It’s traditional to make resolutions to improve our lives at the start of a new year. Usually it’s to do with things like eating less or exercising more. However, lifestyle resolutions are not the only way you can improve matters for yourself and your family.

Here are three New Year Resolutions relating to the law that could be of great benefit to you and those who depend on you.

A mother has been allowed to take her daughter to live with her in Ireland even though it means the girl will have less contact with her father.

An Appeal Court judge says equal pay cases are at “almost epidemic proportions” and show little sign of decreasing.

A 39-year-old man who injured his foot while on holiday has been awarded 4,500 pounds compensation.

The Leasehold Advisory Service has provided a detailed guide for council tenants who would like to buy their home.

A McDonald’s worker who was sacked for serving an “over generous” topping of chocolate on a dessert has accepted a four-figure out-of-court settlement in compensation.

The Government is seeking views on its plans to alter some Inheritance Tax (IHT) regulations in April.

The Supreme Court is to hear the controversial divorce case involving the oil tycoon Michael Prest and his former wife.

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