Insights

• Problems that arise without a properly prepared shareholders agreement

  • PostedDecember 9, 2015

  The following story highlights the sorts of scenarios that we see where clients come to us asking for advice on how to resolve problems with their fellow shareholders in circumstances...

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• Ashtons Legal adopts pioneering flexible paid time off policy

  • PostedDecember 3, 2015

  Following a trial period of almost nine months, Ashtons Legal has made a bespoke paid time off (PTO) policy a permanent feature of the firm’s benefits package.The underlying aim is...

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• ‘Tis the season to be jolly…and then tweet about it

  • PostedDecember 2, 2015

  Before the first bottle has even been popped, this time of year always brings headaches for employers and HR managers about the impending office Christmas party. As with all HR...

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• Addenbrookes Charitable Trust Rudolph Run

  • PostedDecember 2, 2015

  Ashtons Legal have entered a team into the 10km Rudolph Run on Sunday 6th December 2015 to raise funds for Addenbrookes Charitable Trust (ACT). ACT do a huge amount of...

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• A&E waiting times ‘getting worse’

  • PostedNovember 27, 2015

  New figures suggest waiting times in A&E departments across the UK are worsening as pressures grow in hospitals. The data, collected by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, showed 88%...

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• Living France magazine: Ask the expert

  • PostedNovember 18, 2015

  Whether you’re planning your move to France, or are already living there, Ashtons Legal French legal expert Matthew Cameron aims to keep you fully informed with the best advice for...

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• Guardian Angels

  • PostedNovember 11, 2015

  Did you know that 7th November is the day on which babies conceived on Valentine’s Day are due to enter the world? Life changing events, such as a baby being...

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• Care Planning

  • PostedNovember 10, 2015

  More and more clients have concerns about how care for them or their loved ones will be provided and funded either now or in the future. Common questions include Can...

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• Client focus: Kersha Sanders

  • PostedNovember 5, 2015

      Ashtons Legal were first introduced to Kersha Sanders in 2004 when we were appointed in relation to her clinical negligence claim. The case has since settled and Kersha...

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• Ducks in Order

  • PostedOctober 22, 2015

  None of us like to think that one day we may not be capable of dealing with our affairs. However, mental incapacity is something that can affect any of us...

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• Gender Pay Gap – Where are we now and how did we get here?

  • PostedOctober 22, 2015

  The most recent figures show that in the UK there is 19% difference between the salaries earned by men and women. The government has now announced that it will be...

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• The PSC Register – What you need to know

  • PostedOctober 15, 2015

  From January 2016, UK Companies will be required to create and maintain a ‘register of people with significant control’ over it. This “PSC register” is a new statutory register that...

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