Legal News
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Posted 17/10/2012 An initiative launched in 2009 in England offered patients between the ages of 40 and 74 a free health check. The hope was that these would spot conditions...
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Posted 24/03/2014 Siobhan McWhinney, a personal injury specialist in Ashtons Legal’s Thetford office, has obtained £95,000 compensation for a Suffolk lady in her twenties who suffered severe injuries when the...
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Posted 13/12/2010 Many people who think they don’t have sufficient assets to consider Inheritance Tax (IHT) planning should think again if they have built up a substantial pension pot according...
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Posted 26/09/2010 Britons have been reminded they need to update their Wills regularly if they wish them to reflect their current circumstances. In an article for Sun Live, legal expert...
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Posted 11/05/2010 The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has appealed against a decision which would allow ten ex-servicemen to pursue compensation claims against it. More than 1,000 men were involved in...
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Posted 02/04/2014 Tom Ranson, a personal injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained compensation for Mr S who required medical treatment and specialist orthopaedic review after suffering an injury to...
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Posted 21/10/2009 Working women who take time out to raise a family are to be protected from pay discrimination thanks to a landmark employment law ruling. The Court of Appeal...
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Posted 23/05/2010 The victim of a car accident has won personal injury compensation from her husband’s insurers. Carol Coleman had been riding in the passenger seat of her spouse William’s...
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Posted 26/02/2014 Siobhan McWhinney, a specialist personal injury solicitor at Ashtons Legal, has obtained just under £300,000 to fund the care costs of a bereaved child until she reaches the...
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Posted 09/05/2012 The British Medical Journal has published details of a study showing that a simple test asking people to connect numbers in the correct numerical order as fast as...
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Posted 25/04/2012 The news has been full of stories about a recent study that reports that daily aspirin can significantly improve survival rates of those already diagnosed with bowel cancer....
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Posted 05/10/2009 Employers have been reminded of the need to consult workers on the issues of cutbacks and redundancy in order to avoid industrial or legal action over their rights...
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