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Posted 05/06/2013 A motor mechanic who lost a finger working in his company’s workshop has failed in his attempt to win damages from his insurers, after trying to claim for...
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Posted 22/05/2013 Ashtons Legal clinical negligence solicitor Ben Ward has obtained a £10,000 settlement for a Norfolk woman who could possibly have avoided a ruptured Achilles tendon if doctors had...
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Posted 08/04/2013 Julie Crossley, a clinical negligence lawyer at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a settlement of £17,400 for the widower of an elderly lady who died having suffered unnecessary pain...
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Posted 29/12/2011 Changes to employment law that came into force recently have been welcomed by agency workers in particular.The Agency Workers Regulations began in October – with the first qualifying...
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Posted 11/02/2013 It has been reported that measles cases in England and Wales have risen to over 2,000 in 2012 which is the highest annual total for 18 years. The...
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Posted 08/12/2010 A woman who was jailed for trying to fraudulently claim her father’s entire estate has been told she must give up the assets she was entitled to. Susan...
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Posted 06/06/2013 In most cases of unfair dismissal, the remedy the Claimant is seeking is compensation only. However, it is possible for employees to request that, should their unfair dismissal...
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Posted 20/03/2013 Ashtons Legal Agriculture & Estates Solicitors, Jeanette Dennis and Katie Moreton, are presenting a legal update to over 120 rural surveyors at the ‘Want to Know’ seminar in...
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Posted 25/03/2013 Sharon Allison, a clinical negligence lawyer at Ashtons Legal, has obtained £33,500 for Miss L, a woman whose hospital consultant initially put her on steroids for what he...
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Posted 14/05/2013 Bacteria that live in the gut have been used to reverse obesity and Type-2 diabetes in animal studies. The BBC has reported that research published in Proceedings of...
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Posted 04/06/2013 The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) have just released advice that pregnant women should be aware of sources of possible chemical exposure from plastic containers, wrappers,...
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Posted 25/04/2013 In spite of so called ‘experts’ commenting upon the UK’s supposed ‘compensation culture’, official figures released by the Government confirm that the number of ‘whiplash’ claims continue to...
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