Legal News
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Posted 24/01/2011 Councils get go ahead to use powerful weapon in planning permission enforcement Individuals who try to bend the rules on planning permission have been dealt a blow following...
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Posted 16/05/2012 Benjamin Ward, a solicitor in Ashtons Legal’s medical injury team, has secured a settlement of ?27,000 for a woman who underwent substantial pain and suffering when a hospital...
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Posted 09/08/2010 The parents of a boy who was killed when a tree branch at a National Trust property fell on him are suing the organisation. Daniel Mullinger was killed...
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Posted 15/05/2012 An American study based on medical tests on volunteers living in Beijing demonstrated immediate improvements in blood pressure and other blood markers linked to clotting and inflammation during...
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Posted 30/04/2015 GP out-of-hours services provided by commercial companies perform slightly worse than NHS or not-for profit equivalents according to recent analysis. The research, by Exeter Medical School, used data...
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Posted 04/08/2010 People looking to carry out estate planning should be aware that they may be eligible for inheritance tax exemption if they own farmland. According to This Is Money,...
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Posted 15/07/2012 Changes to planning law are going to result in applications for barn conversions being fast-tracked, it has been revealed by the government.According to the planning minister Greg Clark,...
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Posted 19/04/2010 Night staff should have the same standard health and safety care as those working during the day to protect them from personal injury says the Health and Safety...
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Posted 16/07/2012 Changes to planning law that could affect pubs across the UK have moved a step closer to being introduced.According to a report by Big Hospitality, the Ten Minute...
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Posted 24/08/2009 An increasing number of single homeowners are opting for equity release, according to a new survey by the Equity Release Solicitors Alliance (ERSA). The study shows that so...
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Posted 30/08/2012 The Department of Health (DH) has announced new rules for redundancy payments to senior health managers working in the health service.NHS chief executive David Nicholson stated in a...
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Posted 30/06/2015 Ashtons Legal Solicitors is delighted to announce a number of new Associate appointments from within the firm. Ten members of staff have been appointed as Associates, having successfully...
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