Dispute
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A Norwich Pharmacal Order (NPO) is an order which compels an innocent third party to provide information about another party who may have been mixed up in “wrongdoing”. What is...
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Residential landlords are under pressure to keep on top of a raft of new legislation and guidelines this year, including many protections for tenants extended by the government during the...
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Our insolvency litigation team have specialist experience and knowledge when it comes to debt recovery and the service of statutory demands. It is an unfortunate consequence of business that you...
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Apprentice Solicitor, James, takes a look back on his period of training and gives a brief insight into life in the Disputes team at Ashtons Legal. When I joined the...
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This recent case has provided an important legal update of the grounds on which a Court will order the removal of a Trustee. Background of the case The duties imposed...
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Don’t hold your breath before 4 May: A Landlord’s Guide to Chasing Bad Debts. Since March 2020 the Government has introduced a raft of protections to protect Tenants from financial...
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Sexual harassment in the workplace has taken new forms during the Covid-19 pandemic. Sexual harassment occurs where both: ‘A’ engages in unwanted/unwelcome/uninvited conduct of a sexual nature. The conduct has...
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Ashtons Legal is delighted to announce the appointment of Fiona Stuart as a partner in the firm taking the total number of partners to 35. She is joined by a...
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A deathbed gift, or donation mortis causa, is an alternative way in which a person can dispose of their estate, as opposed to a valid Will or the intestacy rules....
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It is no secret that the courts are struggling to clear the backlog of commercial cases which have built up as a result of the coronavirus, or that this backlog...
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As the economic impact of the pandemic grows, many commercial landlords are struggling to collect rent and enforce their business tenants’ other lease obligations. While the Government has acted to...
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With the coronavirus still disrupting supply chains and causing financial difficulties, it is unsurprising that some trading partners are unable to meet their contractual obligations to provide goods, services, or...
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