Lawyers

• Contaminated blood scandal said to be worst NHS treatment disaster ever

  • PostedOctober 25, 2018

  The public inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal will be the largest inquiry ever to be held in Britain. Almost 1,300 people have signed up as ‘core participants’ – many...

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• Bonfire Night parties – how to avoid some legal fireworks

  • PostedOctober 25, 2018

  Remember, remember, the fifth of November… Every year it’s impossible not to remember the (allegedly) treasonous acts of a group of men as they planned to blow up Parliament, thanks...

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• Regularly taking aspirin is damaging for healthy, older individuals

  • PostedOctober 24, 2018

  Aspirin is a common medicine highly effective in controlling pain, fever and inflammation; but it is also used for thinning the blood and reducing the risk of serious problems such...

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• £350,000 settlement obtained following professional negligence over personal injury claim

  • PostedOctober 22, 2018

  Siobhan Thacker, a personal injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained £350,000 for a man whose previous solicitors failed to obtain as much compensation for him as he was due,...

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• £40,000 obtained for injured cyclist in Cambridge

  • PostedOctober 16, 2018

  Diane Hilton, a personal injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained £40,000 for a woman who was injured in a cycling incident. Ms P was thrown from her bike after...

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• £35,000 settlement obtained for injured horse rider

  • PostedOctober 15, 2018

  Tim Gleave, a personal injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained £35,000 for a woman from Suffolk who was kicked by another rider’s horse. Mrs L, an experienced horse rider...

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• £1.75m compensation obtained in ‘subtle’ brain injury road traffic claim

  • PostedOctober 12, 2018

  Tom Ranson, a personal injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained compensation of £1.75m for Mr P after he was involved in a road traffic accident. Mr P was a...

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• “Is it directly discriminatory, either on grounds of sexual orientation or religious belief, for a bakery to refuse to supply a cake iced with the message “support gay marriage” because of the religious belief of its owners?”

  • PostedOctober 12, 2018

  No was the answer of the Supreme Court to this question in the case of Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd and Others, in the judgment handed down on 10 October 2018. The...

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• Driver CPC post EU exit – changes?

  • PostedOctober 10, 2018

  The take up of Driver CPC training (Certificate of Professional Competence) is currently said by training providers to be much lower than expected. Lorry drivers with acquired rights (because they...

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• Ashtons published in international Franchise guide

  • PostedOctober 1, 2018

  Ashtons Legal are delighted to have contributed to, and been published in, the 2019 edition of Franchise – the 13th edition of expert research and analysis produced by renowned publishers...

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• £125,000 obtained following surgical damage to bile duct

  • PostedSeptember 21, 2018

  Julie Crossley, a medical injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a £125,000 damage settlement for Mr S after a routine gallbladder operation went wrong. A surgeon’s error resulted in...

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• Employment Tribunal statistics show a 165% increase in claims from the same quarter last year

  • PostedSeptember 21, 2018

  The provisional Employment Tribunal statistics have been released for April – June 2018 and show, in particular, the following points of interest. claim receipts for single claims are up 165%...

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