Legal News
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Posted 30/10/2009 Companies looking to the government’s Business Payments Support Service (BPSS) scheme as a way to avoid insolvency have received a reminder that it will not provide assistance to...
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Posted 02/11/2011 The government has been urged to reveal the input Prince Charles has had into planning law.According to the Guardian, Lady Andrews, a Labour communities minister, wrote to the...
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Posted 23/09/2009 Robert Chalmers, a Wealth Management partner in Ashtons Legal’s Norwich office, summarises the perils of intestacy. A national newspaper ran a story recently about a lady who is...
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Posted 27/01/2010 The government has committed to continuing to implement employment law changes in order to foster better equality standards in UK workplaces. Minister for women and equality Harriet Harman...
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Posted 24/07/2014 Breast cancer: One-shot therapy gets NHS nod A pioneering breast cancer treatment that replaces weeks of radiotherapy with a single, targeted shot is set to be offered on...
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Posted 07/11/2014 The health secretary has said he is determined to tackle avoidable waste in healthcare and a report on the subject has issued by the Academy of Medical Royal...
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Posted 06/09/2012 Over the past few months the arguments surrounding personal injury claims for whiplash as the result of road traffic accidents, and more specifically the members of the public...
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Posted 08/12/2009 A trade union has urged the government to reinstate the right to compensation claims for pleural plaque sufferers as a matter of “social justice”. The Union of Construction,...
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Posted 24/06/2012 Tom Ranson of Ashtons Legal injury services has obtained personal injury compensation for a Norfolk man, Mr H, who had to go to hospital, suffering from whiplash and...
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Posted 01/10/2009 A healthcare regulator has called for improved monitoring of out-of-hours care by NHS Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in order to avoid clinical negligence incidents. The Care Quality Commission...
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Posted 23/11/2009 An employment law expert has called on companies to ensure their anti-discrimination policies are sufficient in preparation for new legislative changes. Peta Fluendy of the Employment Law Clinic...
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Posted 20/11/2009 An advisory group has called on workers to seek the counsel of solicitors if they feel that their rights under employment law are being compromised during the recession....
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