The majority of UK workers are not fully aware of their employment rights and human resources (HR) departments should help with this, it has been argued.

The Law Commission has proposed a shake-up of the inheritance system, which would see certain automatic rights being applied to cohabiting couples.

Charities have expressed concern that there may be a rise in court cases from people seeking to dispute legacies left in wills to charities.

A librarian sacked by a school for repeated sickness absence has been awarded legal costs after her former employer wrongly disputed that she was disabled.

A proposed law change concerning the way rental benefits are paid has been welcomed by the editor of online landlord portal LandlordZONE Tom Entwistle.

Prenuptial agreements are increasingly likely to be considered by judges in future divorce cases, according to a senior official at the BPP Law School.

Over half of UK adults have not written a will, a new survey has revealed.

The threat of further redundancies in the near future may be greater than expected in London and across the UK after news emerged that the country is still in recession.

A jump in insolvencies is likely to occur in the next year, according to corporate recovery specialists Begbies Traynor.

The increasingly complex nature of contemporary family structures is causing an increase in the number of wills being disputed in court, it has been stated.