Legal News
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Posted 23/07/2009 Equity release customers have been encouraged to seek legal advice from an independent specialist. According to the Equity Release Solicitors’ Alliance (Ersa), this creates an added safety net...
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Posted 25/07/2011 New research has revealed many people in the UK do not have Wills. Conducted by MyVoucherCodes, the study found 48 per cent of those aged between 25 and...
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Posted 13/07/2009 The economic downturn could force the Conservatives to scrap their pledge to raise the inheritance tax(IHT) threshold. Two years ago, shadow chancellor George Osborne announced at the Conservative...
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Posted 19/05/2013 Time lapse imaging which takes thousands of pictures of developing embryos can boost the success rate of IVF according to British research. The method which is reported in...
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Posted 05/01/2010 Commercial property firm Jones Lang LaSalle has predicted that bank lending for property ventures is likely to remain limited in the near future. The company has published its...
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Posted 20/01/2011 The amputation of a woman’s leg has led to the patient being awarded £10,000 after experts deemed the operation unnecessary. Michelle Richards won her clinical negligence case relating...
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Posted 03/03/2011 A disabled man whose bowel was accidentally stitched closed has been awarded clinical negligence compensation for his ordeal. Stuart Morley, 29, who has learning difficulties, had to have...
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Posted 08/01/2010 The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has welcomed a governmental planning policy change which is set to make it easier for rural farmers to undertake land developments. Lobbying from...
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Posted 21/07/2009 A retired Norwich man who was exposed to asbestos during his career has urged the government to let people in his situation claim compensation. David Brown is a...
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Posted 28/06/2011 Ashtons Legal and bereaved parents Liz and Declan Ling are seeking a change in the law to allow inquests to be requested into the death of stillborn babies....
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Posted 12/03/2010 Stonework firms in Britain have been urged to make sure their health and safety regulations are up-to-date in order to prevent personal injury in the sector. The Health...
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Posted 11/06/2012 Ashtons Legal – an Ipswich law firm that specialises in brain injury – is running a free drop in advice clinic for carers of brain injured relatives and...
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