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The Hows and Whys of Credit Checking
So you win that new client and all is well with the world. Like a new friendship or even a new relationship, there is that nice honeymoon period when both sides only want to think the best of each other and this results in a sometimes understandable reluctance to scratch the surface and see exactly what lies underneath. And credit checking is precisely that
Colemans-CTTS Join Brain Injury Group
Colemans-ctts have been selected to join the new Brain Injury Group – a national network of expert brain injury solicitors working alongside a wide range of specialist support services. The new initiative will provide brain injured individuals and their families with complete support – not just compensation - throughout their claim and beyond.
Businesses ill prepared for retirement of retirement age
Businesses face the prospect of huge legal claims if they don’t prepare for the new change in law to the default retirement age. The decision by the government to abolish the Default Retirement Age could lead to businesses working without a safety-net if they don't prepare as they will no longer be able to dismiss an employee simply on grounds of them having reached retirement age.
Too old for ‘prime-time’
In the same week as the Government’s announcement to abolish the default retirement age in October 2011, making it unlawful for employers to dismiss on the basis of retirement, Presenter Miriam O’Reilly announced she had won her claim against the BBC for age discrimination after being dropped from presenting Countryfile.
A Guide to the Equality Act 2010
A major new piece of legislation came on to the Statute Books at the start of October last year amending discrimination law in the UK.
