Why aren’t you Claiming your Money Back?
Having a flight delay hanging over the start of your trip like a murky raincloud is less than ideal. You’re all packed up, passports in hand and you’ve finished browsing the bargains in duty free but for many reasons your flight may not take off when it’s meant to – meaning that you arrive later…
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Not Happy with your Salary? Join the Club!
With the general cost of practically everything being so high at the moment, it is no surprise that over half of UK workers (52%) are unhappy with the amount they are being paid. According to a recent survey from jobs search engine Adzuna, the following industries felt the unhappiest with their pay: Retail – 65%…
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Working Long Hours Leads to Heavy Drinking
Work hard, play harder. A well known quote used by the employed to try and justify the copious amounts of alcohol consumed as soon as they leave work for the day, whatever time that may be. There’s a reason why happy hour starts right after people typically get out of work. After a long, hard…
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Win Castleford Tigers vs Wakefield Wildcats Tickets
To mark the start of the Super League season, Oakwood Solicitors are offering two lucky winners the chance to see the February 8th clash between the Castleford Tigers and the Wakefield Wildcats at the Mendahose Jungle. Each winner will receive two corporate tickets to the match along with a complimentary two course meal for two.…
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Top Five Stress-Busting Tips to Combat ‘Blue’ January
The third Monday in January is now hailed in popular media as ‘blue Monday,’ supposedly the most depressing day of the year. Symptoms of work related stress amongst workers will often peak in January following the return to work after the Christmas break. These can manifest as sleep problems, night sweats, mood disturbance, low self-esteem…
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Virgin Atlantic Pays Out £47,000 in compensation for One Flight
Virgin Atlantic paid out £47,000 compensation to passengers who had suffered a 26-hour flight delay when a flight travelling from Orlando to London Gatwick in October 2012, developed a fault with the aircraft’s fire detector circuit. Hotel rooms had been provided for the passengers but they did not receive their room keys until around 2am.…
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Obesity Can Be a Disability
This was the question facing the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the recently heard case of FOA (Kaltoft) v Billund. The ECJ held that obesity can be considered as a disability, but obesity, in itself, is not a protected characteristic, and discrimination on the grounds of obesity is not unlawful. In this case, Mr…
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Hit and Run: The End of the Story?
For those of you who watched ‘Hit and Run’ on ITV1 on Wednesday (16/12/2014), there were some truly horrifying statistics regarding hit and run ‘accidents’. For those of you who did not see it, here are a few examples:- In 2013, 1,500 people were killed or seriously injured in hit and runs. In the past 5 years…
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Delayed and Cancelled Flights at Christmas
Every year 3.5 million passengers take flights over the festive season for any number of reasons from travelling home for a week with family to a week in the sun. Increased passenger numbers can mean increased risk of your flight being delayed or cancelled. Recent surveys show that over a third of flights will be…
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