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The prominence of the Equality Act 2010 in employment matters is clear. Replacing the existing piecemeal laws that operated in the areas of protected characteristics (age, sex, disability, race, religion/belief,...
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What should a landlord do on discovering that its tenant has made an unauthorised assignment of its lease to a third party without the landlord’s prior knowledge or consent? Unfortunately,...
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Tom Ranson, a personal injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained compensation for Mrs M who required medical treatment and specialist orthopaedic review after suffering a ‘whiplash’ injury which then...
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Failure to report a cash gift from his late father has landed a carpenter with an £87,000 penalty from HM Revenue and Customs. The case, the first to test the...
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19th November 2014 saw the start of something big. A long lasting ambition became reality. Ashtons Legal held its first Brain Injury Case Management Conference! Our Injury Services teams have...
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Zak Hall with Paul Humphries (Ashtons Legal Senior Case Worker) Before Our family background My name is Margaret Hall, Mags to all who know me. I met my husband Gary...
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NHS England’s Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) Jane Cummings has praised the “Hello My Name Is…” campaign started by terminally ill Dr Kate Granger. The CNO spoke out as it was...
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Statistics show that more children than ever celebrated Christmas with only one of their parents, following a relationship break-up. According to the research, published by the Marriage Foundation, one in...
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Employers will need to review circumstances for obese employees whose weight is causing them problems in the workplace, following a landmark ruling by the European Court of Justice. The Court...
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The Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR) provide for a basic entitlement to a total of 5.6 weeks’ paid annual leave in each leave year, in order to benefit the health...
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Given the recent difficulties within our domestic economy, coupled with the emergence of less developed countries as the new economic stars, UK businesses have increasingly been looking overseas as an...
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This article was originally published in the Independent Schools’ Bursars Association (ISBA) Bursars Review. Introduction Schools have an expectation, not unreasonably, that the employees they recruit through their various methods...
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