more 3/11/2008
M&S guilty of data protection breach Theft of unencrypted laptop contained details of pension arrangements of 26,000 M&S employees. more 1/27/2008

Internet Law
Google ordered to hand over YouTube logs Google has been ordered to hand over the personal details of everyone who has ever watched a video on its YouTube website. more 7/3/2008
eBay fined 40m for selling fakes eBay has been ordered to pay 38.6 million in damages to French luxury goods group LVMH for allowing fake goods, including Louis Vuitton-branded handbags, perfumes and sunglasses, to be sold on its website. more 6/29/2008
New offence for sending sexually explicit emails Scots sending sexually explicit emails and texts risk being accused of being a sex offender. more 6/19/2008
MySpace hoaxer guilty of breaching terms and conditions The American woman at the centre of the MySpace suicide case has been found guilty of carrying out an online hoax because she breached the social website's terms and conditions. more 5/21/2008
Keyboards filthier than toilet seats A survey by consumer magazine Which? Computing has found that office computer keyboards can carry more bacteria than lavatory seats. more 5/6/2008

Partnership

Powers of Attorney
Making a Power of Attorney to become more onerous Lawyers have warned that making a Power of Attorney under the new system to be introduced next month will be more onerous, take longer and cost 10 times as much. more 9/23/2007
Will new power of attorney system protect elderly? From October, changes to the system of making a power of attorney take effect that should help to protect the elderly, particularly against pressure to change a Will. more 8/14/2007

Property and Letting
Landlord fined £20k for faulty boiler tragedy A landlord has been prosecuted after a six-year old girl died from carbon monoxide poisoning due to a faulty boiler. more 6/9/2008
New accreditation scheme for Scottish landlords A new accreditation scheme aimed at improving standards in the private rental market has been launched in Scotland. more 5/5/2008
Tenancy renewal fees "unfair" Tenancy renewal fees charged by letting agents should be abolished where the landlord has managed the property throughout the course of the tenancy, says the National Landlords Association (NLA). more 2/26/2008
Home information packs to be introduced in Scotland From 1 December anyone selling their home in Scotland will have to produce an information pack costing up to £500. more 2/4/2008
Government announces review of private rented sector The Government today announced a major review of the private rented sector to look at the problems faced by landlords and tenants and to see what can be done to improve the sector. more 1/22/2008

Wills and Probate
Unpaid farmer loses £2m estate A man who worked on his cousin's farm for 30 years for nothing in the expectation that he would one day inherit it has been told by the Appeal Court that he can't have it. more 7/1/2008
Proposal to amend inheritance tax laws A Labour MP is attempting to change inheritance tax laws so that elderly siblings who have lived together for many years are protected by the same inheritance tax laws as married and gay couples. more 6/30/2008
Sisters lose inheritance tax challenge Two sisters have lost their legal bid to win the same inheritance tax rights as married and gay couples meaning that each will have to pay inheritance tax on their jointly owned home. more 4/28/2008
Petition to amend Scots inheritance law A Petition to amend the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964, which entitles adult children to at least a third of the movable estate where there is a surviving spouse, has been lodged with the Scottish Parliament. more 4/8/2008
Court victory for man claiming to be love child of Princess Margaret A Court of Appeal victory for a man who claims to be the illegitimate son of the late Princess Margaret could threaten the secrecy of royal Wills. more 2/8/2008

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