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• Court of pProtection team: Who am I? Sue Eichberger

  • PostedOctober 20, 2016

  Our thriving Court of Protection Team continues to grow and this piece focuses on a different team member each month so you can get to know a little bit more...

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• Maternity mistakes costs East Anglia’s NHS more than £16m – as government sets out plans for new compensation scheme

  • PostedOctober 18, 2016

  Pay-outs to maternity patients in East Anglia as a result of bad care has doubled in the last ten years – as the government proposes a new compensation scheme to...

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• Voluntary Scheme For Still-Birth and Brain-Damaged Babies

  • PostedOctober 17, 2016

  I have represented the families of children who have been brain damaged at birth for over 20 years. Their motivation for making a claim is to give their child what...

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• Hospital’s investigation into cause of daughter’s brain injury ‘failed at every step’

  • PostedOctober 4, 2016

  An Ipswich family claims a hospital ‘abandoned’ their daughter after she was given electric shock treatment following cardiac arrest, and that the investigation into her subsequent brain injury ‘failed at...

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• Life lessons from headline breakdowns

  • PostedOctober 3, 2016

  Watching others acting out the ending of a marriage on a public stage can provide a valuable lesson on how to ‘uncouple’ with least pain. Whether fiction or fact, marriage...

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• What now for the agricultural sector? Post BREXIT debate summary.

  • PostedSeptember 19, 2016

  Brexit is clearly a hot topic in the agricultural sector and is going to be a catalyst for debate and change in various forms. Over 40 people attended an event...

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• Ashtons Legal to sponsor current employee through a Solicitor Apprenticeship

  • PostedSeptember 15, 2016

  Full-service law firm Ashtons Legal is supporting one of its current employees through a new Solicitor Apprenticeship, starting in September 2016, with training delivered by CILEx Law School and City...

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• Owning Assets in the EU post-Brexit: An Inheritance Law Perspective

  • PostedAugust 25, 2016

  If you have an elderly relative who owns assets in the European Union, what will happen from an inheritance law perspective, post Brexit? Now that the Brexit bill has been...

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• Best Alternative Land Enterprise Award 2016

  • PostedAugust 15, 2016

  We are delighted to announce our sponsorship of the Best Alternative Land Enterprise (BALE) Award in 2016. Organised by the Suffolk Agricultural Association and sponsored by Ashtons Legal Solicitors, the...

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• Compulsory PSC Register to be filed with Companies House from 30 June

  • PostedJune 23, 2016

  The People with Significant Control Register (PSC Register) was introduced by the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (SBEEA 2015) and is designed to improve transparency and trust in...

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• Mental health amongst the young

  • PostedJune 16, 2016

  I have written before about the serious shortcomings in the provision for mental illness, particularly locally. But I make no apology for returning to it again. In particular, I want...

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• Zak & Mags’ hall story – cerebral palsy injury claim

  • PostedJune 16, 2016

  In this video, the mother of a young man with cerebral palsy tells her story and explains how Ashtons Legal has helped her family.

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