News for Individuals

• Common questions about care home funding

  • PostedSeptember 5, 2017

  Often care funding is something, like Alzheimer’s, that is associated with getting older. Whilst it is true that as a nation we are living longer, resulting in more of us...

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• Where there’s a will, there’s a way

  • PostedSeptember 4, 2017

  When thinking of making a will, the idea of a Victorian lawyer taking down the last instructions at the bedside still springs to mind for many people. And the 19th...

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• False sense of security and weak passwords amongst NHS Staff

  • PostedSeptember 1, 2017

  In May 2017, the NHS was attacked by ransomware (software that threatens to publish information unless a ransom is paid) which disabled computers and left clinicians unable to access patients’...

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• World Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

  • PostedSeptember 1, 2017

  Launched in 2012, World Alzheimer’s Awareness Month is an international campaign that takes place every September to raise awareness and challenge the stigma that surrounds dementia. Two out of every...

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• £7000 obtained for back injury from car accident

  • PostedAugust 31, 2017

  A Personal Injury Executive at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a £7000 payment for Mr B following spinal and shoulder injuries suffered in a car accident. Mr B was stationary at...

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• Officials at Public Health England (PHE) say that the amount of activity people do starts to tail off from the age of 40

  • PostedAugust 25, 2017

  They are urging those between the ages of 40 and 60 to start taking regular brisk walks as just ten minutes a day could have a major impact, reducing the...

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• Call for entries for the region’s premier Farm Diversification Competition

  • PostedAugust 23, 2017

  Ashtons Legal, in partnership with The Suffolk Agricultural Association (SAA) is calling for entries for its prestigious Best Alternative Land Enterprise (BALE) award, now in its 26th year. Open to...

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• Should the worst happen….

  • PostedAugust 21, 2017

  Children are arguably one of the most precious things in a person’s life (maybe not at 2am when they think it’s playtime!) and as a parent you want what is...

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• Ashtons Legal partner raises over £2,700 for Mesothelioma UK

  • PostedAugust 17, 2017

  Ashtons Legal Personal Injury partner, Richard Foyster, has raised £2,737.00 (including Gift Aid) for national cancer charity, Mesothelioma UK. Mesothelioma is an asbestos related cancer affecting many of Richard’s clients...

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• Maternity services at a health trust at the centre of a baby deaths inquiry must improve say inspectors

  • PostedAugust 17, 2017

  Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt ordered an investigation into the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust in April. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) report said overall care had got better but...

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• Are powers of attorney a risk?

  • PostedAugust 15, 2017

  Denzil Lush, a retired senior judge of the Court of Protection, has warned of the risks of powers of attorney and the lack of safeguards in the power of attorney...

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• Lasting Powers of Attorney for Property and Financial Affairs – Designed for Life

  • PostedAugust 15, 2017

  A Lasting Power of Attorney for Property and Financial Affairs (LPA PFA) is a powerful legal document that allows you to choose who should manage your property and finances in...

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