The first book of its kind targeting small to medium-sized businesses. This book will prove invaluable as a complete handbook for existing and developing businesses and will guide managers in those businesses to ensuring that a comprehensive health and safety strategy is in place. Covers starting a businesses, the enforcing authorities, employment status, risk assessment and what to do when things go wrong.

This concise introduction to the complex area of employment law practiced in the United Kingdom is updated to include changes to the law in 2008. Includes information on and explanation of contracts of employment, disciplinary proceedings, redundancy and redundancy payments, maternity and paternity legislation and more.

A Straightforward Guide to Probate and the Law, Revised Edition, is a concise and informative guide to all the processes that underpin probate and the obtaining of probate. The book is designed exclusively for anyone who is either a family member or who is acting as an executor of an estate. By using this clear and easy to understand Guide, the processes of applying for probate and also understanding taxation and the final account and finalising the probate process will become clear. Will formulation is also covered.

Trainees consistently mentioned how helpful it was to have laws relevant to their clinical practice explained in a way that removed the mystery and anxiety associated with lawyers, courts, and judges. Each volume in the series sets forth, in a clear, straightforward, and user-friendly manner, pertinent legislation and court cases, covering why the law was written, what the law says, and how the law affects clinical practice.

A concise guide to all aspects of company law in the United Kingdom as it affects and governs the operations of a company and the business environment in general. Also outlines the changes in the way companies must account for operations since the Companies Act 2006.

A comprehensive guide to the British legal system and the practical use of the courts when contemplating any form of legal action. The book will enable the reader to understand this complex area and to feel confident enough to embark on the process of going to court - in most cases without the use of a solicitor. Overall, this concise book will prove invaluable to all who read it, containing a wealth of information about all areas of the law.