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• £38,000 settlement obtained for Norfolk man following back injury

  • PostedMay 24, 2020

  Ashtons Legal personal injury specialist Tim Gleave has obtained a £38,000 settlement for Mr D who suffered a back injury while moving gas bottles. Mr D, who works for a...

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• Over £30,000 obtained for construction worker following on-site injury

  • PostedMay 22, 2020

  Tim Gleave, a personal injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a settlement for Mr T, a Norfolk man who fell and fractured his shoulder while using a designated walkway...

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• Electrical Safety: An update for Landlords

  • PostedMay 22, 2020

  On 1 June 2020, the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 (‘the Regulations’) come into force. The Regulations aim to protect tenants by introducing additional...

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• £95,000 obtained for injured car passenger

  • PostedMay 21, 2020

  Nick Peake, a personal injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a £95,000 settlement for Mrs N after she suffered a range of injuries as the result of a road...

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• Survey suggests 86% of businesses will be more prepared to allow home working post COVID-19

  • PostedMay 18, 2020

  A straw poll conducted by Ashtons Legal suggests that only 13% of businesses have seen their revenue unaffected by the pandemic. 43% think it will take them between seven and...

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• £360,000 obtained for widow following death of her husband in a road collision

  • PostedMay 15, 2020

  Richard Foyster, a personal injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a substantial six-figure settlement sum for the wife of a man who was killed during a head-on collision on...

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• New key appointments at Ashtons

  • PostedMay 14, 2020

  Undaunted by COVID-19, regional law firm Ashtons Legal has continued with a strategic management change planned before the pandemic took hold, and appointed a new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Ben...

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• Mediation during COVID-19

  • PostedMay 14, 2020

  This week the Government announced its roadmap to lift the lockdown restrictions but so far, this guidance does not include any changes to the workings of the civil courts and...

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• COVID-19 – relaxations in law from 13 May 2020

  • PostedMay 13, 2020

  Following recent Government announcements, the following are the main changes that come into force from Wednesday 13 May 2020. (Please note that these apply to England only – other regulations...

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• £125,000 obtained for girl injured in road collision in Essex

  • PostedMay 13, 2020

  Mick Upton, a personal injury claim specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a settlement of £125,000 for a teenager who suffered serious injuries when the car in which she was...

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• Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19): employers, employees and the self-employed

  • PostedMay 12, 2020

  The Government has published “Working Safely during the Coronavirus (COVID-19)”. We will be reviewing this from a regulatory and employment law perspective at our Ashtons Legal Webinar on Thursday 21...

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• Extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“furlough scheme”) until end of October

  • PostedMay 12, 2020

  On 12 May 2020, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that the furlough scheme in its current form will be extended until 31 July 2020. There will be no changes to the...

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