If you’ve picked up a newspaper recently, you’ll be fully aware of the case involving the death of the young boy who was living in north London and is known in court and in the media as ‘Baby P’ The mother of the 17-month-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons due to age and privacy reasons (hence ‘Baby P’), has been convicted of causing or allowing his death by a jury at the Old Bailey

It has now been over one year since the much debated Home Information Pack and Energy Performance Certificate for houses with 4 or more bedrooms was launched on the 1st August 2007 The principle was to ensure that buyers will know how energy efficient a house is before they buy it, and also so that some of the legal work in regards to that can be dealt with in advance, saving time and money for those concerned

On 24th April some leading supermarkets were raided by the Office of Fair Trading after a tip-off by Wal-Mart/Asda about practices which may breach UK competition law Emails were seized in what the supermarkets claim is a "fishing expedition", crossing many products and sectors

Recently three oil executives were convicted and jailed in the UK for price fixing This was the first ever prosecution for an oil cartel

Do you consider yourself self employed or have contractors that you consider to be self-employed Do the contractors turn up to work everyday, have tasks and assignments controlled by the employer, complete assignments on site using company property, and seem to be treated like an employee

As well as the usual personal New Year resolutions to lose weight, get fit or whatever, we suggest that you should also consider making some Legal New Year resolutions which are likely to be more enduring than most New Year resolutions tend to be The 8 suggestions include updating your personal will, property advice, business agreements and getting up to date with the new employment laws