In the 2015 Summer Budget George Osborne announced that from April 2016 the Government would legislate for a National Living Wage in England and Wales for all employees aged 25 or over of £7.20 an hour, up from the £6.70 National Minimum Wa...
The recent High Court decision not to allow a heterosexual couple to enter into a Civil Partnership has drawn attention to the role of Civil Partnerships. Originally the Civil Partnership Act 2004 was introduced to avoid discrimination towa...
Clapham & Collinge Solicitors are delighted to have raised over £3,000 for charity during November 2015's Will Aid campaign.Will Aid clients were offered a basic Will and asked to consider making a voluntary donation instead of paying t...
A new landmark decision by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that employers can read employees private messages sent via chat software when at work.The case was brought by a Romanian engineer, Bogdan Barbulescu, who was di...
After someone dies, it is part of the job of their executors to ensure that the correct amount of inheritance tax is paid. As a part of this process, executors need to find out whether the deceased made any gifts in the 7 years before he or...