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Wounding statements that can have a devastating impact on your professional and personal life take...

Policies which seek to restrain employees' inappropriate use of social media may seem sensible but...

COVID-19 has without doubt drastically affected the fortunes of some very wealthy people. As a ...

So-called 'push payment' frauds – often involving bogus emails providing false bank account...

Confronting mortality is never easy and many people put off making decisions critical to their own...

Internet domain names often change hands for large sums of money and disputes in respect of their...

Commercial buildings are not just boxes and, to many tenants, aesthetics are just as important as...

In a ruling of interest to anyone engaged in renting out furnished properties, the First-tier...

Rather than giving money to your children directly, you may choose for a variety of good reasons...

Any good lawyer will tell you that it is far better for divorcing couples to agree how their...

The provision of workplace equality and diversity training can afford employers a powerful defence...

Arbitration clauses are commonplace in commercial contracts and generally provide a relatively...

Should vulnerable people who lack the mental capacity to make important decisions for themselves...

Disputes between neighbours frequently inflict enormous emotional and financial harm on all...

When exercising a break clause in a commercial lease, tenants are usually required to deliver up a...

Some shop floors are rough and ready places where foul language abounds, but if a worker makes a...

Even apparently obvious or trifling clerical errors in a will or codicil may provide fertile...

Purchasers of private companies sadly often feel that they have been sold a pup, but making such...

Working out the financial consequences of divorce takes time and that is why judges have the power...

Individuals can feel almost powerless when faced with the might of large corporations but, with...

Lockdowns put into force in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have rendered many commercial...

The VAT regime is far from straightforward and anyone going into business on their own account...

The much-criticised practice of some landlords and their agents of excluding those in receipt of...

Pressure on the housing market has led to the conversion of many redundant office buildings into...

Cross-border child abduction is an all too frequent result of broken relationships but it is also...

The word 'disability' may summon images of people suffering from grave physical incapacity but, in...

Professional writers often receive assistance and inspiration from friends, family and others, but...

The task of administering your estate after your death will be made all the harder if your will is...

If you feel that your neighbours' building plans will impact on your views or otherwise harm your...

One might think that an inspection of the Land Register would be a conclusive and straightforward...