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DANGERS OF DRINK SPIKING AND HOW TO STAY SAFE Drink spiking occurs when alcohol or other drugs are intentionally added to someone’s drink without their knowledge or consent and can happen anywhere, including pubs, clubs, parties, festivals and in...

Don’t drink and drive this Christmas So what are the current UK drink-drive laws? Since 1967 the alcohol prescribed limits have not changed in England and Wales being 35 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres (ml) of breath; 80 milligrammes of...

Sexual Harassment in the workplace A new legal duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace comes into force on 26 th October 2024. If the duty is breached and an employee successfully pursues a claim for sexual...

Helping Father Christmas It’s never too early to mention the ‘C’ word for our property team! Our Conveyancing team is working hard at the moment to ensure that our clients who want to move into their new homes before Christmas can do...

Changes to Pensions auto-enrolment age The new Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Act 2023 gives the Government power to lower the minimum age threshold for pensions auto-enrolment for eligible jobholders from 22 to 18.  This change is...

DO YOU NEED TO HAVE A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION .....  Last night Martin Lewis discussed the important subjects of making a Will and Lasting Power of Attorney. It is vital to make a Will so that you can  decide to whom your assets are left when...

What is “deadnaming”? An employee has been awarded over £25,000 in compensation after she was “deadnamed” by her employer. “Deadnaming” is the act of referring to a transgender or non-binary person by their...

Death Bed Gifts Donatio Mortis Causa also referred to as a death bed gift is when someone makes a gift in contemplation of death and the gift is conditional on their death. To make a valid death bed gift, the gift has to be made in contemplation of...

Employee Awarded £130,000 following exclusion from WhatsApp Group Chat An employee on long-term sick  leave, who was excluded from his employer’s WhatsApp group chat because of his health condition,  has been awarded £130,000...

REDUCED COUNCIL TAX FOR LANDLORDS AND TENANTS After campaigning by the National Residential Landlords Association the Government has announced that it will stop banding individual rooms in shared houses separately for Council Tax purposes. This means...