Due to my line of work, I know what a horribly complicated issue health and safety can be. Many of the rules laid down by central and local government are there for a very good reason, but at other times guidelines seem excessive and can end up spoiling things instead. There are definitely some cases [...]
Category Archives: Legal musings
If a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well
Posted by admin on May 9, 2012
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It’s strange how some people take a great deal of pride in their work, while others don’t. I can’t imagine what it’s like to behave in the latter respect, as I’ve always done my best with every task I take on and would feel dreadful to conduct my professional life any other way. My impression [...]
eBay business people scrutinised by taxman
Posted by admin on May 1, 2012
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Do you run an eBay business? If so, and you haven’t been declaring your income as a self-employed person, you have until 14 June to do so and pay the relevant tax – or face some nasty penalties from Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC). If you’ve just sold a few personal items now and [...]
Proper clinical care should extend to every treatment
Posted by admin on April 12, 2012
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Of all the scary things in the world, mistakes in hospitals and other clinical environments are high on the list of issues which worry me most. We all need medical care at some point in our lives – and the last thing you want to know is that some errors are systematic and avoidable. Fortunately, [...]
Would you work a night shift for no wages?
Posted by admin on February 16, 2012
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Taking advantage of people’s desire to find work is a particularly touchy subject at present, with millions unemployed and seeking opportunities – so you’d think huge national brands would be very careful with public messages about recruitment. Leading supermarket Tesco has waded into a furore by advertising a job for a night shift worker… with [...]
Why you shouldn’t sue a cartoon monkey
Posted by admin on January 16, 2012
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I heard over the weekend that Texan junk food giant Hostess Brands had filed for bankruptcy. The manufacturer of Twinkies, Ding Dongs and other fat-filled delicacies is undoubtedly (if you believe the Daily Mail) another casualty of the healthy eating craze sweeping the US at the moment. The same thing happened here a few years [...]