Legal News
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Divorce can be a painful and expensive process for both the parties concerned. A Family Solicitor at Ashtons Legal, offers seven golden rules to follow: The end of a relationship...
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If so, did this make a difference to you in either the short or long term? All too often we see people who didn’t receive the follow up that they...
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The Court of Appeal has today upheld a High Court decision that a mother was partly to blame for her child’s injuries having used a child booster seat to restrain...
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Tom Cook, a clinical negligence partner at Ashtons Legal, has today obtained court approval for a settlement for his client Martin Stoker from Hainault, Essex which is expected to be...
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The Ashtons Legal Employment team often advises employers to expressly reserve the right to pay a departing employee in lieu of notice, in addition to the usual notice provisions specifying the...
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Christmas doesn’t come gift-wrapped for employers, who need to keep on top of everything from health and safety to the Bribery Act in the festive season On the first day...
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Corporate solicitor Ed O’Rourke is to take over the helm at Ashtons Legal from 1st January 2013. He succeeds Simon Smith who will leave after a highly successful decade during...
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The concept of continuity of employment is an important one for both employers and employees. To qualify for certain employment rights, employees need to accrue minimum periods of continuity of...
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Many of us have become used to government schemes promoting the use of apprentices by employers, but do apprenticeships work for either employers or the apprentices themselves? An independent review...
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You may remember the numerous (not to mention occasionally amusing) cautionary tales from case law concerning inappropriate social media content from the Virgin Atlantic passengers described as ‘chavs’ to Kevin...
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The winners of the Suffolk FWAG (Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group) Farm Conservation Competition and The Tim Sloane Award were announced at an awards ceremony on Wednesday 21 November. The...
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Richard Foyster, a personal injury partner based in Ashtons Legal’s Ipswich office, has settled a claim for a young man who suffered brain injuries and a number of orthopaedic injuries...
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