Natural disasters – legal advice will naturally help
Claims for compensation can derive from many types of scenarios including natural disasters that occur hundreds of miles away. Compensation is not just for personal injury or other popular triggers; it...
View ArticleThe rules of unfair dismissal
Clients often think suing for unfair dismissal is an automatic right for any employee who has been dismissed. However, it is in fact only available to certain employees. (More…)
View ArticleThe importance of compromise agreements
Compromise agreements are one of the most common enquiries we receive at Contact Law. It is an arrangement between an employer and an employee that settles all disputes with a financial package. It is...
View ArticleVirtual reality check
Hacking into mobile phones and bank accounts was considered the height of breaching personal information, but protecting privacy and reputations is getting more and more complicated with the...
View ArticleStrike action – when employment relationships fail
Trade union members, including teachers and other civil servants, around the UK boycotted their jobs on 30 June en masse against the coalition government because of the proposed changes to their...
View ArticleRetirement, redundancy and unfair dismissal – what to expect as an older...
Older employees that come through Contact Law often regard their situation as in jeopardy during cut backs or organisational change. A particular client of mine who was nearing retirement age felt...
View ArticleCopyright Wars
Film-raiders got a rude-awakening when BT was ordered to block access to film and TV pirate website Newzbin2 at a time when there are plans to relax the UK’s intellectual property laws. In what is...
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