An assisted suicide campaigner has argued rules concerning the potential for prosecution of those who help someone do this in countries where the practice is legal are still unclear.

Bankruptcy proceedings will be sped up under proposed new rules the government is looking to introduce.

The process by which firms go through the insolvency law process is to be investigated by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

A campaign to get more people to make wills has shown signs of major success.

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has claimed the gap in pay between men and women remains higher than it should be.

The Royal National Lifeboat Institute has received £1 million in a will donation.

Employment law was put on the agenda this week as Unison unveiled the extent to which workplace bullying takes place.

A number of women in senior-level positions are opposed to the introduction of positive discrimination, it has emerged.

Insurance firm Prudential has said that there will be an increase in the number of people remaining in employment past statutory retirement age in the next ten years.

NHS workers are to get 'passports' advising them of their rights, it has been revealed.