A prison officer who claimed her good looks led to her being dismissed from her job has won her unfair dismissal case.

New rules have been pledged by ministers that will see women able to transfer up to six months of their maternity leave to the baby's father.

Those who are cohabiting have been warned they have no automatic rights when a relationship breaks up or is terminated by death.

Ministers are said to be drawing up new rules that will make it mandatory for separating couples to consider mediation before taking their divorce to court.

Britain's divorce laws have been described as "degrading" by a legal expert in the House of Lords.

Landlords of residential property have been advised to do more to protect their rental income in the current economic climate.

The level of demand for pre-nuptial agreements in the UK has been increasing in recent years, it has been stated.

The recession is leading to more divorces taking place, a family lawyer has said.

An agreement has been reached over the level of redundancies due to take place at a printworks.

The importance of making a will has been emphasised by a campaigner seeking to get the residents of a hospice to make arrangements for the disposal of their estates.