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Case postponed due to lack of legal aid

Tuesday 10th June 2014

Posted By: James

The most senior family judge in England and Wales, Sir James Munby, has had to adjourn a case because of a lack of legal aid for one of the parties.

How to effectively use testimonials and get your satisfied customers selling your services for you

Tuesday 10th June 2014

Posted By: James

How to effectively use testimonials and get your satisfied customers selling your services for you

These numbers speak for themselves:

• 67% of consumers indicate that their buying decision is influenced by word of mouth.
• 93% of consumers believe that word of mouth is the most reliable source of information.
• 74% of consumers that received a negative recommendation about a brand decided to change.

[Sources: Mc Kinsey, NOP World/ GFK, Milward Brown]

Motoring laws get stricter

Tuesday 10th June 2014

Posted By: James

The government is to increase the severity of penalties relating to driving offences as part of a series of sweeping reforms to magistrates' powers.

UNISON has been granted permission to appeal against the High Court's decision to reject it's JR application to challenge Tribunal fees

Tuesday 20th May 2014

Posted By: James

UNISON has been granted permission to appeal against the High Court's decision to reject its judicial review challenge to the introduction of employment tribunal and EAT fees on 29 July 2013. According to UNISON, the Court of Appeal decided on the papers that ‘the basis of the issue is of sufficient general importance to merit permission to appeal’.

Tribunal fees hurting poorest workers

Tuesday 20th May 2014

Posted By: James

A Freedom of Information request brought by Thompsons Solicitors reveals that employment tribunal fees were waived in only 4.5% of 14,000 claims in the six months to December, despite government claims that one in three would not have to pay when it brought in means-tested charges.