Insights

• Five figure sum obtained for family of Norfolk metal worker

  • PostedMarch 9, 2020

  Martyn Hayward, an Ashtons Legal specialist in asbestos-related disease injury claims, has obtained a settlement payment for the family of a former Heatrae employee who died following a diagnosis of...

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• Celebrating Women in Law

  • PostedMarch 8, 2020

  8 March 2020 is International Women’s Day. Later in this piece, we cast a spotlight on our Head of Group for Personal Injury. But first some background…. 2019 has been...

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• An Insight into being a Woman in Law

  • PostedMarch 8, 2020

  Interview Tell me about your career, both the lows and the highs: Doing my law degree was one of the lows as I really didn’t enjoy it; the internet had...

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• Over £100,000 obtained for family of mesothelioma sufferer

  • PostedMarch 6, 2020

  Martyn Hayward, an asbestos-related disease specialist, has obtained a six-figure sum for the family of a mechanic who died in 2019 after losing his battle with mesothelioma. Mr M developed...

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• Inadequate treatment of ectopic pregnancies puts women at risk of severe harm

  • PostedMarch 5, 2020

  A report released today (5 March) by the NHS’s Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) has found that ectopic pregnancies are not being diagnosed quickly enough. Ectopic pregnancies occur when a...

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• East Kent baby deaths: Hospital made same fatal mistakes in 2012

  • PostedMarch 5, 2020

  Maternity services at the East Kent NHS Trust are currently being reviewed after 15 babies have died in their care in recent years. Dan and Alison Halligan, the parents of...

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• Woman dies from stroke after being given wrong medication

  • PostedFebruary 28, 2020

  Heather Planner, 87, of Buckinghamshire, died from a stroke after being accidentally given another patient’s medication. Mrs Planner had been prescribed apixaban, a blood-thinning medicine. However when she went to...

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• Closing the Gender Pain Gap

  • PostedFebruary 27, 2020

  Ashtons Legal is proud to have signed up to be an Endometriosis Friendly Employer following a suggestion by a staff member, and someone living with the condition, Jessica Hitchcock. In...

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• Sepsis-detecting monitors fitted in children’s hospital

  • PostedFebruary 27, 2020

  Machines that are able to detect sepsis are being installed at a children’s hospital in Scotland. The monitors, which have been fitted at Royal Hospital for Children, in Glasgow, are...

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• “Corridor nursing” putting patient’s lives at risk

  • PostedFebruary 26, 2020

  More and more patients are having to be cared for in hospital corridors as a result of overcrowded A&E units, NHS staff have warned. “Corridor nursing” runs the risk of...

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• West Suffolk hospital: how much are medical errors costing them?

  • PostedFebruary 25, 2020

  West Suffolk Hospital, in Bury St Edmunds, has been faced with a medical negligence bill 10 times larger than last year, research has found. The hospital, which just last month...

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• What does Regulatory Law cover for Food Companies?

  • PostedFebruary 25, 2020

  Ashtons’ Regulatory  Law team act for businesses across the food industry including farms, suppliers and restaurants. There are a plethora of regulations affecting this sector covering everything from the environment to...

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