Insights

• Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19): employers, employees and the self-employed

  • PostedMay 12, 2020

  The Government has published “Working Safely during the Coronavirus (COVID-19)”. We will be reviewing this from a regulatory and employment law perspective at our Ashtons Legal Webinar on Thursday 21...

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• Extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“furlough scheme”) until end of October

  • PostedMay 12, 2020

  On 12 May 2020, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that the furlough scheme in its current form will be extended until 31 July 2020. There will be no changes to the...

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• Commercial property landlords and COVID-19 – what are your options?

  • PostedMay 11, 2020

  After the immediate shock of the lockdown and the March quarter day which came soon afterward, commercial property landlords are taking stock and working out their options for the next...

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• Webinar – Returning to work in a COVID-19 era: a Q&A

  • PostedMay 7, 2020

  As the UK has passed the peak of infections, employers around the country are asking, how do we return our staff to work? COVID-19 has required all businesses in every...

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• Debt recovery strategy for the COVID-19 crisis

  • PostedMay 6, 2020

  One of the features of the COVID-19 crisis is the feeling that ‘we are all in this together’. Everyone is keen to play their part to find a way through,...

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• Practical considerations for the self-employed

  • PostedMay 6, 2020

  The Treasury has published a Direction to HMRC to give statutory footing to the government’s self-employed income support scheme. Income Support Scheme (ISS) Similar to the support which is being...

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• Webinar: COVID-19 road transport operator update 05/05/20

  • PostedMay 5, 2020

  Many ‘normal’ rules have had to be re-visited due to the COVID-19 situation so that fleets can continue to operate. This has been done in a variety of ways: by...

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• Construction disputes and Coronavirus

  • PostedMay 5, 2020

  Now that the industry has settled into a ‘new normal’ it may be that those involved in the construction industry are becoming increasingly concerned with the possibility of costly disputes...

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• Over £470,000 obtained for an injured Norfolk student

  • PostedApril 30, 2020

  Mick Upton, a specialist personal injury lawyer at Ashtons Legal, has obtained just over £470,000 for a 19-year-old motorcyclist who was seriously injured in a road collision. Mr K suffered...

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• Road transport operator update – 29 April 2020

  • PostedApril 29, 2020

  Here is a revised summary of some developments in road transport and logistics since our last update. Workplace/health and safety HM Government policy remains that all supply chains must function...

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• COVID-19 and Commercial Property: protection for commercial tenants

  • PostedApril 29, 2020

  In our last update (COVID-19 and Commercial Property: protections under the Coronavirus Bill), we highlighted the provisions the Government had enacted to protect businesses faced with the coronavirus pandemic. Within...

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• £175,000 obtained for family of Cambridgeshire mesothelioma sufferer

  • PostedApril 28, 2020

  Ashtons Legal has obtained a substantial settlement for the family of Mr T who sadly lost his battle with mesothelioma last year. Mr T worked as a shop-fitter in the...

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