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The value of our online lives is worth billions of pounds but many of these assets may never be passed on, as people are failing to record their digital worth....
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The High Court has ruled that a successful claimant, represented by Ashtons Legal, should receive the benefits of beating his settlement offer after ruling a 90% proposal was reasonable. Read...
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Trips to GPs and A&E for minor, ‘self-treatable’ conditions, such as a sore throat or a stomach ache, cost the NHS around £850 million a year. A survey has found...
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There is big news this morning regarding the government’s proposed response to the Taylor Review that considered the gig economy and the rights of workers last year. The Good Work...
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Supermarket supergiant Tesco are facing a ground breaking equal pay claim which could cost the Company a staggering £4bn. The claim brought by more than a thousand female employees of...
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Research has revealed those in part time work are most likely to suffer from the gender ‘pay penalty’ with women disproportionately affected as a result of making up the vast...
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Neutral Citation Number: [2018] EWHC 185 (QB) Case No: HQ15C03087 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION Royal Courts of Justice Strand, London, WC2A 2LL Date: 07/02/2018 Before:...
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Revised rules mean that police and DVSA examiners will be able to issue fixed penalty offers to commercial drivers for drivers’ hours breaches that are ‘historical offences’ i.e. they will...
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Julie Crossley, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a £100,000 damage settlement and an apology from Barking Havering and Redbridge NHS Foundation Trust for Ms M after...
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The BBC’s equal pay nightmare continues – following the outrage expressed during last summer over discrepancies in pay for male and female presenters, Carrie Gracie’s revelations about editorial staff leaves...
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Regional law firm Ashtons Legal has confirmed its future commitment to Bury St Edmunds, signing a deal which will see the business move into new purpose-designed premises at Fornham Business...
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It’s an unfair fact of life, but in the eyes of the law a married couple has far more protection than a cohabiting, unmarried partnership. However, the case of Jakki Smith from...
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