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Posted 09/06/2013 On 1 December 2012 a new body, The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) was created out of a merger of the CRB and the Independent Safeguarding Authority. Existing...
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Posted 09/12/2009 The recent recovery of the UK commercial property sector is set to continue with positive returns well into next year, according to a report. Statistics from November 2009...
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Posted 16/02/2011 Clinical negligence compensation has been successfully claimed by a British couple after a series of mistakes made by staff at Worcestershire Royal Hospital in 2009 led to their...
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Posted 20/02/2015 Rachel Stowe, a member of the Ashtons Legal personal injury team, has shown the importance of perseverance when it comes to pursuing claims against hit and run drivers. ...
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Posted 04/02/2010 An increasing number of motorists and road users are set to make compensation claims for personal injury due to the pothole problem currently affecting the UK’s roads. Research...
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Posted 01/12/2009 A court ruling to award three train drivers a payout for their carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) could pave the way for similar personal injurycompensation claims in the future,...
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Posted 05/08/2010 Those looking to invest in commercial property have been assured that recent comments from HSBC are misinformed. The global bank suggested that the sector is currently a positive...
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Posted 25/02/2010 Hundreds of holidaymakers who claim they suffered personal injury and distress at a hotel in the Dominican Republic are taking legal action against their tour operator. Some 409...
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Posted 04/12/2012 Sharon Allison, a medical injury lawyer at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a settlement of £33,500 for Mrs P after doctors failed to diagnose her endocarditis for a period...
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Posted 06/03/2012 Surgeons have called for an end to metal-on-metal hip replacements, suggesting there is no evidence that the potential benefits outweigh the risks associated with the implants. This opinion...
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Posted 04/10/2016 A study by University College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has revealed that 1 in 5 people diagnosed with bowel cancer following an...
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Posted 07/02/2012 Ashtons Legal medical injury solicitor Benjamin Ward, has obtained £42,000 for a Norfolk lady whose pelvic inflammatory disease was initially mistaken for ‘settling appendicitis’. Mrs A had endured...
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