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Happy days

The Victorian era is indelibly linked to great British prosperity but also the images of overcrowded slums and the grim spectre of the workhouse. Whether we celebrate our ancestors' achievements or condemn their wrongdoings, we are very much beholden to the Victorians for affording us more leisure time and fashioning the way we enjoy the festive season.

Surrogacy parents win court orders

Sir Nicholas Wall, president of the Family Division, has made parental orders in favour of a couple who obtained two children by paying surrogate mothers in India, despite admitting that it was unclear how much money the surrogates received and what was covered.

£4.5m discrimination award to female doctor 'highest for 45 years'

An award of almost £4.5m to a female hospital consultant by a Leeds employment tribunal has been described as the “highest for 45 years”.

Identity parade

Can practitioners spot a client who lacks capacity? Craig Ward asks a cross-section of the industry about current practices

Paper chain

Recent guidance from HMRC demonstrates the ?importance of keeping the paperwork for pension ?schemes superseded by a SIPP. Judith Morris reports

MoJ plans to charge employment tribunal fees of up to £1,750

Justice minister Jonathan Djanogly has launched plans to charge fees ranging from £200 to £1,750 to bring employment tribunal claims.

Bloggers allowed to tweet from court

Journalists will be able to tweet from court without having to apply for prior permission from judges under new guidance issued this morning by the Lord Chief Justice.

Supreme Court blocks common law unfair dismissal claims

The Supreme Court has refused to allow workers to bring common law claims against their employers on the grounds that the way they were dismissed breached their employment contracts.