News for Individuals
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Separation and divorce involves a great deal of hurt, pain and anxiety. It is good to talk about your feelings, but in the age of social media, are we at...
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New law opens the way to more building development by giving landowners the chance to break public usage rights to prevent registration of village greens. Public use of privately owned...
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The end of June saw the legal landscape of “whistleblowing” in employment law change dramatically. With news of alleged shortcomings and cover up in our public services (or outsourced private...
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Warmer days and longer daylight hours means increased pressure on the countryside, with public and private access demands inevitably increasing, too. Cyclists and walkers want to follow public routes marked...
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Divorce can be a painful and expensive process for both the parties concerned. A Family Solicitor at Ashtons Legal, offers seven golden rules to follow: The end of a relationship...
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If so, did this make a difference to you in either the short or long term? All too often we see people who didn’t receive the follow up that they...
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The Court of Appeal has today upheld a High Court decision that a mother was partly to blame for her child’s injuries having used a child booster seat to restrain...
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The Ashtons Legal Employment team often advises employers to expressly reserve the right to pay a departing employee in lieu of notice, in addition to the usual notice provisions specifying the...
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Question: I am house hunting in France and am aware that by law the seller has to produce various reports giving information about the property. What do these reports cover...
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Christmas doesn’t come gift-wrapped for employers, who need to keep on top of everything from health and safety to the Bribery Act in the festive season On the first day...
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Question: My husband has recently died and we own a property in France in joint names, en-tontine, we purchased in June 2007. How do I get the property transferred into...
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The concept of continuity of employment is an important one for both employers and employees. To qualify for certain employment rights, employees need to accrue minimum periods of continuity of...
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