Legal News
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The Court of Appeal has today determined the case of Pimlico Plumbers & Charlie Mullins v Gary Smith, which concerned the employment status of Gary Smith and the other plumbers...
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Ashtons Legal are urging those involved in projects which create jobs and growth in the rural economy to apply for grant funding under the Government’s RDPE Growth Programme. In Norfolk, Suffolk...
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Fresh fruit and vegetables have become scarcer and therefore more expensive because of the continental freeze over December and January. For instance, tomatoes have doubled in price during the last...
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Julie Crossley, a member of the Ashtons’ medical negligence team, has obtained a £13,000 settlement for the family of an elderly lady who had suffered an unwitnessed fall while in...
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This week the Telegraph reported that a bottle of tomato juice bought from Aldi’s Bristol branch had been found to contain a mysterious substance which it believes to be mould....
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According to the high street lender Halifax, more first-time buyers climbed on to the property ladder in 2016 than in any year since 2007, but would-be home owners now need...
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New research has been undertaken to identify whether or not breath tests can be performed in order to detect cancer of the stomach and oesophagus. A sample of 300 patients...
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The issue of unpaid medical bills arising from the treatment of overseas patients has featured in the news recently as the Government attempts to recoup cash wherever it can given...
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Ashtons Legal personal injury specialist Siobhan Thacker has obtained a £147,000 for a Cambridgeshire man who was severely injured in a road traffic collision. Mr T was involved in a...
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I will declare my interest at the outset: I am a commercial lawyer and my business is drafting contracts. You would therefore expect nothing other than for me to extol...
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Care Home owners and managers are concerned about the national living wage affecting recruitment in the care home sector, according to a straw poll taken at an event for care...
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We have been lucky with a warmer than average winter so far, but as we enter a time of cold spells, energy market commentators warn of a corresponding squeeze on...
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