News for Individuals
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The Government has updated the laws relating to notice periods given by landlords. Further to our most recent article covering this topic (which can be found here), the regulations and,...
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If a personal representative is not acting in the best interests of the estate there are ways in which they can be removed. How Personal Representatives are appointed A Personal...
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A patient mix-up resulted in a woman being wrongly given an invasive gynaecological procedure instead of fertility treatment, a safety report has said. The woman was attending her first ever...
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The parents of a baby who died shortly after his birth are looking for answers about why their son died. Beth and Dan Wankiewicz’s son Clay died from multiple skull...
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The Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT) programme and NHS Resolution have together created a new best practice guide for improving patient safety within the NHS. The guide focuses on...
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Residential landlords are under pressure to keep on top of a raft of new legislation and guidelines this year, including many protections for tenants extended by the government during the...
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Internet shopping may have boomed during lockdown, but many people have spent less than usual while forced to stay home, and those with spare money have an opportunity to make...
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A GP has been struck off for failing to spot a patient’s lung cancer and then falsifying medical records several months later in an attempt to conceal this. Dr Adilya...
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An inquest has begun into the death of a 20-year-old woman who died from sepsis following a routine appendix operation. Chloe Rideout first attended Derriford Hospital in Plymouth after she...
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How to cancel a French property ‘tontine’ clause in case of divorce Question My husband and I are divorcing. We bought a property in France en tontine in 2002. The...
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Many Ashtons’ clients have voiced their frustrations over the extraordinarily long time it is currently taking to get probate on an estate. Here, Anna Tims from The Guardian, covers the...
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One of the many impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic is that some people have been re-evaluating where and how they wish to spend their holidays, not just this year but...
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