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Thousands of Addison Lee drivers could be entitled to an average £10,000 each in compensation after the court of appeal found they were “workers” entitled to the national minimum wage and paid holiday. Lord Justice Bean dismissed an appeal by Addison Lee against a 2017 employment tribunal that found that three drivers for the company …

My 84-year-old father is selling his retirement flat. Out of the blue, TalkTalk, his network and phone provider, said that his line would cease because the buyer of his flat had transferred it to BT. The contracts on the sale haven’t yet exchanged. Soon after, the phone and broadband went dead. TalkTalk confirmed the line …

The number of homes sold in the UK hit a record high in March as buyers and sellers attempted to complete deals before the end of the stamp duty holiday. About 180,690 transactions were recorded during the month, according to official figures from HMRC, double the total in March 2020 and the highest number since …

The son of an oligarch caught up in the world’s largest divorce case has been told to pay £75m to his mother after a judge at the high court in London found he was “a dishonest individual who will do anything to assist his father”. Temur Akhmedov was found to have worked together with his …

I part-own my flat as part of the share-to-buy scheme. When I tried to access a fire safety form (EWS1) to increase my ownership share last October, the housing association, Optivo, told me the building had failed its fire safety inspection. The fire safety officer advised me that there was a problem with the material …