Wills will be applicable according to the law of the land where they are from, irrespective of where in the European Union (EU) a person resides, under proposed new regulations.

The wording of a badly-written will could end up leaving a charity legally barred from benefitting from its provision, it has been warned.

The BBC is planning to screen a TV series that will highlight issues concerning wills and inheritance.

The jobless total in the UK has risen to 2.47 million, according to the latest government figures.

Many small businesses are still at risk of becoming insolvent, due to the continuing lack of credit, it has been warned.

Local authorities in England have been accused of spending millions of pounds of taxpayers' money fighting equal pay claims.

A lawyer has warned that having a badly written or out-of-date will could be no better than having no provision made at all.

The level of insolvencies remains a high one, despite a recent drop-off in numbers, it has been argued.

Baroness Deech has argued that British divorce law should be remodelled along European lines.

Laws on tax and regulation need to be changed to help support the establishment of more new firms, a small business lobbying group has said.