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Changes to the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (DCPC) regime have been announced. These are proposals at this stage and subject to a Department for Transport consultation that started on...
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Drivers, owners, operators and hirers must be aware of significant changes to the rules relating to their liability when their vehicle is carrying clandestine entrants to the UK. With effect...
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Ashtons Legal is delighted to announce that Tom Beattie and Nathalie Fearnley have qualified as solicitors with the firm following the completion of their training contracts. Tom and Nathalie undertook...
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The recent successful Employment Tribunal claim by a junior lawyer who was treated unfairly during recruitment by her prospective employers is a timely reminder of the importance of organisations having...
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As we draw to the end of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, it is worth reiterating the signs and symptoms of this common type of cancer which begins in the cells...
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Purple Day, 26 March 2023, is the biggest international fundraising and awareness day in the epilepsy calendar and is celebrated by the epilepsy community from all over the world. Purple...
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Sometimes a letter will be received through the letterbox from the Police in the form of a Notice of Intended Prosecution. This may be entirely unexpected. What steps need to...
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Ashtons Legal is pleased to announce that it is moving its Ipswich base to a unique prominent town centre location at Portman House from Monday 19 June 2023. Ashtons Legal...
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Amanda Cavanagh, a Medical Negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a five-figure settlement for Mr J, who sustained an elbow dislocation when he was approximately nine years old. He...
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The changes in the agricultural sector following Brexit are an ever-moving feast, and so it is worthwhile to take a look at where the developments stand at this point in...
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When a container lorry, or one carrying other goods, is stopped and checked by the Driver & Vehicle Services Agency (DVSA) at the roadside or at a port, what happens...
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Amanda Cavanagh, a Medical Negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a five-figure settlement for Mr X, whose wife died as a result of a hospital’s failure to identify and...
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