Ramsdens is delighted to announce that they have been shortlisted in the 'Regional/Offshore Firm of the Year' category at this year's Legal Business Awards 2020.

We are celebrating all the fabulous women at Ramsdens as we support International Women's Day on March 8 - we’re all supporting this year's theme, which is #EachForEqual.

March 2020 is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month, and four charities, Target Ovarian Cancer, Ovacome.. ovarian cancer, The Eve Appeal and Ovarian cancer action have come together to raise awareness.

​The Ministry of Justice has recently announced a settlement scheme to compensate former detainees of Medomsley Detention Centre in County Durham. The Centre inflicted ‘short, sharp, shock’ treatment on inmates throughout the 1960's until the 1990's, which many victims described as ‘tortuous’.

The latest version of the Domestic Abuse Bill has proposed that convicted offenders of domestic abuse are made to take a polygraph lie-detector test upon their release from prison in order to monitor their behaviour.

Following calls by APIL and a parliamentary committee for a full consultation of the scheme, ministers have rejected calls for reformation of the current statutory bereavement award under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976.

Health and Safety is an issue that effects all businesses, large or small and irrespective of the type of business they carry out. A recent case involving a Sheffield based firm serves as a stark reminder as to the potentially disastrous results should a company fall foul of the relevant regulations.

An offer to terminate an employee’s employment contract on agreed terms may be confidential provided the “without prejudice” rule applies or if the offer forms part of a protected conversation under Section 111A of the Employment Rights Act (ERA).