Legal News

• £20,500 obtained for lady whose hospital treatment contained a catalogue of errors

  • PostedDecember 18, 2018

  Posted 14/03/2014 Julie Crossley, a clinical negligence lawyer at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a settlement of £20,500 for a lady in the Midlands.  Mrs P went into hospital for a...

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• Lord Sugar: Employers should be allowed to ask about plans to have children

  • PostedDecember 18, 2018

  Posted 04/03/2011 Lord Sugar has raised controversy about the current employment law in Britain by arguing that employers should be allowed to ask prospective female employees about their plans to...

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• Patients promised online GP booking by 2015

  • PostedDecember 18, 2018

  Posted 29/04/2014 The BBC has reported that patients in England will be able to book GP appointments and get test results online within three years. The moves are part of...

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• Following the “fit note”: now a Statutory Sick Pay headache for smaller employers

  • PostedDecember 18, 2018

  Posted 09/06/2014 The financial “stick” An independent review in 2011 found that a lack of access to occupational health advice was one of the biggest barriers to people returning to...

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• Unfair dismissal ruling upheld for man sacked for drinking shandy

  • PostedDecember 18, 2018

  Posted 13/04/2011 A man who claimed his being sacked for drinking shandy at work amounted to unfair dismissal has had his complaint upheld. Allan Reid, a caretaker for Liberty Living,...

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• Women paid less than equal male

  • PostedDecember 18, 2018

  Posted 16/06/2010 Two women have won what could be a landmark equality case after contesting the fact that a male colleague was paid more than them. Mairi Buchanan and Pat...

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• Ashtons Legal represents family of young Spixworth man who jumped to death from Castle Mall after being told to wait a month for treatment

  • PostedDecember 18, 2018

  Posted 26/05/2014 A young Spixworth man who died after jumping from the roof of the Castle Mall in Norwich had told clinicians that he had rigged a noose in his...

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• Hospital agrees outofcourt settlement after Lincoln woman’s suicide

  • PostedDecember 18, 2018

  Posted 27/05/2014 Hospital agrees out-of-court settlement after Lincolnwoman’s suicide: A hospital has agreed to pay five figure damages after allegations that they didn’t recognize a Lincoln woman’s mental illness and...

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• The Perfect Storm in Maternity Care?

  • PostedDecember 18, 2018

  Posted 10/07/2014 It was reported today by the BBC that, in reply to their Freedom of Information Act requests, of the 62 trusts that replied , 51% said they had ...

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• Incoming government ‘should promote equity release’

  • PostedDecember 18, 2018

  Posted 29/04/2010 Equity release should be promoted by the winner of the forthcoming election as a potential solution to retirement funding shortfalls. This is the view of trade body Safe...

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• Employment law changes ‘could cost businesses billions’

  • PostedDecember 18, 2018

  Posted 18/02/2011 Changes to UK employment law could end up costing British businesses millions of pounds, a new report has revealed. The study, undertaken by the British Chamber of Commerce...

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• NHS says no to new breast cancer drug Kadcyla

  • PostedDecember 18, 2018

  Posted 10/08/2014 A pioneering new breast cancer treatment will not be routinely available in England, the NHS drugs advisory body NICE is proposing. The drug – Kadcyla – adds six months...

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