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‘E-cigarettes’ Spark Workplace Smoking Row
The rise in popularity of ‘electronic cigarettes’ has fuelled workplace smoking rows according to HR and health & safety experts.
Saturday 17 October 2026
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The rise in popularity of ‘electronic cigarettes’ has fuelled workplace smoking rows according to HR and health & safety experts.
You cannot escape intellectual property law in the news at the moment. Recently Cadbury’s won the right to use Pantone 2685C exclusively on chocolate bars and…
Making sure a business’ standard terms are incorporated within signed agreements, are up to date and clearly printed on all key trading documents – plus good…
The Law Commission recently unveiled plans for a radical overhaul of how divorce settlements could be worked out in the future in England and Wales.
The number of applications for freezing orders appears to be on the rise, perhaps due to an increase in insolvencies or simply more fraudsters operating in…
DAS is a leading legal expenses insurer and supports thousands of businesses each year in their fight against unfair dismissal claims. Here they explore what actions…
As Cadbury trade marks the purple colouring associated with their brand and Christian Laboutin wins protection over the iconic red soles of their shoes, Ian Wood…
Mark Kingsley-Williams, Director of Trade Mark Direct gives us his top ten tips to sorting out your trademarks.
Robert Gibson, Managing Partner of Samuel Phillips Law Firm and a specialist in employment law, warns that the introduction of fees for claimants in employment tribunals…
We asked Jane Crosby, Solicitor at Hart Brown to give us her opinion on the proposed changes to employment law.
Email marketing might be a cost effective way to drive traffic to your alert potential customers to your goods and services and drive traffic to your…
The best way to protect your strapline is to trade mark it. In order to trade mark it, the phrase must be distinctive and capable of…
The latest steps in reforms to the employment tribunal system have been unveiled by Employment Relations Minister Norman Lamb with the announcement of the Regional Mediation…
Last May, the EU Privacy and Communications Directive came into force which stated that all non-essential cookies used on websites must be clearly identified to the…
In a recent survey Ernst & Young found that 72 per cent of middle managers in the UK are unaware of the Bribery Act which came…