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Over the last year or so it seems there has been an increase in reports of wills which are not legally binding, and cases where changes in wills are not upheld, as well as there being hundreds of cases where the money or assets left in a will is stolen or under played, meaning the true beneficiaries miss out on money which is legally theirs.

Due to this rise, the government in Scotland is developing new legislation which will give those drawing up a will more protection, and the move in Scotland has left many experts in the rest of the UK suggesting that the legislation there should be reviewed as well. Now the Legal Services Board of England and Wales (LSB) have stated that they are now taking measures to review the current process and guidelines.

These problems appear to have arisen as a direct consequence of will writing firms or professionals being used rather than the traditional solicitors, and as solicitors are governed in a way that will writers are not, more mistakes (whether deliberate or accidental) have been made.

Having your will drawn up by a solicitor means you are engaging the services of someone with a wealth of experience, knowledge and qualifications, as well as being protected by the professional indemnity scheme that the solicitor must enter into.

This is not the case with other types of will writer and whilst many are morally upstanding, there are some who will take advantage of this lack of legislation in order to gain either financially or professionally.

The recent investigation reported cases of will writing fees which were quoted as very cheap, but which then rose to thousands of pounds at the time of death, leaving the deceased’s family to foot a huge, and unexpected bill, and other cases where wills were lost, or funds were stolen.

Scotland’s new regulations are expected to come into force next year, with a full investigation from the LSB expected in England and Wales over the coming months.

If you are looking for a reputable will in Manchester then Hague Lambert, a Manchester family law solicitor can help.

A recent poll carried out by the AA has shown that nearly one quarter of the 19,000 people questioned were unaware that it is illegal to use a mobile phone whilst supervising a learner driver. Around one in ten people were also unaware that it was illegal to fall asleep at the wheel. The current law states that when you are supervising a learner driver you are in effect responsible for the actions of that driver.

It has been reported that one supervising driver was even jailed after a learner was involved in a crash that resulted in the death of two people. Due to this the AA have expressed the need for learners to undergo lessons with instructors as well as having some time spent with experienced drivers. There is always the risk that learner drivers will pick up the bad habits of more experienced drivers without realising.

Shockingly the study also reported that some drivers were breaking the law by drinking, sending sms text messages and failing to wear glasses that they would wear if they were driving themselves.

23% of people asked admitted that they were unaware that using a mobile phone whilst supervising a learner was illegal.

4% of respondents admitted that they had broken at least one of the laws and this grew to 22% in the aged 21- 24 group.

When supervising a learner driver you are actually deemed to be in control of the car yourself. Lots of people are unaware of the responsibilities that come with supervising a learner driver.

Road safety charity Brake have also expressed their concern and are campaigning for the minimum age for supervising a learner to be upped from 21 to 25.

It is vital to be confident and secure in your knowledge of the law and roads before you consider taking a learner out on a driving lesson.

The above pointers were aimed at reducing road traffic accidents. road traffic accidents solicitors Hattons can help with any claims.

Recently the law society has announced that it has begun judicial review proceedings against the LSC (Legal Services Commission) over the handling of the tender process for family law contracts. These new regulations will see a huge change in how the family court system is funded and will certainly have an effect on lots of people who have formerly relied on legal aid to fund their legal expenses.

Legal experts and the Legal Services Commission have been left surprised as to the outcome of the new tender process decision-which was announced in August. Almost 1100 firms were unable to secure new contracts which has resulted in 1300 being left to cover the whole of the country. A similar bid concerning the criminal law area met hardly any problems at all in comparison.

The LAG has claimed to understand that the law society has met extreme pressure from firms that had successfully won the bid and were campaigning for them not to change the rules again so that they could continue tendering those particular family law cases. The law society have responded by saying that they have a duty to act and ensure fairness is achieved. The main issue is that the changes may have a bad effect on the people who would previously have relied upon legal aid in order to cover their fees.

The LAG has suggested that in certain areas of the country some clients will now be forced to travel long distances in order to find a solicitor that they can use. The reduction in the number of firms providing tender by legal aid poses risks to the public and the ability of the public to be able to afford proper legal cover. This has the potential to raise problems where cases of domestic abuse and child protection are concerned.

Only when the first batch of appeals are resolved will the true effect of the change be shown. The British legal system is bracing itself until then.

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As we are currently in the height of summer, holidays are on everyone’s minds. Increasingly, employers need to take particular care surrounding the sometimes difficult of employee’s entitlement to holidays during illness.

Are you aware of the laws surrounding an employee with long term sickness, or an employee whose illness coincides with annual leave?

In a recent case this issue was raised and clarified. The result is that under the Working Time Directive an employee on sick leave will carry on accruing annual leave allowance, despite not being in work. There were some key points raised.

Workers can take paid leave As the statutory holiday continues to accrue during sick leave, this means that a worker will be entitled to take the holiday even if they are on sick leave. So, having given the requisite notice, a worker is entitled to take the leave and be paid the going rate for annual leave rather than sick pay. Even if a worker has used up their entitlement to sick pay, they will be entitled to be paid in respect of their statutory holiday entitlement.

Workers can take paid leave As the statutory holiday continues to accrue during sick leave, this means that a worker will be entitled to take the holiday even if they are on sick leave. So, having given the requisite notice, a worker is entitled to take the leave and be paid the going rate for annual leave rather than sick pay. Even if a worker has used up their entitlement to sick pay, they will be entitled to be paid in respect of their statutory holiday entitlement.

Payments in lieu of untaken holiday Under the Working Time Regulations entitlement to holiday pay in respect of untaken holiday only falls due when the employment is terminated. The regulations also say that holiday entitlement cannot be carried over to the next leave year. Taken together this would imply that employers will only be liable to pay for untaken leave in the holiday year in which termination of employment takes effect.

Employers may be able to exploit the situation and overcome a deduction in claim by making payments in lieu of termination of employment.

With the situation remaining unclear at present, this is an issue which is a certainty to be revisited by the courts in the near future.

Hatton Commercial Solicitors are an expert Employment Law Firm and specialise in Employment Litigation.

An elderly disabled pensioner has been arrested and convicted of dink driving whilst speeding at 4mph on his mobility scooter. He was arrested after 8 policemen in three cars made the road side stop.

The pensioner, travelling at around 4mph on a pavement close to his Chesterfield home was surrounded by the policemen when he failed to stop. One policeman thought it necessary to mount the pavement with his vehicle to prevent the pensioner from continuing his journey whilst another took his keys.

Eamonn Donohoe uses the mobility scooter as he suffers from blocked arteries in his lower legs. He was pulled over after spending the evening playing dominoes with friends at his local pub. He had consumed six or seven pints.

The pensioner was understandably shaken and somewhat peeved after the incident, he commented “I can’t believe how they treated me – anybody would think that I was a bank robber or a member of Al-Qaeda,” Donohoe told the Daily Mail. The pensioner was kept in police cells for 12 hours, fingerprinted and had his DNA taken.

Mr Donohoe went on to say “I was travelling at three and a half miles per hour. They must have known, like I did, that the rules of the road don’t apply when you’re riding a mobility scooter down the pavement. It didn’t seem to matter one jot. I wasn’t doing anything wrong so I didn’t stop at first because I wanted to get home.”

Mr Donohoe was found to be three times over the legal UK drink driving limit after he failed a roadside breath test. He has been banned from driving; however he has not been banned from driving his mobility scooter as it is not actually classed as car.

Recently there have been several cases of unusual drink driving offenses, the most publicised being Welsh rugby star Andy Powell after he was convicted after driving a golf buggy the wrong way down a motorway, in another case a milkman was convicted for being drunk in charge of a milk float.

If you have been convicted of Speeding, then visit Freeman Keep On Driving expert Speeding Solicitors.

25 passengers were on board a double decker bus, ran by Blustar when it was pulled over on suspicion that the driver was thought to have been drunk driving.

25 passengers were on board the double decker bus, ran by Blustar at the time of the incident. The passengers onboard included children and elderly people when the police pulled over the vehicle before breathalysing and then arresting the driver for drunk driving.

One shocked passenger who does not want to be named commented: “We couldn’t hear the police officers after they had stormed in and were talking to the driver. We all panicked but did not know what to think. We just didn’t have a clue what was happening when we saw the blue flashing lights.”

Police pounced after a member of the public raised concerns. The bus was stopped as it travelled between Southampton and Wincester just as it reached the roundabout at Chilworth. The driver is now out on police bail however he has been suspended by the company.

Public relations manager at Blustar Chris Harris said because of the serious nature of the incident the employee was suspended immediately. The driver was immediately detained by the arresting officers and Bluestar dispatched a substitute driver who arrived to take command of the bus within minutes.

He continued:” The consumption of alcohol while on duty or reporting for duty while under the influence of alcohol is expressly forbidden. It is a strict rule that all Bluestar employees are required to be completely sober at all times when on duty. ”

The safety of passengers aboard Blustar vehicles is paramount to their operations, so it is important to reassure passengers through swift response to issues such as this one that they are willing to do what is necessary to ensure safety. It is important that companies such as Bluestar act quickly in response to drink driving allegations in order to reassure customers and take potentially dangerous drivers off the road.

The driver has been bailed until later in the year.

If you have been convicted of drink driving and been given a Driving Ban, then visit Freeman Keep On Driving expert Road Traffic Solicitors.

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Personal Injury Specialists

Looking and hiring a Personal Injury Specialists nowadays is not as hard as it was before with the flooding number of specialists and private companies that facilitate this type of claim. However, the challenge there is finding the legit ones.

Outnumbering the law firms that deal with personal injury claims are private companies or personal injury specialists that facilitate the same purpose. These companies and individuals sell the claim to solicitors and legal firms who will pay them in return to get hold of the claim. Some of these private companies ask the clients for facilitation cost. But with some law firms who practice the No Win No Fee Policy system, a client is guaranteed not to pay anything whether he wins or loses.

Choosing the right personal injury specialist can be challenging. The very basic thing that a client must consider in hiring one is the specialist’s experience and number of years spent in handling personal injury claims. It is also advisable to hire a specialist that deals only with this type of claim. When talking to a solicitor or a specialist, a client must be able to presenting his proof of the claim. But before that happens, a client must be certain first that he is dealing with the right personal injury claim solicitor or specialist. Some claims, especially the personal injury claims are regulated and licensed under the Ministry of Justice. This means that the law firm or the private company must also be regulated and licensed. Otherwise, they are breaking the law.

To check on licensed personal injury specialists and legal firms, visit the Law Society and the Ministry of Justice. Getting injured already causes a lot of trouble concerning health, career and finances. And hiring the wrong solicitor or representative can cause more complications and further problems in the future.

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Russell Jones and Walker Launches 2 Way Street Campaign






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Russell Jones and Walker Launches 2 Way Street Campaign
Russell Jones and Walker has launched its 2 Way Street campaign, to be headed by Gail Porter.





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Russell Jones and Walker, the personal injury specialists, has launched 2 Way Street, a campaign that aims to bring HGV drivers and cyclists together.

The campaign, fronted by Gail Porter, calls for HGV drivers to have cycle awareness training, for cyclists to be encouraged to take cycle training to cope with busy urban roads, and for more investment in the design of cycle-friendly roads. The campaign is supported by CTC, the UK’s national cyclists’ organisation.

On average, every year approximately eight cyclists a year are killed by lorries in London and about 28 are killed by lorries across the UK, with 70% of these in urban areas.

Following the launch of the Barclays Cycle Hire, in July this year, which aims to generate up to 40,000 extra cycle trips a day in central London by providing 5,000 cycles for hire, Paul Kitson (http://www.rjw.co.uk/meet-the-team/profiles/paul-kitson/ ), a claimant personal injury specialist with Russell Jones & Walker with particular expertise in cycling claims (http://www.rjw.co.uk/legal-services/accidents-injury/road-traffic-accidents-rta/cycling/ ) said: “The launch of Boris Johnson’s Barclay Cycle Hire scheme in central London is even more of reason to draw attention to the relationship between cyclists and HGV drivers in urban areas, and call for positive change.

“All adult cyclists across the UK should have access to national standards cycle training, so that they have the confidence and skills to cycle safely on today’s busy urban roads.

“The 2 Way Street (http://www.rjw.co.uk/2waystreet ) survey has explored, for the first time ever, the relationship between cyclists and lorry drivers and most importantly we now have proof that both parties want more or less the same things so they can share happily the same roads.”

About Russell Jones & Walker

Russell Jones and Walker employs more than 440 staff (more than 229 lawyers) and is renowned as the leading national firm of solicitors in protecting the rights and legal interest of individuals and those who represent them in road traffic accident claims (http://www.rjw.co.uk/legal-services/accidents-injury/road-traffic-accidents-rta/ ) and more. RJW has a network of regional offices and includes those in the following centres: London, Birmingham, Bristol, Wakefield, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield, Cardiff and Edinburgh.

About CTC

The UK’s national cyclists’ organisation has 66,000 members. It has been protecting and promoting the rights of cyclists since 1878 and is the largest cycling body in the UK. CTC is a not-for-profit organisation that is funded through its membership and donations. CTC provides a comprehensive range of services, advice, events, and protection for members and works to promote cycling by raising public and political awareness of its health, social and environmental benefits.

For more information about Russell Jones and Walker or this PR, please contact:

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Personal injury claims are based on the law of negligence, which demands that a duty of care existed between a defendant and claimant, that the duty was infringed and that the infringement caused the damage or grievance in question.

Clinical and medical negligence claims work on the same fundamental philosophy, except that doctors can avoid accountability if it can be said that they reached the standard of a responsible body of medical opinion – for example, if their actions measure up to what is normally accepted, they will not typically be found negligent in a court of law.

The NHS is often named in personal injury claims involving patients who have sustained injury or illness whilst undergoing operations in hospital; unclean wards, surgical errors and poor nursing are often cited in such cases. A recent incident involving a man who stabbed his grandfather to death has raised further questions over the extent to which the NHS can be held liable in personal injury claims.

On the 24th of July 2009, 30-year-old William Barnard grabbed a kitchen knife, left his flat and walked a short distance to the home of his grandparents, John and Mabel McGrath. Mr McGrath opened the door to his grandson, who proceeded to plunge the knife into his body. William, a paranoid schizophrenic, killed his grandfather after stabbing the 81-year-old no less than 56 times; Mrs McGrath was also injured during the attack. In June, William was committed to Rampton high security hospital.

Upon sentencing William, Judge Michael Stokes QC said that it was a “matter of grave concern” that the NHS had missed numerous chances to send the paranoid schizophrenic to hospital prior to the death of his grandfather.

Now, solicitors acting on behalf of William’s mother, Kath Barnard, have called for an independent inquiry into why the Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS trust failed to section William despite repeated requests by his family in the build-up to Mr McGrath’s death.

A specialist NHS AO team, which was tasked with ensuring that psychiatric patients remain out of hospital, was expected to visit William every 2 weeks. However, it has emerged that the AO gave William his fortnightly injection of Depixol, an anti-psychosis drug, in December 2008 and saw him just 4 times in the following 6 month period.

An AO medical team had even visited William on the morning of Mr McGrath’s death but failed to act despite observing blood stains on the door handle. William’s family had warned NHS experts of his deteriorating condition some thirty times prior to Mr McGrath’s death.

This content was provided by Nathan Payne who has previously worked on articles for injury lawyers and no win no fee solicitors based on cases involving whiplash claims and medical negligence amongst others.

The ultimate guide to hire solicitors in kent for the lowest fees and highest reputation guaranteed!!!

Have you ever had the difficulty of hiring a good solicitor in kent for any of the following problems a) Business b) Immigration c) Personal Problems like divorce or settlement. if so than read on ….

If for any reason you think about representing your self its highly likely that you wouldn’t be successful in your case unless you have been to the law school for 4 years and have dealt in relevant cases that’s why we have put this guide to help you choose the best solicitors in Kent region , who are reliable and will get you success in your case. All you need to do is follow the guidelines below to hire the best Solicitors in kent .

Recommendations . Always try and hire a solicitor if they have been recommended by friends ,colleagues or family members. If you still don’t find anyone than look online but make sure that you look at their reviews on blogs forums and other non biased websites .

Ads – Its almost impossible to find a good solicitor via ads on television or newspapers as these are usually done by firms that find it difficult to get clients otherwise .. so my personal advice stay away from them and concentrate on finding solicitors from recommendations as they usually always turn out to be better ..

Previous Experience. Before hiring a solicitor always make sure that they have dealt with similar kind of cases of which you are looking for a solicitor for . This is a very important aspect as their previous experience or expertise can make all the difference in outcome of your case. There are always solicitors available that will do your kind of cases so why settle for any solicitor.

Payment ways – Pay the solicitor according to the kind of work you want him or her to do . If you want to draft legal agreements or contracts pay them hourly but make sure you get a detailed breakdown of where their time is used for . This usually gives the best results as far as time is concerned . If you are trying to recover or get a compensation from someone, make sure you hire the solicitor on an incentive basis to get a quicker outcome .

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Those who have successfully completed the immigration process will tell you that it can be a very complex and time consuming process. Immigration is not easy. While some choose to navigate the process alone, it is generally the best choice to enlist the help of a skilled immigration solicitor. Your immigration solicitor can help you throughout the process with filing information, legal forms and other processes.

Finding an immigration solicitor can often be a difficult process. Talking with friends and family can be a great way to start. Often those who have recently immigrated will have recommendations of great solicitors to choose. You may also want to consider talking with your trusted general practice solicitor, as he or she may know of an immigration law specialist to help you with the process. Solicitors are generally willing to pass business on to their skilled associates in other specializations.

Once you have had a solicitor referred to you, be sure to check out his or her website. Read it over and see you are comfortable with the information that a particular solicitor provides. If the immigration solicitor doesn’t have a website, you might want to look elsewhere. These days, most attorneys do have a website to welcome new potential clients.

Before signing any contracts, make sure you have a thorough understanding of the payment obligations that you will face. Some solicitors choose to bill immigration cases using an hourly rate. Others work using a flat fee schedule. Understand your attorney’s practices as well as any potential additional charges. You don’t want to encounter any surprises come payment time. It is also wise to find out when the final payment will be due and if the solicitor offers payment plans of any sort.

You may want to consider taking some to interview prospective attorneys before making your final choice. This can help you better understand your attorney, the policies and your level of comfort. Try to choose someone who you feel comfortable with and someone who will take the time to listen to and understand your concerns. If you feel rushed or pressured, choose a different solicitor for your immigration needs. This is a complex process, and it is important that you feel comfortable with your immigration solicitor.

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