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20th February 2019
The BBC has completed analysis on the private companies that have published their latest gender pay gap figures and notes that 4 in 10 companies are reporting wider gaps than they did last year, including firms such as Kwik Fit, which grew from a negative pay gap of -15.2% to a positive one of 14%,...
7th February 2018
Neutral Citation Number: [2018] EWHC 185 (QB)Case No: HQ15C03087IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICEQUEEN'S BENCH DIVISIONRoyal Courts of JusticeStrand, London, WC2A 2LLDate: 07/02/2018Before:THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE FOSKETT- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Between:JMX(a child by his mother and liti...
16th June 2016
In this video, the mother of a young man with cerebral palsy tells her story and explains how Ashtons Legal has helped her family.
10th March 2016
Longstanding Court of Protection client Dale Clark stole the show at the Ashtons Legal 2015 Case Management Conference by sharing his inspiring story and achievements. Dale is a former member of the RAF who was tragically injured in a car accident which left him wheelchair b...
9th December 2015
The following story highlights the sorts of scenarios that we see where clients come to us asking for advice on how to resolve problems with their fellow shareholders in circumstances where a properly prepared shareholders agreement would have resolved the majority of their problems for them. We oft...
5th November 2015
Ashtons Legal were first introduced to Kersha Sanders in 2004 when we were appointed in relation to her clinical negligence claim. The case has since settled and Kersha is now supported in the management of her financial affairs by her Deputy Tom Cook and Jodie Allen in the Court of...
5th February 2015
Zak Hall with Paul Humphries (Ashtons Legal Senior Case Worker) Before Our family background My name is Margaret Hall, Mags to all who know me. I met my husband Gary back in 1996 and 2 years later I fell pregnant with our first child, Ashleigh, who turns 16 in December. Gary has served i...
20th December 2010
When someone dies usually the first stage is for the personal representatives (executors/administrators) to apply for a grant of representation in order to deal with the assets of the estate. The most common types of grant are:Grant of Probate - where the deceased left a WillGrant of Letters of Adm...