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March – Free Wills Month – posted 28/2/2012
Free Wills Month brings together a group of well respected charities to offer members of the public aged 55 and over the opportunity to have their simple Wills written or updated free of charge by using participating solicitors in selected locations around England and Wales of which Ascot Lawyers are proudly participating. The campaign runs [...]
Compensation For Faulty PIP Breast Implants – posted 10/1/2012
Many women who have undergone breast implants will be concerned with the recent media coverage concerning the implants supplied by the French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP). It has been estimated that approximately 40,000 PIP breast implants have been fitted in breast enlargement and reconstruction surgery in the UK between 2001 and 2010. The faulty [...]
Compromise Agreements – posted on 23/12/11
Employers usually offer Compromise Agreements when your employment is about to be terminated or you are being made redundant. A Compromise Agreement is a legally binding document which brings your employment to an end and stops you bringing a claim against your employer in an Employment Tribunal. In return you will usually receive a tax-free [...]
Payment Protection Insurance
The High Court recently ruled that the Financial Services Authority is entitled to impose tough retrospective rules concerning the sales and complaints in relation to the sale of Payment Protection Insurance (PPI). The British Banker’s Association has also declared that it does not intend appealing the decision. Many are considering this now to be open [...]
Financial Mis-selling
The most high profile example of financial mis-selling has been the Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) debacle; providers of PPI were first fined for this as long ago as 2006. Household names such as Alliance & Leicester and EGG were fined in 2008 for “serious failings”/”serious breaches” in respect of their sale of PPI by telephone [...]
Referral Fees – the other side of the story
There has been much adverse publicity surrounding referral fees in the media of late. A number of insurers have stated that the payment of referral fees is forcing insurance premiums up, and the call to arms has been taken up by a number of MPs. What has yet to be adequately explained is how referral [...]
Private sewers transfer to water companies
On 1 October 2011 all private sewers and lateral drains in existence on 1 July 2011 that drain to the public network will transfer to the ownership of the water and sewerage companies.
Top Tips for recovering debts and minimising legal costs
In these difficult financial times it is more important than ever to maintain your cash flow and ensure that bills are paid promptly.
Retirement age to be Abolished
One of the more radical changes to Employment Law brought about by the “Employment Equality (Repeal of Retirement Age Provisions) Regulations 2011 is the abolition of the default retirement age of 65.
Recovery of Judgement Debt
If you win an action against an individual or company that owes you money, your next step is to collect the money owed to you.
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