News for Individuals

• £50,000 obtained for elderly man who had unnecessary surgery

  • PostedFebruary 16, 2017

  Julie Crossley, a medical negligence lawyer at Ashtons, has obtained a £50,000 settlement for Mr H, after he was left bedbound and incontinent following an operation that he needn’t have...

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• Buying or selling a piece of land? Beware the registration gap!

  • PostedFebruary 14, 2017

  Despite many technological advances at HM Land Registry over the past few years, registration of a transfer of a piece of land simply cannot be registered instantly. So, between the...

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• £35,000 for lady injured on holiday in Spain

  • PostedFebruary 13, 2017

  Roger Loomes has obtained a £35,000 settlement for Mrs M, a retired lady who was injured while on holiday abroad. Mrs M was holidaying in Spain with her husband and...

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• Why does the NHS faces unrelenting pressure despite funding rising?

  • PostedFebruary 10, 2017

  Every 24 hours the NHS sees 1 million patients; it has 1.7 million staff and is the fifth largest employer in the world. As a result it absorbs eye-watering amounts...

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• £9,500 obtained for ankle injury

  • PostedFebruary 10, 2017

  Louise Harper, a member of Ashtons’ personal injury team, has obtained £9,500 for Ms A who fell down unmarked steps in a hotel and fractured her ankle. The hotel’s insurers...

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• Latest update on when contractors are ‘workers’ rather than being self-employed

  • PostedFebruary 10, 2017

  The Court of Appeal has today determined the case of Pimlico Plumbers & Charlie Mullins v Gary Smith, which concerned the employment status of Gary Smith and the other plumbers...

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• Government funding available for rural projects

  • PostedFebruary 9, 2017

  Ashtons Legal are urging those involved in projects which create jobs and growth in the rural economy to apply for grant funding under the Government’s RDPE Growth Programme. In Norfolk, Suffolk...

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• £13,000 obtained for lady who fell in hospital

  • PostedFebruary 8, 2017

  Julie Crossley, a member of the Ashtons’ medical negligence team, has obtained a £13,000 settlement for the family of an elderly lady who had suffered an unwitnessed fall while in...

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• East Anglian families are helping younger generations onto the property ladder

  • PostedFebruary 7, 2017

  According to the high street lender Halifax, more first-time buyers climbed on to the property ladder in 2016 than in any year since 2007, but would-be home owners now need...

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• Could breath tests help with early diagnosis of stomach and oesophagus cancers?

  • PostedFebruary 6, 2017

  New research has been undertaken to identify whether or not breath tests can be performed in order to detect cancer of the stomach and oesophagus. A sample of 300 patients...

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• Overseas Patients and Unpaid Medical Bills – Where Do We Draw the Line?

  • PostedFebruary 2, 2017

  The issue of unpaid medical bills arising from the treatment of overseas patients has featured in the news recently as the Government attempts to recoup cash wherever it can given...

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• £147,000 obtained for man who suffered multiple fractures in head on collision

  • PostedJanuary 24, 2017

  Ashtons Legal personal injury specialist Siobhan Thacker has obtained a £147,000 for a Cambridgeshire man who was severely injured in a road traffic collision. Mr T was involved in a...

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