News for Individuals

• £150,000 obtained for horse-related injury

  • PostedSeptember 4, 2019

  Tim Gleave has obtained a £150,000 settlement for a young lady who was injured by a horse. Miss C was leading a horse to a paddock when the horse reared...

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• Post-Brexit pro-discrimination – Managing Equality and Diversity in the workplace

  • PostedSeptember 3, 2019

  Three years after the UK’s decision to leave the EU, we continue to see a split in society and the profound feelings of some areas in opposition to immigration and...

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• Contested Probate – How and why wills can be contested

  • PostedSeptember 2, 2019

  Distributing the estate of a deceased person is a challenge that often results in legal wrangles between family and friends, especially if they feel that they haven’t been included in...

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• Has your business embraced flexible working?

  • PostedSeptember 2, 2019

  All employees that have been employed for 26 weeks or more have the right to request flexible working patterns, without having to give any reason. However, research released today by...

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• Over £26,000 obtained after piece of gastric band was left in body

  • PostedAugust 30, 2019

  Loveness Chihoyi, a chartered legal executive at Ashtons Legal has obtained over £26,000 for a woman who had a piece of her removed gastric band left in her body for...

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• Council concealed asbestos risk from woman now terminally ill from asbestos cancer

  • PostedAugust 30, 2019

  A former Dagenham woman is terminally ill from an asbestos cancer she contracted from washing her husband’s overalls, after the local council who employed him had told him there was...

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• Sale of Greene King will excite the Taxman

  • PostedAugust 30, 2019

  The offer by Hong Kong based CKA Group to acquire Greene King was a hot topic with the East Anglian media last week. It is also likely to be greeted...

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• Compensation obtained for family of man who died after treatment error

  • PostedAugust 29, 2019

  Amanda Cavanagh, a Medical Negligence Specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a substantial amount of compensation for the family of a man who died after he was not given heparin...

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• £4.9 million obtained for birth injury resulting in cerebral palsy

  • PostedAugust 27, 2019

  Tom Cook, a consultant solicitor within the medical negligence team at Ashtons Legal, has obtained £4.9 million for the family of a baby who was left with severe brain damage...

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• £275,000 obtained for family of a man who died in motorcycle accident

  • PostedAugust 22, 2019

  Siobhan Thacker has obtained a £275,000 settlement for the family of a man who died on impact when he collided with a car. Mr H was riding his motorcycle to...

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• Mental health units – are they safe?

  • PostedAugust 22, 2019

  West Lane Hospital in Middlesbrough, a mental health unit for young people, has been rated as inadequate by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) after two girls died within two months...

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• £70,000 obtained for loss of kidney function following hysterectomy

  • PostedAugust 21, 2019

  Julie Crossley, an associate at Ashtons Legal, has obtained £70,000 for a woman who suffered avoidable injury during an abdominal hysterectomy. After the woman suffered an unexpected haemorrhage, her surgeon...

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