Business News
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An insecure load can have tragic consequences. It may injure or even kill other road users. Similarly, a driver can even be hurt if a load shifts internally e.g. where...
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The Government has produced an annex to supplement the code of practice to be used by commercial tenants and landlords in discussions about rent, rent arrears and on-going lease terms....
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The new rules on witness statements came into force on 6 April 2021. The Civil Procedure Rules Committee has established a new set of rules about how to prepare trial...
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Ashtons’ Alice Trainor gives an insight into the new Debt Respite scheme. In the past we have helped a number of farmers and landowners diversify and let out sections of...
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A multidisciplinary team from Ashtons Legal have recently assisted leading local insurance broker, Ryan Insurance (Ryan’s), and their Chairman Tim Ryan in the sale of the business to London-based insurance...
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Third parties with no connection to your case may agree to cover all or part of your legal costs. Litigation is often a costly and time-consuming process that can put...
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As further relaxation of COVID restrictions are delayed, anyone might be forgiven for forgetting what restrictions are actually in force. There are numerous new laws and amendments to existing ones....
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Before the coronavirus struck, the options for landlords looking to recover commercial rent arrears were extensive. Depending on the circumstances, you could use the statutory commercial rent arrears recovery procedure...
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A Norwich Pharmacal Order (NPO) is an order which compels an innocent third party to provide information about another party who may have been mixed up in “wrongdoing”. What is...
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If you are looking to move your business, there is an important decision to be made around whether you should buy or rent premises. There are several factors you should...
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Our insolvency litigation team have specialist experience and knowledge when it comes to debt recovery and the service of statutory demands. It is an unfortunate consequence of business that you...
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There are increasing calls for the government to change the existing Shared Parental Leave policy and replace it with a new system similar to the one in place in Sweden...
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