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Posted 13/10/2013 An inquest opens in Ipswich tomorrow into the death of a month-old baby girl from Felixstowe. Isabel Niamh King was born in May 2012 at St Thomas’s Hospital in...
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Posted 22/09/2010 Redundancy could be having a serious and negative impact on workers over the age of 50, new research has suggested. A survey carried out by Recruitment Genius discovered...
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Posted 06/12/2013 Ashtons Legal is delighted to have advised James Miller and Jez Turner on their management buy out of Foursys Limited (‘Foursys’). Foursys are a provider of IT Security...
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Posted 14/06/2011 Reforms to commercial law that are intended to make it easier for small and medium-sized firms to protect their intellectual property have been announced by the government. The...
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Posted 28/11/2013 The Court of Appeal sent out a clear message yesterday that deadlines imposed on parties will be strictly applied. In the case of Andrew Mitchell v News Group...
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Posted 27/07/2010 An employer has been ordered to pay a former member of his workforce
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Posted 03/08/2010 A man has won a compensation claim against a hospital accused of clinical negligence following the death of his wife. According to Getreading.co.uk, Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, the...
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Posted 22/07/2010 A report issued recently by the Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE) and featured in this week’s Nursing Times (link below), reveals that stillbirth rates are falling...
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Posted 08/06/2011 MPs have urged the government to amend agricultural laws to ensure dairy farmers tied into commercial contracts are offered a fair price for their products. Dr Dan Poulter,...
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Posted 14/11/2013 Employers could be forced to pay out billions in backdated holiday pay claims following an Employment Tribunal ruling.An Employment Tribunal has held that overtime pay must be included...
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Posted 16/06/2011 Significant changes to employment law areas such as the extension of paternity rights and the abolition of the default retirement age should not apply to less-sizable companies. This...
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Posted 10/08/2010 Victory was struck for small time landlords when HM Revenue & Customs were forced to back down over their challenge of tax deductions for repairs that were part...
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