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Rights over Village Greens The Supreme Court (formerly “the House of Lords”) decided in March that local residents who regularly walked over a Council owned Golf Course and took their dogs for walks there could register it as “Common...
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Anthony Gold was proud to sponsor Headway East London's recent Dance Marathon. The event was a roaring success, with 50 dancers taking part in the 8-hour marathon. In total £15,000 was raised for Headway East London. Jo Brand, patron of...
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Anthony Gold, acting for Mr John Mason, yesterday successfully defended a challenge brought by the RSPCA against the estate of his brother Mr George Mason deceased. The RSPCA disagreed with the executors' interpretation of his Will. The RSPCA were the...
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Mariko Wilson outlines the reforms of The Coroners and Justice Act 2009...

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This is one of the Law Society's prestigious specialist committees and is responsible for advising the Society on policy in respect to the civil justice system. In September 2009 David was also appointed as a member of the Civil Justice Council's new Costs...
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On 21 and 22 April 2010 the Supreme Court of the UK will hear the appeal in Austin v London Borough of Southwark . This case concerns some of the outstanding issues in relation to tolerated trespassers. The court will determine whether Mr Austin has the...
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Anthony Gold has recently appointed Philip Wallace as a consultant. Philip can provide a full range of Notary services. The role of a Notary is to authenticate legal documents which will be used abroad. In addition to the Notary's authentication, many...
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Shortly before Christmas Headway East London, a charity supporting those with brain injury, held their Christmas market at Anthony Gold's London Bridge office where they sold Christmas crafts, decorations, pictures and cards. The charity raised...
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As in previous years, Anthony Gold has decided not to send Christmas cards this year. Instead we are making a donation to the Lambeth Community Fund. The Lambeth Community Fund is a new charitable venture set up to support the London Borough of...
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Anthony Gold is pleased to announce that  Margaret Hatwood  has today become a Partner in the firm. Margaret joins the family team , specialising in high value financial cases involving married and unmarried couples. Much of her work often...
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The Health and Safety Executive has revealed that there were around 96,800 cases of anxiety or depression-related illness in London last year, with stress fast replacing backache as the number one cause of sick leave. Over 16% of workers complain that...
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Stephanie Prior is acting for one of the victims who suffered abuse at the hands of John Darby at Hollydale Children's Home. The victim was repeatedly abused by Darby and subjected to indecent assault, cruelty and violence but he was too ashamed and too...
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Once again Anthony Gold has ranked highly in Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession 2010 , launched last night. In the field of Clinical Negligence Chambers says: "This expanding practice receives praise for its work in the sector.  Jon...
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Family Associate Margaret Hatwood was yesterday interviewed by BBC Radio Sussex and Surrey about the new co-habiting proposals from the Law commission. Under the proposals, co-habiting couples with children would be given automatic inheritance...
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Teams of runners from Anthony Gold have been donning their  trainers to raise money for Headway East London. In July a team of runners from Anthony Gold took part in the British 10K London Run. In September a team of lady runners from Anthony...
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Anthony Gold's Commercial Property Partner Jonathan Nokes led a team at ASPIRE's golf day last week. Although they didn't win, Anthony Gold finished respectfully in the middle of the table. The day of golf was finished off with an auction with many...
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Anthony Gold's clinical negligence, personal injury, family law and administrative and public law teams have all been recommended in The Legal 500 2009 . Anthony Gold's  Clinical Negligence  team is described as "a formidable and...
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Anthony Gold is delighted to announce that Margaret Hatwood joined their London Bridge office on 1 September 2009, as an associate in the Family team . Margaret joins Anthony Gold from Thomas Eggar where she has built up a reputation...
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Partner and Catastrophic Injury specialist  Jackie Spinks will be speaking at the forthcoming conference Managing Catastrophic Injury Claims  taking place in London on 20 October 2009. Catastrophic injury claims present particular problems...
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Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Partner Stephanie Prior is to speak at AvMA's forthcoming Essential Medicine for Lawyers conference, taking place in London on 14 October 2009.  The course will give clinical negligence solicitors a good...
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Anthony Gold is pleased to announce that Stephanie Prior has today become a Partner in the firm. Stephanie handles a mix of complex personal injury and clinical negligence work, with a special interest in birth injuries, child abuse claims and fatal...
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Head of Family & Divorce Law department Kim Beatson  commented in The Independent yesterday on the decreasing numbers of civil partnerships being entered into, and the increasing number of dissolutions. Figures from the Office for National...
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Personal Injury specialist  Josephine Robinson  is to speak at the forthcoming: Football Focus - A Seminar on Sports Law Personal Injury Claims, taking place in London on 9 September 2009.  Sports law personal injury claims present...
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On Saturday 12th July, seven Anthony Gold staff members ran in The British 10K London Run in central London, all in the name of charity. The team was raising money for Headway East London, which provides support for people with acquired...
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Anthony Gold was proud to sponsor Streatham Festival's key event - the World Sounds @ St Leonard's concert on Saturday night. Over recent years the World Sounds concert has established itself as a significant event on the World Music stage and has...
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Partner Andrew Brookes acted for the respondent in the recent case of Vedalease Ltd v Cascabel Investments Ltd. Cascabel loaned Vedalease £600,000 to buy a freehold property. Vedalease signed a deed of trust to give a 25% share of the...
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Giles Peaker , a housing solicitor at Anthony Gold, features in Solicitors Journal , commenting on the recent House of Lords ruling that councils have a duty to assess the wider needs of 16 and 17 year olds who become homeless. Young people should be...
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  On 1 May 2009 all the staff at Anthony Gold took part in a special "Michelle Macmillan Day" in memory of Michelle Michaud. Michelle, a receptionist at Anthony Gold since 1992, sadly passed away in December 2008 aged 39 years. Staff...
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Today marks the start of Action for Brain Injury Week, which continues until 17th May. The week is run by charity Headway, the brain injury association, who endeavour to raise the general public's awareness of the challenges people with brain...
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Anthony Gold was delighted to support ASPIRE, the charity that works with people with spinal cord injury, by taking a table at last night's ASPIRE Sport's Quiz Dinner at Lord's Cricket Ground. The 600 guests enjoyed the evening which was hosted by BBC...
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  Compensation for Stress at Work by  David Marshall  is the new definitive legal guide to stress at work claims. David Marshall is an expert in this highly specialist field, securing compensation payments that can run into...
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Jenny Kennedy , Partner in our Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence team and an expert in catastrophic injuries has secured one of the highest single interim payments ever. The payment of £1.75 million was ordered by the Court, in the face of...

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