Author: Tom Wood | Date: 03/04/2013
Categories: General
In December 2009, Lord Justice Jackson delivered his long anticipated review of civil litigation costs. It was designed to tackle those areas where the legal costs of settling claims had become ‘disproportionate’. Just how disproportionate was illustrated by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) who surveyed over 50,000 low-value motor accident claims in 2009 and 2010, and found that for Read More…
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 11/02/2013
Categories: General
From June to August 2012, Britain’s businesses took on an additional 1.6 million temporary workers. Employed across a range of sectors from agriculture to hospitality, the use of temporary or seasonal workers has become a year round feature of the British employment landscape. Many businesses rely on the short notice availability and flexibility of temporary staff as a key part Read More…
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 28/12/2012
Categories: General
Summer may have long since given way to this season’s chill but the record levels of rainfall seen earlier in the year show no signs of letting up, with parts of Northern Ireland, England and Wales continuing to see flooding. All of which focuses attention on the renewal of an agreement betweenb insurers and the government surrounding the availability of Read More…
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 26/11/2012
The government recently announced that there was to be a reduction in the number of planned health and safety inspections for many UK businesses such as shops, offices, pubs and clubs. It also made it clear that, in higher risk areas like construction, inspections would continue, reflecting an ongoing concern surrounding the sector’s safety record. Despite the recession and a Read More…