Legal News
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Posted 27/01/2010 The government has committed to continuing to implement employment law changes in order to foster better equality standards in UK workplaces. Minister for women and equality Harriet Harman...
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Posted 24/11/2009 British workers are still concerned about the threat of redundancy despite recent economic improvements, according to a new poll. Homelessness charity St Mungo’s has revealed results from an...
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Posted 21/07/2014 Health unions to ballot on strikes over pay The BBC reported that three key health unions are to ballot their members in England on industrial action, including strikes,...
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Posted 07/05/2012 Ashtons Legal’s personal injury team were instructed by a family involved in a head on road collision in 2009. There were four members of the same family in...
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Posted 13/10/2009 Equity release schemes are increasingly being used by retirees to sustain their previous living standards, industry experts have revealed. According to Safe Home Income Plans (Ship), baby boomers...
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Posted 09/10/2014 At least 1,015 paramedics left their job in 2013-14, compared with 593 in the same period two years earlier. London Ambulance Service saw 223 paramedics leave in 2013-14, four...
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Posted 24/04/2012 When a defendant insurer is forced to admit that their driver was at fault following a road traffic accident in which someone else has suffered serious injuries, the...
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Posted 11/10/2009 The number of people falling victim to redundancy this year has exceeded earlier forecasts, according to a new study. Research carried by XpertHR found that more than one...
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Posted 25/09/2012 Sandra Patton, Head of Medical Injury at Ashtons Legal, confirms a turn around by the Government on Legal Aid funding for brain injured babies. She explains: “Legal Aid...
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Posted 15/01/2010 The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has urged the government to revise employment law relating to equality in order to create a fairer climate for ethnic minority workers in...
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Posted 24/11/2011 On Thursday 17 November, Suffolk FWAG (Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group) held its prestigious Kerr Cup Conservation Championship Awards presentation evening, with guest speaker, the Rt Hon Jim...
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Posted 13/10/2009 Sandra Patton, a clinical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a
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