News for Individuals

• Public Rights of Way: what does it mean for landowners, farm managers and walkers?

  • PostedOctober 15, 2020

  Where is your boundary? Who owns a hedge, a ditch, a boundary? Where is that footpath? All these are common issues in land ownership. Many have a new passion for...

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• If I gain dual nationality will French law apply to my will?

  • PostedOctober 14, 2020

  If I gain dual nationality will French law apply to my will? Question Are there implications if I take French (dual) nationality and am resident in France when I die?...

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• Can I leave French house to my partner, not my daughter?

  • PostedOctober 14, 2020

  Can I leave French house to my partner, not my daughter? Question I live in France. I have an unmarried partner. She has put money into my property and is...

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• French Legal Q&A – What to do with retained UK property

  • PostedOctober 14, 2020

  Our French Legal expert, Matthew Cameron, explains the options for those with properties in both France and England in our Q&A below. “My husband and I are in the early...

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• An overview of the French buying process during the COVID-19 pandemic

  • PostedOctober 12, 2020

  Between January & mid-March this year, many Brits had embarked or were about to embark on their journey to buy a property and move to France before the end of...

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• Recovering compensation for negligent professional advice during the pandemic

  • PostedOctober 8, 2020

  Covid-19 has thrown the world into chaos and businesses have had to adapt rapidly to continue to function. Key decisions had to be made quickly and on the basis of...

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• Renegotiating property prices in France – when is the contract complete?

  • PostedSeptember 30, 2020

  Back in the first decade of this millennium, just before the previous recession, gazumping was a relatively common experience in English property transactions. This occurred in a rapidly rising property...

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• Settlement obtained for mother after son took his own life

  • PostedSeptember 28, 2020

  Kate Smith, a medical negligence lawyer at Ashtons Legal has obtained a settlement for Mrs D who lost her son after he took his own life. Mr D was known...

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• Substantial settlement for Norfolk man in his 60s after Mesothelioma diagnosis

  • PostedSeptember 24, 2020

  Ashtons Legal has obtained a substantial settlement for a West Norfolk man in his 60s who received a diagnosis of mesothelioma in 2018. Having been an apprentice electrician, Mr C...

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• Boris Johnson announces new COVID-19 rules on face coverings

  • PostedSeptember 23, 2020

  Yesterday saw the Prime Minister announce further Coronavirus measures in an attempt to slow down the spread of COVID-19 including new rules on face coverings. Following Boris Johnson’s announcement, an...

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• £25,000 settlement for Norfolk man following delay in cancer treatment

  • PostedSeptember 23, 2020

  Julie Crossley, a medical injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a £25,000 settlement for Mr T after his cancerous growth was mistaken for a benign cyst resulting in delayed...

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• Getting ready for the final countdown and lockdown?

  • PostedSeptember 21, 2020

  At Ashtons Legal, we saw a spike in footpath and public access enquiries at the beginning of lockdown. Harvest and post-harvest cultivation mean further chaos, as some paths are temporarily...

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