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Cohabitation
The law in Scotland relating to the provision of financial claims for cohabiting couples who separate is not to be reflected in England and Wales for the foreseeable future. The Law Commission for England Wales recommended in a 2007 report that remedies should be available to cohabitants on separation provided certain eligibility criteria were ...
ET and ETA statistics published
Key findings show an 8% fall in the number of claims received when compared with the previous year, but a 9% rise in the number disposed of. The number of single claims received has fallen 15% and the number of multiple claims has fallen 4%. Of the 382,400 jurisdictional claims received in 2010-11, 30% ...
Companies Act 2006
The regulations make provision relating to the information which must be included in a company’s annual return under the Companies Act 2006. They make the following changes: · remove the requirement for an annual return to state whether the company was a traded company at any time during the return period; · require ...
National minimum wage increases
The NMW applies to nearly all workers and sets hourly rates below which you must not allow pay to fall. For pay reference periods (PRPs) beginning on or after 1 October 2011, you will have to pay all eligible workers the following: · £6.08 an hour to workers aged 21 and above · ...
New Consumer Bill of Rights
The Bill will update the law for goods and services and for digital content, clarify the law on unfair contract terms, consolidate consumer powers for Trading Standards, and provide much stronger protection for vulnerable customers targeted by misleading aggressive sales practices. Mr Davey said: “Consumer law in the UK comes from a variety ...
Wills
Solicitors are advising their clients to leave their email, internet banking and social networking usernames and passwords in their Wills Owing to a lack of regulation, different websites have widely differing policies regarding dead users. This means that without log-in information relatives are often unable to access or shut down online assets or social ...
Tribunal fees
Claimants will have to pay an up-front fee to apply for a tribunal of £250, plus another £1,000 if a hearing is granted. The money will be refunded if they win but forfeited if they lose. Fees will be even higher for cases where damages of more than £30,000 are sought, although poor claimants ...
Employment legislation review
The government has opened a three week consultation period for employment legislation under its ‘Red Tape Challenge’ scheme, encouraging both employees and employers to have their say on how to improve employment regulations and make them more workable for all. The review entitled “Employment Law Review” is looking at policies and regulation that place requirements on ...
Company Incorporation
Companies House has announced that, following an assessment of paper processes, it has reviewed its policy regarding the re-issue of paper incorporation and change of name certificates. Once a company is incorporated using the paper service, a certificate is issued and can be collected or posted to the presenter. Certificates are posted by 1 ...
31 October deadline for paper tax returns
HM Revenue Customs (HMRC) is urging anyone who hasn’t yet filed their paper return to act now, to avoid missing the 31 October deadline and incurring a late-filing penalty. If you send in a paper tax return on or after 1 November, you will now receive a £100 penalty – even if there is ...
