Legal News
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Watching others acting out the ending of a marriage on a public stage can provide a valuable lesson on how to ‘uncouple’ with least pain. Whether fiction or fact, marriage...
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Full-service law firm Ashtons Legal is supporting one of its current employees through a new Solicitor Apprenticeship, starting in September 2016, with training delivered by CILEx Law School and City...
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If you have an elderly relative who owns assets in the European Union, what will happen from an inheritance law perspective, post Brexit? Now that the Brexit bill has been...
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We are delighted to announce our sponsorship of the Best Alternative Land Enterprise (BALE) Award in 2016. Organised by the Suffolk Agricultural Association and sponsored by Ashtons Legal Solicitors, the...
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The People with Significant Control Register (PSC Register) was introduced by the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (SBEEA 2015) and is designed to improve transparency and trust in...
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I have written before about the serious shortcomings in the provision for mental illness, particularly locally. But I make no apology for returning to it again. In particular, I want...
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When Chancellor George Osborne announced significant changes to inheritance tax (IHT) in last summer’s Budget speech, the move had been much anticipated. But rather than simply raising the tax-free threshold...
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Patients, volunteers and clinical professionals attended the latest monthly meeting of the Anglia Asbestos Disease Support Group held at Beacon House, Bury St. Edmunds, on Tuesday 17 May. The meeting...
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TUPE or not TUPE? That is the question! This has (sadly) for many years been a common joke for employment lawyers but with the Brexit vote looming it may now...
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The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has said that the number of compensation claims for cerebral palsy and brain damage sustained at birth has barely changed since 2006/07. Obstetrics...
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Sharon Allison has been campaigning for improvements in mental health care, particularly in East Anglia, for several years and is working closely with families whose tragic stories about failure in...
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Recent news headlines have warned employees that social media chat and email conversations at work are open to being read by the boss, following a recent ruling by the European...
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