Legal News
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Posted 28/07/2009 Temporary and agency workers should receive the same protection from employment law as permanent employees, a trade union has stated. According to the Public and Commercial Services Union...
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Posted 19/02/2015 Ashtons Legal personal injury lawyer Rachel Stowe has obtained £11,000 for a client who suffered whiplash and had soft tissue injuries to her lower back, compounding a pre-existing...
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Posted 27/10/2011 Hundreds of hospitals and care homes nationwide face unannounced spot checks under plans to identify problems. The spot check initiative comes as a direct result of a report...
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Posted 23/07/2009 Norwich County Council is backing calls for changes to the law, which would allow carers to make important decisions on behalf of those they look after. The authority...
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Posted 23/04/2012 Date: 23 April 2012Author: Annalie King As business watches for the hoped-for rise in economic activity, employers are being warned to check the small print on recently introduced...
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Posted 24/11/2009 The number of distressed sales in the UK commercial property sector is rising over the latter half of 2009, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics)....
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Posted 11/11/2009 Consumers have been reminded to ensure they write Willsin order to make sure their surviving partner is not left with difficulty claiming an inheritance. The Daily Mail has...
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Posted 27/10/2010 The Ministry of Defence (MoD) may have to pay up to £300,000 each to three soldiers who were injured in a helicopter crash in August 2007. John Falconer,...
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Posted 26/08/2009 Recruitment agencies in the UK have been advised they will not be permitted to breach employment law. Business minister Pat McFadden stated that in the last year, the...
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Posted 14/06/2012 Cuts to defence budgets may be set to result in armed forces employees in East Anglia losing their jobs.Positions at RAF Marham or Swanton Morley could be affected...
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Posted 31/10/2014 Nick Peake, a lawyer in the Ashtons Legal personal injury team, has obtained over £70,000 for a father of five who was injured when his car was hit...
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Posted 29/07/2009 Businesses have been advised to make health and safety a top concern by one risk management company. Firms were told by Aviva that looking to cut costs by...
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