Palmers Solicitors Blog

MEPs and the Council of Europe agreed last month (December) that mobile phone manufacturers will be obliged to provide a common battery charger throughout Europe as part of a provisional deal on radio equipment.

Marks & Spencer has apologised after an “extremely apologetic” Muslim member of staff at one of its London stores refused to serve a customer who was trying to buy a bottle of champagne.

At the launch of a 12-week consultation into zero-hours contracts this week, the Business Secretary Vince Cable said he has ruled out a complete ban on them, saying that they offer employers “welcome flexibility”.

The Banking Reform Act 2013 was given Royal Assent yesterday (December 18) in a bid to make the banking system safer in the wake of the financial crisis and the Libor rate rigging scandal.

Faced with the festive news that storm Emily’s sister could bring 100mph winds to the UK on Christmas Day, many people whose trees and fences are hanging on by a thread after the last battering we received could be in…

Building on plans outlined in August, Home Secretary Theresa May is proposing that life sentences be brought in for human traffickers as part of the Modern Slavery Bill.

According to official figures from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), the number of employment tribunal claims has fallen by almost a fifth in 2013 following the introduction of fees.

An interim report from the Institute for Global Food Security has urged the Government to set up a specialist food crime unit in the wake of the horsemeat scandal earlier this year.

The date on which the first same-sex weddings can take place in England has been announced as March 29 2014 by Equities Minister Maria Miller, earlier than many had expected.