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As with any new year, there are a number of financial changes coming up in 2018 which are likely to impact on your monthly budget and long-term saving goals. Let’s...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/5-key-financial-changes-to-watch-out-for-in-2018/
Have you or your Company recently received a County Court Judgment that has been entered in Default? Do you have a Defence to the Claim? Can this Judgment be set aside? What...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/have_you_received_a_county_court_judgment_can_you_do_anythi/
A recent report has revealed that millennials are set to benefit from an ‘inheritance boom’ bigger than that experienced by any other generation in the post-war period. The Resolution Foundation,...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/millennials-on-target-to-enjoy-inheritance-boom/
If you’re an investor, it’s likely that you’ll have heard discussions or read reports around the arrival of Mifid II. It’s just as likely that you won’t have had much...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/what-exactly-is-mifid-ii/
A recent statement from the government has announced plans to extend the automatic enrolment scheme so that it applies to all workers aged 18 or over by the mid 2020s....
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/the-next-steps-in-autoenrolment/
With markets around the world continuing to prove unpredictable as momentous financial and political events continue to unfold, it’s perhaps not a surprise that investors are increasingly concerned about when...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/time-in-the-market-not-timing-the-markets/
In general, pensions information and advice which employers provide to their employees – such as presentations which employees are invited to attend – are unlikely to result in a tax...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/what-is-the-pensions-advice-exemption/
Last November, Maternity Action* launched a report in Parliament on unfair redundancies for pregnant women and new mothers. Maternity Action is a UK charity committed to ending inequality for pregnant...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/discrimination-against-pregnant-women-and-new-mothers-persists/
We all know that when purchasing a property you want it to be a smooth and stress free experience. Buying a property which has not been registered with the...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/registering-your-property-for-the-1st-time-if-unregistered-title/
The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt has today acknowledged that drug errors in England cause appalling levels of harm and deaths. His comments come as new data suggests 237 million errors...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/drug-errors-in-uk-cause-shocking-levels-of-harm-and-deaths/
Please note that our GDPR Breakfast Seminar at Hollinwood Business Centre has been cancelled tomorrow morning, 1 March 2018, due to poor weather conditions. We will notify you of the...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/cancelled-gdpr-seminar-on-1-march/
We love to talk about our erratic weather in the UK, but patience is wearing thin for many during the current freeze – especially for employers and those struggling to...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/when-the-beast-bites-guidance-for-employees-and-employers/
Introduction In 2016 Britain voted to leave the EU and new Prime Minister Theresa May invited George Osborne to consider an alternative career and replaced him as Chancellor with Philip...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/spring-statement-2018/
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force in the UK on 25 May 2018. With little more than two months to go before the new regulation comes...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/gdpr-checklist-what-must-you-do-before-25-may-2018/
A national saving and investment survey has shown only 7% of people have spoken to their parents about inheritance. One of the most important parts of planning to leave an...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/talking-about-your-will-dont-be-one-of-the-93/
Recent research has suggested that those in the baby-boomer generation should be prepared to pay higher wealth taxes in order to pay for healthcare costs likely to climb steeply in...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/taxes-set-to-rise-for-baby-boomer-generation/
It may seem as though the year has barely begun, yet the month of March is already upon us. That means that spring is just around the corner. It also...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/the-isa-deadline-approaches-making-the-most-of-your-allowances/
A recent decision from the Employment Appeal Tribunal indicates that employers need to take extra steps when considering the dismissal of pregnant employees before they accrue the two years required...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/employers-should-take-extra-care-when-dismissing-employees/
2017 was a good year for Emerging Markets, which continued their recent strong run, keeping them on track to outperform Developed Markets in back-to-back years for the first time since...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/emerging-markets-looking-back-on-2017-and-forward-on-2018/
A recent study has found women are generally less well prepared for retirement compared to men. The research, carried out by savings company Standard Life, reveals that whilst over half...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/how-the-gender-gap-hits-womens-retirement-savings-as-well-as-pay/
If you have been following the news recently, you’ll no doubt have heard of “Cambridge Analytica” (CA). CA is alleged to have ‘mined’ information from Facebook users without consent...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/lessons-from-the-cambridge-analytica-issues/
The start of 2018 has been an eventful time in the world of the stock market. After hitting highs at the end of January, both the Dow Jones and Standard...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/what-is-a-market-correction/
New tax rules announced at the 2016 Budget are now in force as of 6 April 2018. Income tax and National Insurance Contributions (NIC) will now need to be made...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/changes-to-termination-payments-and-your-business/
Claimants at an employment tribunal may make a claim for “injury to feelings” in situations where they have suffered discrimination which has led to humiliation, hurt and degradation, or the...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/compensation-for-injury-to-feelings-sees-increase/
Equity release plans, also known as lifetime mortgages, allow those over the age of 55 to borrow against their home. Thanks to decades of rising house prices, for some older...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/three-important-ways-to-use-equity-release/
If you’re unclear on what the term ‘pound cost averaging’ means, the simplicity of what it describes is perhaps best demonstrated through an example. Abbie is an investor who has...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/what-is-pound-cost-averaging/
The Government’s Director of Labour Market Enforcement, Sir David Metcalf, has now published his report, “Labour Market Enforcement Strategy”, covering issues such as low paid workers and holiday pay rights....
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/new-report-aims-to-tackle-the-exploitation-of-lowpaid-workers/
Should you be able to divorce without blaming your spouse in divorce proceedings? Resolution, the family justice body, are currently campaigning for the law surrounding divorce in England and Wales...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/no-fault-divorce/
For the 16th year on the run we have been awarded the prestigious Lexcel quality mark. After an exhaustive and detailed inspection of our files and office procedures, including interviews...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/we-are-celebrating-quality/
Minority shareholders may find themselves in the precarious position of being forced out of a company against their will. This can happen during disputes between a minority and majority shareholder,...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/the-importance-of-a-shareholders-agreement/
The World Cup will soon be upon us, the traditional team song may have been ditched this year, but for employers the habitual problem of absenteeism during sporting events, hot...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/how-to-cope-with-a-summer-of-sport-advice-for-employers/
Every five minutes someone in the UK has a stroke and the effects can be cruel, devastating and life-changing. Stroke is a brain attack. It is a medical emergency which...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/be-stroke-aware/
The General Data Protection Regulation is now in force as of 25 May 2018 and has introduced sweeping changes to the way that businesses and organisations can hold data and...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/is-your-business-ready-for-the-gdpr-changes/
“I truly am grateful for all the work you have done and the support you have offered me.” We recently settled an employment case for a client and secured a...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/long-term-ill-health-case-study/
Cyber-security is more important than ever before, as Serie A football club, Lazio, found out the hard way in March. After signing Dutch centre back Stefan de Vrij in 2014...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/a-cautionary-tale-the-lazio-case/
You may have seen mini-bonds advertised, offering as much as 10% returns over reasonably short timeframes. Companies such as John Lewis, Hotel Chocolat and Naked Wines have famously employed them...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/are-minibonds-a-good-alternative-to-savings/
It’s one of the scary things about growing old, isn’t it? We’re all living longer, thanks to medical science but does that mean more of us are going to end...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/can-i-use-equity-release-to-pay-for-care/
In many cases a personal relationship between staff will not interfere with work. However, sometimes a personal relationship will be or can become problematic because it adversely impacts on other...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/why-romance-in-the-workplace-is-not-always-a-good-thing/
Property fraud is where fraudsters try to ‘steal’ your property by pretending to be you and selling or mortgaging your property and leaving you to pick up the pieces. It...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/property-fraud-is-on-the-rise/
Restaurants, bars and holidays – we all turn to trip advisor and online reviews before making a booking or a purchase these days and so it is increasingly the same...
https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/news/online-review-results-give-solicitors-thumbs-up/
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