Speed cameras set to disappear
Government cuts may well signal the end of speed cameras in many parts of Engl...
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Food supplier fined after accident
A frozen vegetable supplier has been fined following an accident at its plant ...
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Black boxes considered for vehicles
The European Commission is to consider new measures including possibly introdu...
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Fall in the number of uninsured drivers on the roads in the UK
New figures have shown that there has been a 20% drop in the number of motoris...
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Fireman wins compensation fight
A fireman, sacked for asking colleagues if the force’s new reclining chairs we...
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Winston Solicitors employment team to provide seminar on the new Equality Act on 30th Sept
The Employment Team will be providing an evening seminar on the new Equality A...
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Retirement changes to be speeded up
The government is planning to raise the retirement age to 68 sooner than plann...
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Grandmother faces compensation fight after postman trips
A woman of 61 is worried she may lose her home after a postman successfully su...
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Legionnaires Disease scare at Leeds hospital
An outbreak of a bacteria which causes Legionnaire’s Disease is being tackled ...
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Company fined after worker loses fingers
An engineering firm in Wales has been fined after a workplace accident in whic...
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MOT failures rise as motorists cut back
New figures released by the Retail Motor Industry have shown that the number o...
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Jobless total falls
New figures have shown the number of jobless fell in Leeds during the last mon...
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Elderly putting off retirement due to the economic downturn
New research has shown that more people are planning to delay their retirement...
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Young custom cars drivers targeted in safety campaign
Young drivers who customise their vehicles are the focus of a new campaign to ...
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Huge upheaval in NHS announced
A major upheaval of the NHS, the biggest in a generation, will see GPs placed ...
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Lewis Hamilton supports the ESC anti-skid system
Motor racing driver Lewis Hamilton has demonstrated a car anti-skid protection...
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Housing market unsteady
A new survey shows that surveyors are expecting house prices to fall due to co...
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HPA fined following E.coli risk
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has been fined after some of its employees ...
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Facebook starting to help protect children
A new initiative from Facebook will see users able to report suspicious online...
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New code for insurers
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has introduced a new code for the in...
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Health and safety failings end in tragedy
A plastics manufacturer in Rochdale has been fined £140,000 after a man was cr...
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Speeding drivers hauled before the school
A council has unveiled a new approach to tackling speeding motorists near to s...
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Listening to sport while driving could seriously damage your car
New research has found that drivers are more prone to making mistakes when lis...
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Fatal accident at business park
West Midlands Police and the Health and Safety Executive are to carry out a fu...
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Decisive homebuyers
A new survey has revealed that the typical viewing time spent deciding whether...
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Transaction news
Winston Solicitors recently acted for Professors John Fisher and Eileen Ingham...
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2010 budget news
The rate of capital gains tax for higher and additional rate taxpayers goes up...
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Advertising sales without an end date
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint about an adv...
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Domino effect of divorce
Research originating from the USA has found that the likelihood of a couples’ ...
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More people struggling to fund retirement
A new survey suggests that a large number of people heading towards retirement...
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New competition rules
On 1 June new EU regulations relating to vertical agreements came into force. ...
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Clegg wants public to help scrap laws
The Deputy Prime Minister is calling on the public to help him in his quest to...
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Grandfather claims for unfair dismissal and age disability discrimination rejected
A 64-year-old grandfather has lost a compensation claim for unfair dismi ...
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Hopes fading for new buyers
A new survey reveals that almost three-quarters of potential first-time buyers...
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Winston Solicitors invited to present the annual Employment Law update
Winston Solicitors were invited for the second year in a row to present t...
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Northern Britain and Scotland roads more unsafe claims report
A report by a leading road safety charity has said that in Scotland and Northe...
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Children to be given important life skills
An event in Leeds this week will see children in the city being given a lesson...
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Osborne seeks benefit cuts
The Chancellor George Osborne is looking to cut the benefits available to some...
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Worker unfairly dismissed wins compensation battle
A worker has received more than £10,000 in compensation after he was sacked fo...
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Interest rates drive down cost of running a home
New research has shown that the cost of running a home has dropped by 6% over ...
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Employer paying less than minimum wage is prosecuted
An optician has been fined over £3,000 after paying staff up to 40% less than ...
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Family voices fears over hospital services in Leeds
The family of a girl whose life was saved by specialist heart surgeons say the...
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Government to raise the state pension age
A new government shake up of pensions could see people regularly working into ...
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Government plans to scrap default retirement age gets approval
New research has shown that almost three-quarters of people support plans by t...
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Council apologises to former employee over dismissal
Derby City Council has made a full apology to a former senior official who was...
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More paternity leave could lead to dads living longer
New research is suggesting that fathers who take paternity leave when their ch...
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House prices stall as new sellers appear
New research has shown that house prices were pegged back in June as more new ...
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Equal pay case won by two women
Two women in Scotland have won an equal pay employment tribunal case. ...
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Leeds BBQ area plans scrapped
Plans to create a special barbecue area in Leeds are set to be scrapped. ...
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Council forces house demolition
Leeds City Council has ordered the demolition of a new house despite the owner...
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Shortage of housing? It may be about to get worse
The Government is shaking up the housing planning system, the talk comes quick...
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Bin men told to check inside bins for people
The Health and Safety Executive has given guidance to refuse collectors to ens...
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Religious taunts drove a teacher into leaving his post
A Christian teacher has lost his employment tribunal after leaving his job ove...
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Unfair dismissal appeal not upheld
A former teacher who was sacked for gross misconduct has lost her appeal again...
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Tribunal hears from teacher dismissed after fire call
A Leeds employment tribunal has heard that a teacher, dismissed for hitting a ...
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Too many working without a break
A new survey has found that a quarter of workers in the UK regularly work all ...
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Government acts on “garden grabbing”
The Government is to give immediate powers to local councils to stop the build...
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Firm fined following carbon monoxide death
A security firm has been fined after an employee tragically died in a workplac...
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World Cup almost upon us
It can’t have escaped your notice, even if you wanted it to, that the World Cu...
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Court forces homeowner to give up 50% of property
The Court of Appeal has ruled that a homeowner must give up half of her intere...
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Capital Gains Tax, MPs revolt
Another leading Conservative MP has spoken out about the planned rise in capit...
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Unfair dismissal case against the NHS
An employment tribunal in Leeds has heard how a whistleblower is taking action...
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Homeowners encouraged to remortgage
New analysis from HSBC provides good news for those people who bought their ho...
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Age discrimination victim wins compensation
An NHS manager has been awarded £147,000 in compensation after a tribunal rule...
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Stop big brother councils spying
There are calls for the government to take action after it was revealed that c...
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Leeds hospitals budget slashed
Bosses at Leeds hospitals will see their spending budget cut by £18 million th...
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Leeds company prosecuted after a fatal accident in the workplace
A Leeds freight firm has been fined following a workplace accident in which a ...
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Whistleblower thrown off course
A student nurse who complained about the poor treatment of elderly patients at...
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Government calls time on HIPs
Home information packs have been suspended by the new government which looks s...
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Coalition Government suspend Home Information Packs (HIPs) with effect from the 21st May 2010
The Government is suspending HIPS from 21st May 2010. There will be many lawye...
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BMW drivers are percieved as the worst in the UK
A new poll has found that those driving BMW’s are seen as the worst drivers, f...
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