The FJG Blog

By FJG on 28/05/2009 14:56
According to figures obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, over £100,000 has been recovered from Welsh agriculture employers to reimburse farmers who have been underpaid...
By FJG on 28/05/2009 10:03
After a failure to act on 12 improvement notices issued by Rugby Borough Council, a private landlord in Rugby has been prosecuted and fined £3,600 as well as being charged £551 in...
By FJG on 26/05/2009 16:31
Rural businesses have benefited from free legal advice on the pitfalls of employing immigrant workers and the practices which they need to adopt, after Colchester-based law firm Fisher...
By FJG on 21/05/2009 14:08
Shared Ownership has been in the headlines a great deal recently.  It is a scheme by which you can purchase a percentage of a flat or house from a Housing Association.

Housing...
By FJG on 20/05/2009 16:53
One of Colchester’s leading law firms has raised over £700 for a special charity which cares for hundreds of life-limited children in East Anglia....
By FJG on 20/05/2009 11:17
A woman who was suing Lewisham Council for negligence, which she claims led to her falling victim to abuse while in its care, has lost her case. The case has been watched closely...
By FJG on 19/05/2009 16:35
In a ground breaking legal case, a domestic violence charity has announced plans to sue a police force and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for not doing more to prevent the murder...
By FJG on 14/05/2009 16:52
A millionaire who is fighting his former wife’s divorce settlement has admitted to funding a secret second family.



City tycoon Brian Myerson, 50, set up his mistress...
By FJG on 14/05/2009 14:56
A whistleblower who was fired by Marks & Spencer for telling the media about planned redundancy pay cuts is suing his former employer for a breach of his human rights. Tony Goode,...
By FJG on 13/05/2009 15:38
A recent survey has found that 81% of intermediaries, service providers, charities and consumer groups feel that the government needs to do more to support the equity release market....
By FJG on 05/05/2009 14:56
Health and safety lawyers believe there could be much to learn from observing the first case to be brought to court under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007....