Farmers who let homes to their workers are being warned to carefully follow new rules affecting landlords to safeguard their positions. Helen Gough , an agricultural specialist at law firm mfg Solicitors, says many farmers  may not be aware of the new...

Nine solicitors from a single Midland firm have been named among the most outstanding in their field after appearing in two respected guides. Legal specialists at mfg Solicitors, which has eight offices across the region, are named in the prestigious 2015...

A growing number of people are deciding to spend their wealth now to avoid having to foot the bill for their care in later life, a new survey suggests. Research by health insurer Partnership found that around 43 per cent of adults would be willing to...

With the Paris climate change summit set to go ahead next week, former Labour party leader Ed Miliband has urged the UK to become the first country in the world to create a law for setting a zero carbon emissions policy. However, Mr Miliband stated that he...

The Trade Union Congress has called for a change in the law to ensure parents are given paid time off when their children are sick. As new research released this month revealed that three million working days are lost caring for sick children each year,...

The Lord Chief Justice has said that he wants to encourage greater transparency in cases involving Power of Attorney. Lord Thomas, the UK’s leading Judge, has promised to open up the Court of Protection to increased public scrutiny, following previous...

Miss Li Quan – the ex-wife of a tycoon who is accused of spending tens of millions of pounds, leaving her with no money – has been successful at the Court of Appeal. William Bray, a financier, and Miss Quan shared an interest in conservation...

A woman who allegedly misspent a significant part of her husband’s £1 million Ministry of Defence (MoD) compensation – after he sustained brain damage following a Taliban attack in Afghanistan – has lost her case to get a larger share...

An employment tribunal has awarded more than £30,000 to a public-sector worker who was dismissed because of disability absences. In Powell v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, a worker with 34 years’ service was awarded the money for...

Friends of the Earth – the environmental group – has expressed concerns about the Government’s likelihood of missing its promise to ensure 15 per cent of UK energy is from renewable sources by 2020. The group has written a formal letter to...

A new report has revealed that around nine out of ten adults in the West Midlands have not made adequate provision for their later life. The latest research conducted by Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE) found that a significant majority of people had failed...

Back in the summer, David Cameron said there had been “a slew of good news” for advocates of gender equality. But as Equal Pay Day on Monday, November 9 showed, Government efforts to address the gender pay gap are not quite there yet. It is...

Environmental activists who set up an anti-fracking camp at Upton in Cheshire have been served with an eviction notice by a Judge at Manchester’s County Court, meaning they will have to abandon the site by 4th December. Upton Protection Camp (UPC) was...

The public have given an overwhelming vote of confidence to the will-writing service offered by solicitors. A new survey, commissioned by the Law Society, found that almost 90 per cent of people who had visited a law firm to put their affairs in order had...

Leading companies and universities are being asked to remove names from application forms in an effort to stop “unconscious bias” against potential recruits. Women, refugees, and people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds are among those...

New measures to speed up the adoption process have been announced by David Cameron this week, in a bid to end the wait that hundreds of children face when hoping to be placed with a permanent family. As part of the new rules, local councils will have to...

A solar farm south of Newport in Wales could be given planning permission even though the application for it was refused one month before. The planning application to use the 21-acre site at Cefn Llogell Farm for collecting solar energy was originally...