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Parents of obese children could face neglect charges

Parents who ignore advice and guidance concerning their obese children by not encouraging healthy food and exercise may be guilty of neglect, according to child health experts.
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Patients need to understand risks of gastric surgery

Companies promoting obesity surgery need to tell patients about the real risks, says lawyer Sharon Allison.

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Grandparents to win enhanced access rights to grandchildren

Grandparents are to be given greater access rights to their grandchildren following parental relationship breakdown, the coalition government has announced.

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The myth of the common law wife

Richard Busby of London law firm Fisher Meredith warns anyone living in a common law partnership about the dangers of this arrangement.

Renewing restrictive covenants

Companies need to update restrictive covenants when an employee is promoted.

Label targets illegal music downloaders

The Ministry of Sound has targeted those it suspects of downloading the label's music without permission with a round of speculative invoicing letters, marking a crackdown on illegal music file sharing.

Younger men plump for prenuptial agreements

Wealthy men younger than 45 are three times more likely to have prenuptial agreements than their older counterparts, recent research has found.

Study calls for slashing of drink-drive limit

Ministers are to analyse whether the drink-drive limit should be lowered to bring the UK in line with other European countries.