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Jan 2016
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld an Employment Tribunal’s decision that it was not direct race discrimination or race harassment for an employer to instruct an employee not to speak in Russian whist at work. In the recent case an employer had some concerns over the unusual behaviour of an employee. She often used her…
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Jan 2016
A review involving over four million patients has suggested that an irregular heartbeat is riskier for women, and that women with atrial fibrillation (AF) are nearly 50% more likely to have strokes and fatal heart disease than men. Connor Emdin of the University of Oxford, part of the team that conducted the study, said “One…
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Jan 2016
Yorkshire law practice, Chadwick Lawrence, has secured the national Law Society’s legal practice quality mark, Lexcel, for the eleventh year in a row. Lexcel is developed specifically for the legal profession. It is an optional, recognised accreditation scheme for law firms and in house legal departments which give assurance that a practice meets high client…
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Jan 2016
Background Associate Solicitor in the Family Team at Chadwick Lawrence I previously practiced in the North East heading up a family team before joining Chadwick Lawrence in 2013. Why be a Family Lawyer? Family Law is an interesting and varied area of law. I am very much a ‘people person’ and personable individual and this…
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Jan 2016
It is an executor’s responsibility to deal with the administration of your estate after your death and it is usually recommended you appoint at least two executors in case one of them is unable to act due to their age, health or geographical location. Anybody aged 18 or above can be an executor of your…
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Jan 2016
Official figures released by NHS England have shown that for the month of November, many waiting time targets were missed by hospitals in England. Key targets missed included cancer services, ambulances and the 111 telephone service, with A&E departments only seeing 91.3% of patients within the four hour waiting time target, which is the worst…
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