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• Milners extends range of services by launching Family Law specialism

  MILNERS has broken new ground in its 126-year history by appointing an inaugural Head of Family Law. Pascale Adam joins Milners to spearhead the growth of its emerging family law specialism across its network of offices in Leeds, Harrogate and Pontefract. She brings to the practice – one of the

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• Lawyers’ brace of public inquiries mark ‘legal first’ for Leeds

  A LEEDS law firm is claiming a first for the city as it takes to the national stage this week (Monday October 27) for two of the biggest public inquiries in UK history. While Giles Ward, Senior Partner and Head of Litigation at Milners solicitors, is supporting clients at the

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• Business 0 Employment Tribunal 1 – why a robust social media policy for the workplace is now vital 

  THE own goal scored by Manchester City’s Bernardo Silva in uploading a tweet judged to be racist may trigger further far-reaching repercussions after a recent employment tribunal case. The player hit the newspaper front pages, rather than the usual back pages, after being charged by the Football Association over a tweet in

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• Prompt legal advice a priority for Yorkshire Bank staff facing redundancy as Leeds HQ closes

  TWO of the biggest names on the Yorkshire high street have dealt a hammer blow to the local economy with the announcement of hundreds of redundancies. Just days after Thomas Cook – Britain’s oldest travel agency – collapsed into insolvency, Yorkshire Bank has announced it is closing its Leeds headquarters,

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• Holiday pay rights back under the employment law spotlight as research reveals 1m UK workers miss out

  AS many of us return to work after our annual summer getaway, new research has revealed that as many as one million people are being denied the full holiday pay they are entitled to by law. It’s an employment law topic that is increasingly in the media spotlight – with

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• Milners takes infected blood victims’ campaign to No 10 – and appears on BBC News  

  OUR fight for better compensation for victims of “the worst treatment scandal in the NHS” has been taken to the steps of Downing Street, achieving widespread media coverage. BBC News and the Daily Mail were among those who featured our letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, demanding action in ending

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• Lawyers turn to century-old law to settle probate dispute that hinged on which parent died first

  PROBATE lawyers have gone back in time by reviving a century-old law to win a high-profile inheritance battle in the courts. The judgment yet again underlines the importance of writing a will – and the far-reaching consequences that can be played out under the glare of the world’s media if

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• Hairdressers in the personal injury spotlight after high-profile compensation case turns up the heat

  COULD Yorkshire hairdressers be on the fringe of a flood of compensation claims for personal injury? That is the question being posed after a high-profile personal injury case in which a woman was awarded £2,000 compensation after being burned on the head during a blow dry at a London hair

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• Beware the pitfalls of trying to avoid care fees in later life

  AMID a growing, ageing population in Yorkshire, more and more people are spending their later life living in nursing and residential homes. But with this comes a significant expense – nationally the average cost for nursing home care is now £800 a week – and no shortage of creative ideas

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• Staff holiday pay and overtime rules – don’t let them be a passport to a breach of employment law

  WITH the weekend of July 27 and 28 set to break all holiday records, the annual Great British summer getaway is getting ready for take-off. As millions prepare to pack their passports, businesses are advised to check in to their employment law responsibilities to avoid falling foul of the complex

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