Crispy Peking duck is likely to be off the menu in restaurants from now on due to European Union health and safety regulations.
Source: Top Stories On 23 July 2008, 1:00 am
Employment relations service Acas is urging small businesses to consider early mediation rather than going to court to solve workplace disputes.
Source: Top Stories On 21 July 2008, 1:00 am
A report by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) into personal current accounts shows that they are not working well for consumers.
Source: Top Stories On 18 July 2008, 1:00 am
A landmark decision by the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg means that millions of carers could be able to demand flexible working hours.
Source: Top Stories On 17 July 2008, 1:00 am
A woman whose heel snapped off her shoe leaving her with an injured leg has been awarded compensation by the shoe shop, potentially leading to hundreds of similar claims from other injured women.
Source: Top Stories On 16 July 2008, 1:00 am
A Christian registrar who refused to carry out civil partnership ceremonies has won her discrimination case after she was victimised for her religious belief.
Source: Top Stories On 15 July 2008, 1:00 am
A Bill to give rights to cohabiting couples will be introduced this autumn as part of a new "Living Together" campaign launched by family lawyers group, Resolution.
Source: Top Stories On 14 July 2008, 1:00 am
A woman who won a £1.4 million divorce settlement is suing her lawyers for negligence, claiming she should have got a bigger payout.
Source: Top Stories On 10 July 2008, 1:00 am
The owners of a Sheffield butcher's shop were last week successfully prosecuted for deliberately not paying the National Minimum Wage.
Source: Top Stories On 8 July 2008, 1:00 am
Pringles manufacturer, Procter & Gamble, last week won its appeal against Revenue & Customs over VAT on its crisps-in-a-tube
Source: Top Stories On 7 July 2008, 1:00 am
Google has been ordered to hand over the personal details of everyone who has ever watched a video on its YouTube website.
Source: Top Stories On 4 July 2008, 1:00 am
A man who worked on his cousin's farm for 30 years for nothing in the expectation that he would one day inherit it has been told by the Appeal Court that he can't have it.
Source: Top Stories On 2 July 2008, 1:00 am
A Labour MP is attempting to change inheritance tax laws so that elderly siblings who have lived together for many years are protected by the same inheritance tax laws as married and gay couples.
Source: Top Stories On 1 July 2008, 1:00 am
eBay has been ordered to pay 38.6 million in damages to French luxury goods group LVMH for allowing fake goods, including Louis Vuitton-branded handbags, perfumes and sunglasses, to be sold on its website.
Source: Top Stories On 30 June 2008, 1:00 am
Licensed premises across Scotland are having to improve facilities or risk closure under new laws.
Source: Top Stories On 27 June 2008, 1:00 am
A lorry driver who ran into the back of a Transit van while using a hands-free mobile phone - killing its passenger - has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.
Source: Top Stories On 26 June 2008, 1:00 am
The Government has today announced a review of no win no fee funding in employment (as well as personal injury and defamation) cases.
Source: Top Stories On 25 June 2008, 1:00 am
Little Britain star Matt Lucas and his partner of six years, Kevin McGee, have begun proceedings to dissolve their civil partnership.
Source: Top Stories On 24 June 2008, 1:00 am
Employers hiring illegal immigrants have been named and shamed by the Home Office on the UK Borders Agency website.
Source: Top Stories On 23 June 2008, 1:00 am
Scots sending sexually explicit emails and texts risk being accused of being a sex offender.
Source: Top Stories On 20 June 2008, 1:00 am
A rock climber who tried to sue the trustees of an activity centre after falling from a climbing wall and breaking his neck has lost his appeal.
Source: Top Stories On 19 June 2008, 1:00 am
Employers in Britain will retain the right to ask employees to work more than 48 hours a week following EU talks in Luxembourg last week.
Source: Top Stories On 17 June 2008, 1:00 am
Government plans to change the law to require fathers, as well as mothers, to be named on a child's birth certificate were announced this month.
Source: Top Stories On 16 June 2008, 1:00 am
A ruling today in favour of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in relation to tips means good news for the UK's restaurant and bar workers.
Source: Top Stories On 13 June 2008, 1:00 am
Acas is urging employers to help the three million carers in the UK who are juggling work with caring responsibilities this week.
Source: Top Stories On 12 June 2008, 1:00 am