Insights

• East Anglian families are helping younger generations onto the property ladder

  • PostedFebruary 7, 2017

  According to the high street lender Halifax, more first-time buyers climbed on to the property ladder in 2016 than in any year since 2007, but would-be home owners now need...

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• Could breath tests help with early diagnosis of stomach and oesophagus cancers?

  • PostedFebruary 6, 2017

  New research has been undertaken to identify whether or not breath tests can be performed in order to detect cancer of the stomach and oesophagus. A sample of 300 patients...

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• Polly Stephenson gains membership of ACTAPS

  • PostedFebruary 2, 2017

  Congratulations to Ashtons’ Partner Polly Stephenson who has been admitted as a member of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Solicitors. In order to qualify for membership of the Association,...

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• Ashtons Charitable Trust – where we are….

  • PostedFebruary 2, 2017

  The Ashtons Charitable Trust has paid a substantial amount to charities since its inception in 2014. In the 2016/17 financial year Ashtons Charitable Trust paid out almost £9,000 to the...

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• Overseas Patients and Unpaid Medical Bills – Where Do We Draw the Line?

  • PostedFebruary 2, 2017

  The issue of unpaid medical bills arising from the treatment of overseas patients has featured in the news recently as the Government attempts to recoup cash wherever it can given...

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• Ashtons assist in relaunch of the Agricultural Law Association in the East

  • PostedJanuary 26, 2017

  Ashtons Legal are delighted to be involved in the relaunch of the Eastern Region arm of the Agricultural Law Association. The group, and its new members, met recently at Camgrain’s Cambridge site for...

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• £147,000 obtained for man who suffered multiple fractures in head on collision

  • PostedJanuary 24, 2017

  Ashtons Legal personal injury specialist Siobhan Thacker has obtained a £147,000 for a Cambridgeshire man who was severely injured in a road traffic collision. Mr T was involved in a...

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• Collaboration Agreements: It’s good to talk

  • PostedJanuary 16, 2017

  I will declare my interest at the outset: I am a commercial lawyer and my business is drafting contracts. You would therefore expect nothing other than for me to extol...

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• Fears in the Care Homes Sector regarding the national living wage

  • PostedJanuary 13, 2017

  Care Home owners and managers are concerned about the national living wage affecting recruitment in the care home sector, according to a straw poll taken at an event for care...

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• Keep your bank account and community warm and happy

  • PostedJanuary 12, 2017

  We have been lucky with a warmer than average winter so far, but as we enter a time of cold spells, energy market commentators warn of a corresponding squeeze on...

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• Gender pay gap for millennials in their 20s falls to 5%

  • PostedJanuary 5, 2017

  The Resolution Foundation has produced analysis which shows the gender pay gap for millennials (ie those reaching young adulthood around the year 2000) has halved in a generation to 5%....

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• Inquest into death of Cambridge woman following attendance at hospital’s accident and emergency department

  • PostedJanuary 3, 2017

  An inquest takes place on Thursday (5 January) into the death of a Cambridge woman, Mrs Joan Hawes, following an emergency visit to a hospital accident and emergency department. The...

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