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Corporate solicitor Ed O’Rourke is to take over the helm at Ashtons Legal from 1st January 2013. He succeeds Simon Smith who will leave after a highly successful decade during...
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Question: My husband has recently died and we own a property in France in joint names, en-tontine, we purchased in June 2007. How do I get the property transferred into...
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The concept of continuity of employment is an important one for both employers and employees. To qualify for certain employment rights, employees need to accrue minimum periods of continuity of...
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Many of us have become used to government schemes promoting the use of apprentices by employers, but do apprenticeships work for either employers or the apprentices themselves? An independent review...
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You may remember the numerous (not to mention occasionally amusing) cautionary tales from case law concerning inappropriate social media content from the Virgin Atlantic passengers described as ‘chavs’ to Kevin...
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The winners of the Suffolk FWAG (Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group) Farm Conservation Competition and The Tim Sloane Award were announced at an awards ceremony on Wednesday 21 November. The...
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Richard Foyster, a personal injury partner based in Ashtons Legal’s Ipswich office, has settled a claim for a young man who suffered brain injuries and a number of orthopaedic injuries...
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Ashtons Legal has won the LawNet 2012 award for best website just five months after the website was launched. It was particularly commended by the judges for ease of navigation...
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Ashtons Legal staff will be dressing up to raise funds for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) in this years’ Bury Santa Run and are encouraging other businesses to follow suit....
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A recent High Court decision gives employers something to think about when promoting employees. PAT Systems v Graeme Neilly [2012] dealt with the risks involved in not issuing a new...
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A report by the Royal College of Surgeons and Age UK, “Access all Ages”, says that some patients miss out on vital treatment because they are judged purely on their...
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George Osborne wants to see a brave new world of ‘owner-employee’ employment contracts for new employees who may be required to waive a range of employment rights such as unfair...
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