Legal News
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Posted 03/05/2016 By: Elizabeth Dunn It has been suggested in the media recently that David Cameron and his mother engaged in some controversial financial arrangements when Mrs Cameron gave £200,000...
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Posted 03/02/2016 By: Simon Cunningham Despite the Government’s position, notably at the recent Paris climate talks, to commit to clean energy targets there has been significant inconsistency by the reduction...
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Posted 20/10/2015 An inquest takes place on Wednesday 21 October in Folkestone into the death of Alice Dickenson of Sittingbourne. Mrs Dickenson’s family will be represented at the inquest by...
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Posted 09/04/2013 Ashtons Legal has raised £13,200 for three local charities – East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH), Big C and Headway. The firm has been supporting the charities through a...
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Posted 07/06/2016 Scott Hilton, Commercial Property Solicitor and Sophie Howard, Trainee Solicitor consider below the implications of the new Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 SI...
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Posted 20/10/2016 It’s been another busy quarter for the Court of Protection Team which has seen a new arrival in our finance team as well as the recruitment of two...
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Posted 05/09/2013 Ashtons Legal has signed up for the Healthy Ambitions One Million Steps Challenge 2013. Five teams from across the firm will be taking part in the challenge which...
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Posted 03/07/2012 Late payments are having a major impact on firms across East Anglia, which could lead to them facing insolvency, according to a new report.Research carried out by the...
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Posted 05/12/2014 Ashtons Legal was joined by clients and professional contacts on 3 December to celebrate the hatching of ‘Patch’, the dragon being sponsored by the firm as part of...
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Posted 20/06/2012 Ashtons Legal has announced the appointment of two new members of staff in the firm’s Business Development and Clinical Negligence teams. These appointments closely follow a number of...
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Posted 25/11/2015 By: Polly Stephenson Rising property prices are helping to fuel increased numbers of inheritance disputes reaching the courts, with second marriages another major contributory factor. Such challenges are...
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Posted 03/03/2016 By: Michael Wangermann The Supreme Court has reviewed the test for ‘vicarious liability’, ie where an employer has to take financial responsibility for the actions of an employee...
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