Individuals who suffer from serious brain injury often find that, following their injury, they need help in the form of welfare benefits.
A cautionary tale has emerged this week from the recent Court of Appeal case of Hamilton v Hamilton [2013] EWCA Civ 13.
The High Court has recently ruled that it was unable to order a former employee to disclose to a company the content of business e-mails sent and received by him during the time that he was its CEO. In Fairstar Heavy Transport NV v Adkins, the ...
A recent case heard in the Employment Appeal Tribunal against Phones4U Limited has yet again raised important questions in the context of employees’ use of social media. This was whether a potentially discriminatory act continues througho...
Disputes arising out of Wills and the Administration of Estates are becoming increasingly common. The potential areas for dispute are wide-ranging and can include anything from a minor disagreement between beneficiaries to a full scale claim ag...
hlw Keeble Hawson, the lawyers acting for the parents of three-year-old Mylee Ward, who died of dehydration in Chesterfield Royal Hospital, confirm that the couple are planning legal action following a coroner’s verdict that neglect contr...
Organisations which rely on volunteering will no doubt be relieved that the Supreme Court has recently held that people who are not in a contractual relationship with the body they volunteer for are not in “employment” for the purpo...
Cuts to Legal Aid for family law cases will place added pressures on couples separating and divorcing this year, warns Vanessa Fox, head of the family law team at hlw Keeble Hawson and Chair of South Yorkshire Resolution.
French leisure group Abéo has acquired Prospec, the Rotherham-based manufacturer of sports cubicles and lockers, for an undisclosed sum in a deal that will spearhead the Yorkshire firm’s global growth.
A Sheffield-based employment specialist is stepping up warnings for employees to be cautious about what they post on social networking sites following today’s news from The Recruitment Society and The Chartered Institute of Personnel and ...