Legal News
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Posted 08/07/2010 The number of fatal personal injury cases in the agricultural sector has increased again following a decrease last year. According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), there...
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Posted 29/01/2015 Ashtons Legal have recently advised the shareholders of Beam Group Limited in connection with its sale to a large distribution company for an undisclosed sum. Beam – a...
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Posted 08/11/2011 MPs last week voted in favour of cutting medical injury claims out of the legal aid system, despite the opposition of all patient organisations and the organisation that...
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Posted 03/12/2010 Employers across the UK have been urged not to dock the pay of their staff who have been struggling to get to work in this week’s snow and...
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Posted 29/07/2013 Ashtons Legal Solicitors is delighted to announce a number of new Associate appointments from within the firm.Four members of staff have been appointed as Associates, having successfully completed...
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Posted 30/03/2011 A recent report issued by CMACE has highlighted the fact that over 90% of women who died from pre-eclampsia between 2006 and 2008 in the UK had ‘substandard...
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Posted 16/12/2010 A judge has underlined the importance of making proper Wills following a complicated case which saw two step-brothers fight a legal battle in court. Denny and Laura Densham-Smith...
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Posted 16/09/2009 People who suffer a personal injury in a car crash should be made more aware of their right to make compensation claims, according to a consumer group. The...
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Posted 16/11/2009 Companies have been warned that using social networking sites such as Facebook to assess potential job candidates may be a violation of employment law. The Law Society has...
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Posted 30/03/2010 Many UK employers may not be meeting their obligations to support families under current employment law. This is the suggestion of new research carried out by SimplyHired.co.uk, which...
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Posted 19/05/2014 Ben Ward, a medical injury solicitor at Ashtons Legal, has secured a settlement of just over £44,500 for Mrs A, a lady in her late eighties, who underwent...
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Posted 21/10/2012 It is easy to assume that pre-nuptial agreements and post nuptial agreements (agreements entered into after a marriage or civil partnership), are something only the rich and famous...
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