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• Having the Mental Capacity to Make a Will

  • PostedSeptember 16, 2019

  A Will is one of the most important documents anyone can make. It lets people know what you want to happen to your money, possessions and property after you die...

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• Ashtons relaunches Wills Year initiative

  • PostedSeptember 12, 2019

  After a hugely successful first year, Ashtons has this month relaunched its Wills Year initiative where a donation for each Will completed in an entire year will be donated to...

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• £38,500 obtained for back problems following an injury at work

  • PostedSeptember 12, 2019

  Louise Harper and Tijana Bencedic, members of the Ashtons Legal personal injury team, have obtained £38,500 for Mr P, whose back gave way while he was lifting paving slabs manually...

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• Employers beware: Crack down on misuse of NDAs in the workplace

  • PostedSeptember 11, 2019

  Government consultation recently closed on 29th April this year which looked at regulation of confidentiality clauses within non-disclosure agreements or NDAs. In the employment context this means confidentiality clauses as...

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• Holiday entitlement for term-time only workers cannot be pro-rated

  • PostedSeptember 10, 2019

  Case update: Brazel v The Harpur [2019] EWCA Civ 1402 At the beginning of the year, we reported on the Employment Appeal Tribunal’s decision in the case of Brazel v...

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• Client focus: ServiceTick

  • PostedSeptember 10, 2019

  ServiceTick provide industry-leading, bespoke software to help brands improve every interaction they have with their customers and employees. Gathering feedback via IVR, email, SMS, web, webchat, and in-app surveys, customers...

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• Who is responsible for a mouldy problem?

  • PostedSeptember 10, 2019

  By the end of 2021, a quarter of UK households will rent privately. That’s approximately 5.8 million households renting, due to the combination of soaring house prices and salaries remaining...

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• NHS to receive £6.2 billion extra funding

  • PostedSeptember 9, 2019

  The chancellor, Sajid Javid, has announced a spending review that will see an extra £6.2bn going towards the NHS next year. This will include £210m for frontline staff. This should...

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• Rights of EU Citizens to work in the UK after Brexit

  • PostedSeptember 4, 2019

  An update on the rights of EU Citizens to work in the UK after Brexit. Current position citizens of EU Member States have the right to live and work in...

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• £150,000 obtained for horse-related injury

  • PostedSeptember 4, 2019

  Tim Gleave has obtained a £150,000 settlement for a young lady who was injured by a horse. Miss C was leading a horse to a paddock when the horse reared...

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• Post-Brexit pro-discrimination – Managing Equality and Diversity in the workplace

  • PostedSeptember 3, 2019

  Three years after the UK’s decision to leave the EU, we continue to see a split in society and the profound feelings of some areas in opposition to immigration and...

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• Contested Probate – How and why wills can be contested

  • PostedSeptember 2, 2019

  Distributing the estate of a deceased person is a challenge that often results in legal wrangles between family and friends, especially if they feel that they haven’t been included in...

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