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      • Amy Entwistle celebrates 15 years at the firm
      • Making Every Day International Women's Day: Embracing Equity
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      • Choosing the right legal traineeship for you
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      • Jenny Dickson celebrates 15 years at the firm
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      • Champions Train, Losers Complain!
      • Reflections on an Easter mock court case
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      • Interview with Fiona Sasan
      • Working Flexibly
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      • Further Scottish Land Reform on the horizon
      • Natural capital and biodiversity - a Scottish perspective
      • Knowing your riparian rights
      • The path more travelled
      • Not so happily ever after
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      • Utopia or dystopia? How Agriculture 4.0 will shape the future of Scottish farming
      • Agriculture and Rural Bulletin
      • What opportunities are available to landowners for ecosystem restoration?
      • Right to Roam: mitigating risks as Scots flock to the outdoors
      • Mediation in Neighbour Disputes
      • Vertical Farming
      • Derelict properties - Land and Buildings Transaction Tax
      • Is the Frontier Worker permit a potential solution for Seasonal Workers?
      • Land and property taxation in Scotland
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      • Understanding the Woodland Carbon Code
      • What do the new immigration rules mean for agricultural jobs?
      • Understanding Access Rights in Scotland
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      • The Inglorious 12th!
      • The importance of the Forestry industry in Scotland to combat climate change
      • Forestry - A Growing Investment
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      • Extension to the Amnesty for Agricultural Tenants
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      • "Bee" alive to the beauty of nature
      • New Guidance on Diversification for Tenant Farmers in Scotland
      • Community Rights to Buy: where are we now?
      • Raising the Standard - Consequences for Landlords and Tenants of Farms and Crofts
      • Vacant - The 6 key aspects of Mediation
      • The New Electronic Communications Code - An Update - February 2020
      • Oxford Farming Conference January 2020: highlighting issues affecting the farming sector.
      • Seaweed: the agricultural superfood in the fight to reduce carbon emissions?
      • Dilapidations - the devil is in the drafting
      • Community Right to Buy
      • Leasing Options - Don’t Let PRTs get you Tied up in knots
      • The Right to Roam in Scotland
      • Alternatives to Agricultural Tenancies - Contract and Share Farming
      • Bovine Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD); a Reality.
      • Better Connected
      • Tenant Farming Commissioner Update - Guidance on Transfer of Agricultural Tenancies
      • Ignorance of the law is no defence
      • The Common Agricultural Policy - update
      • Government extends deadline for Renewable Heat Incentive ("RHI") projects
      • Scottish Law Commission Report on Section 53 of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003
      • Land Commission's Review of Scale and Concentration of Land Ownership - March 2019
      • Beaver protection
      • And, finally…
      • Red Diesel
      • New Pilot Seasonal Workers Scheme - 2019
      • How much LBTT tax?
      • Repairing Standard to be applied to Agricultural Tenancies in 2019
      • Voluntary Land Registration Procedures
      • Diversification on the farm
      • Private Residential Tenancies and the issues for tenants under an Agricultural Lease
      • The Prevention of Dog Attacks on Livestock
      • Land and Buildings Transaction Tax
      • Responsible public access for dog owners in Scotland
      • Common good land - what is a disposal?
      • Voluntary Land Registration
      • Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land
      • What role can peatlands play in ensuring the importance of nature and sustainable land use?
      • Scotland's changing vision for land use and management
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      • The Importance of Having a Will
      • Tax efficient allowances - a guide
      • Gifting by an Attorney
      • To Trust or not to Trust?
      • Have you considered your charitable legacy?
      • Don’t leave the next generation to pay the price of your failure to plan
      • Inheritance Tax (IHT) and the family home: New main residence allowance
      • The Final Insult
      • UK Inheritance Tax - The Domicile Trap
      • Dont plan to fail: asset consideration, planning and protection during marriage
      • Protecting your Digital Assets and Planning for the Future
      • Protecting your digital financial assets: which factors should you consider?
      • Should I Gift my Home to my Children? The Consequences of Generosity
      • Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill - proposed changes to Scottish Succession Law.
      • Collectables, family heirlooms and dinner parties
      • A tax guide to buying property in Scotland
      • Let's Talk Tax Returns!
      • A place in the Scottish sun
      • Important changes take effect for Non Doms
      • Non-Resident Individuals selling UK residential property - Reporting to the UK Tax Authority
      • UK Resident Individuals Disposing of Residential Property
      • Top five things every business owner should be aware of when it comes to tax planning
      • Non-doms take note!
      • Kristina of Bon Tot talks financial security
      • What’s love got to do with it?
      • The end of the road for Deeds of Variation?
      • EU Succession - what has changed?
      • Residential Conveyancing: CGT for non UK residents
      • Buying Residential Property in Scotland - What Do I Need to Know About Tax?
      • Can I book a foreign holiday this year? Quite difficult to know, isn't it?
    • Banking & Financial Services
      • FCA Introduces Temporary Changes to Handling Rules for Motor Finance Complaints
      • The Financial Services and Markets Act 2023: PAR revocations
      • The Banker's Duty of Confidentiality
      • Hints and tips to survive the cost-of-living crisis
      • Staying awake through legal and financial services communications
      • UK Supreme Court further narrows scope of the Quincecare Duty - Philipp v Barclays Bank plc [2023] UKSC 25
      • Artificial Intelligence: regulatory changes and the impact on the banking world
      • Consumer Credit Reform: a chance to modernise information requirements
      • Authorised Push Payment (APP) Fraud - Supreme Court grants permission to appeal the Philipp v Barclays Bank judgment on Quincecare duty
      • The rising cost of borrowing: what now for UK mortgage borrowers?
      • Consumer Duty rules confirmed by the FCA
      • UK Government confirms future regulation of Buy-Now Pay-Later
      • A big week for Consumer Finance: CCA Reform and Cost of Living Update
      • FCA strengthens "use it or lose it" permissions powers
      • Cost of Living Crisis: FCA and Bank of England updates
      • Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act - Statutory Pledges Summary
      • Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act - The Registers
      • Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act - Insolvency Issues
      • Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act - Assignation of Claims
      • The challenges of using social media influencers to promote financial services
      • Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act - Statutory Pledges
      • FCA takes action against BNPL firms for potentially unfair contract terms
      • The FCA's proposed new Consumer Duty: putting consumer interests first
      • Lawful Act Economic Duress and Commercial Contracts
      • Buy-Now Pay-Later regulation - where to draw the line?
      • The FCA could be coming to your house
      • For the FCA ESG = TTT + TT
      • Sustainability linked finance products - possible benefits for borrowers
      • Asset Finance in Scotland
      • Key Differences between Scottish and English Security - Part 3
      • Key Differences between Scottish and English Security - part two
      • From LIBOR To Risk-Free Rates
      • Key Differences between Scottish and English Security - part one
      • Consumer Credit update: information sheets and SECCI updates
      • BNPL needs to be regulated now so we don't all pay later
      • Discontinuation of LIBOR: UK Finance releases guide for banks and lenders
      • Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS) launches
      • Pay as You Grow options
      • Validity of Appointment of Administrators
      • FCA consults on proposals to cap charges levied by Claims Management Companies
      • Personal guarantees - some considerations for guarantors
      • The Re-Suspension of Wrongful Trading Liability
      • International Day of Banks
      • Enforcement of a floating charge void where administrators appointed in breach of the terms of an intercreditor agreement
      • Readiness for a zero or negative Bank Rate
      • SMCR: timeline for solo-regulated firms directory of certified and assessed persons requirements
      • Scottish Parliament Act requiring the establishment of the Scottish National Investment Bank now fully in force
      • FCA new guidance
      • All Sums Guarantees - a Clarification to "Dowling"?
      • Pathway Finance Sarl v London Hanger Lane Centre Ltd
      • The Return of Crown Preference
      • We need to talk about money
      • Quailing under a Sword of Damocles whilst trapped 'twixt Scylla and Charybdis
      • Financial Services Remediation: putting things right for the customer
      • Contract: Recitals or Operative Clauses, who would win in a fight?
      • Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill (the "Bill")
      • The Benefits of an Internal Secondment
      • Can hypothetical remarks with no victim be unlawful discrimination?
      • Employee awarded £2m for workplace invention
      • Nicoll v Promontoria (Ram 2) Ltd: Notice of Assignment Containing an Unverifiable Effective Date Can Still be Valid
      • Set Off - Recent High Court Decision - Case Analysis and Commentary
      • Are your mortgage terms for additional borrowing fair? They might not be!
      • Sale and hire purchase back in Scotland
      • Guarantees: some key pointers
      • The Senior Managers and Certification Regime - Less than 5 months to go. Are you prepared?
      • Financial inclusion is essential, financial services are a utility
      • Guarantees and the purview doctrine - An unhelpful encroachment into commercial transactions
      • FCA final findings on motor finance
      • 2019 to-do list? Get your procedures for Bereavement, Guardianship and Powers of Attorney in order
      • Fintech and the investment options for Blockchain
      • Fintech - usage and investment
      • Fintech - the basics
      • Enterprise goes into reverse for floating charge-holders
      • Five things you might not realise about Guernsey, Alderney & Sark
      • Brexit impacts on Consumer Credit regime
      • Are your Brokers Authorised to do Business?
      • The problem with SONIA as an alternative to LIBOR
      • The Isle of Man - Five things you might not realise
      • FCA consults following review of high-cost credit market
      • The new FCA rules on creditworthiness and affordability
      • Five things you might not know about the Prudential Regulation Authority
      • Balancing statute and conduct - perhaps the juggling act is being recognised
      • Five things you might not know about the Payment Systems Regulator
      • Five things you might not know about the Competition and Markets Authority
      • Consumer Credit update: information sheets and FCA office move
      • Five things you might not know about the Financial Conduct Authority
      • Third Party Rights in Scotland
      • Is writing Asset and Invoice Finance business in Scotland about to get easier?
      • Scottish share pledges and PSC registers: Vexed issues for lenders
      • Scottish Block Discounting
      • A New Year, and a new form of security is on the horizon for Scotland
      • Lachlan MacDonald v Clydesdale Bank plc: Duties owed by banks to customers
      • The FCA, Intermediaries, and Commission Payments
      • Invoice Finance In Scotland - Another New Problem
      • Assignation of standard securities: Case Update
      • You Can do Block Discounting in Scotland
      • Insolvency Update: Donnelly v The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
      • Equity Release Mortgages - the requirements
      • Prohibiting ban on assignment of receivables
      • Bankruptcy in Scotland - all change (again)
      • Changes to FCA regulation of instalment credit
      • But it's not equitable: Invoice Finance in Scotland
      • Securing moveable assets in Scotland
      • Mortgage lender conveyancing panels and conflicts of interest
      • The need for independant legal advice
      • Market Consolidation in the IFA Sector
      • Outsourcing, Third Party Risk Management & Operational Resilience: PRA Final Policy and Supervisory Statements Published
      • The cost-of-living crisis and mental health
      • Are UK beneficial ownership registers incompatible with fundamental human rights?
      • What is Consumer Duty about?
      • Debt markets - the gathering storm & darkening skies. Lessons learned from Lombard v Skyjets
      • Scottish land registration restrictions take hold for Overseas Entities
      • Creditor behaviours and responsible practices
      • Invoice Finance in Scotland
      • Implications for Directors under the Finance Act 2020
      • HM Treasury to make changes to CCA default notices
      • A worrying warning for public sector leasing business
      • The FCA and another difficulty with Asset Finance
      • SMCR - A Refresh for the New Year
      • Financial Abuse, would you know it if you saw it?
      • Update on the FCA's Rent-to-Own proposals: new price cap and a point of sale ban on extended warranties
      • New BCAP guidance for small print in TV ads
      • Closure of the Sasine Register to Standard Securities - 1 April 2016
      • Separate representation for mortgage lenders
      • Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act - Enforcement of rights in terms of the Statutory Pledge
      • Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act - Assignation of Claims Summary
      • Stanford International Bank, the saga rumbles on
      • Financial Sanctions
      • Key Differences between Scottish and English Security - Part 4
      • LSB Announces Stronger Protections for SMEs Using Personal Guarantees
      • FCA’s Cash Access Rules: Protecting Your Right to Choose in a Digital Age
      • Hopcraft Judgment on Commission Disclosure has potential reach beyond Motor Finance
      • Finfluencers: Finance Unfiltered
    • Charities & Third Sector
      • Bulk e-mail practices and data breaches: Could your charity be at risk?
      • Changes to LGPS Regulations in Scotland confirmed: A boost for charities & third sector organisations
      • Clarification provided on trustees' powers to make (or refuse to make) investments
      • All change! OSCR's new online service
      • Charities Bill published: Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill
      • Batson v Charity Commission: The best interests of the charity prevail
      • Trustee duty to consider intellectual property and the learnings (thus far) from The Captain Tom Foundation Inquiry
      • But charities don't pay tax! Do they?
      • Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill
      • Charities & insolvency: What to do?
      • Protecting your charity: The importance of caveats
      • Calling all Charity Trustees: OSCR gives guidance on Trustees' Annual Report
      • Code of Fundraising Practice Consultation
      • Collaborations between charities and companies: Can this be profitable whilst raising funds for good causes?
      • Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Act 2023: An update
      • Changes in legislation for charities in the UK
      • Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill: Key Points for Charity Trustees
      • What are the duties of a charity trustee?
      • What Will Your Legacy Be?
      • What are the differences between Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisations (SCIOs), Community Interest Companies (CICs) and companies?
      • Unincorporated Associations: conversion to a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation
      • Charitable legacies: Tips for charities
      • Charities, do you pay your directors and trustees?
      • Top 10 tips for starting a charity
      • If you are a committee member – Are you personally liable?
      • Updates to charity law: Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Act 2023
      • Recruiting Charity Leaders in a Changing Legal Landscape
      • Ensuring Proper Governance in Scottish Charities
      • The Impact of the Data (Use and Access) Bill on Charities
      • Understanding OSCR’s New powers: What charity trustees in Scotland need to know
    • Construction
      • Building Safety Act 2022: Prescription, what has changed?
      • The Building Safety Act 2022: What is the New Homes Ombudsman Service Scheme?
      • The Building Safety Act 2022: What are Claims and Cost Contribution Orders?
      • The Building Safety Act 2022: What liabilities are created by the Act?
      • With the news of increased insolvencies in the Construction Sector, what protections, as Employer, can I put in my contract?
      • What happens if I can't secure the materials required?
      • What can I do to insulate my supply chain?
      • Does my construction contract safeguard me from inflation and if not, what can I do?
      • What do I need to consider when agreeing a new construction contract?
      • Cladding Update from Scotland
      • What records should I keep to help me claim additional time and/or money?
      • My contract does not contain a completion date. Is time at large?
      • My contract does not contain a liquidated damages provision. Can I still claim damages for delay?
      • What are liquidated damages and when are they payable?
      • I am entitled to additional time; can I also claim additional money?
      • Are there any time limits under either the SBCC or NEC suite of contracts under which I need to notify a delay to a project?
      • I have an NEC form of contract; I have not issued an Early Warning Notice
      • I have an NEC form of contract. When do I need to serve an Early Warning Notice?
      • Who owns float?
      • There are multiple reasons for delay to the project, and only some of them are my fault. Can I get additional time?
      • What factors are considered in deciding an extension of time request?
      • I have submitted a claim for additional time; how long do I have to wait for a decision?
      • What is a Relevant Event and what effect does it have on the completion date?
      • When does the employer have to hand over the site to the contractor and what are the consequences if they do not do so?
      • Clarity for Construction Bulletin
      • How can construction businesses work with their supply chains to minimise disputes?
      • Can I include a pay when paid or pay when certified provision in my construction contract?
      • Can an Employer refuse to pay back retention sums?
      • Schedule of Valuation Dates
      • When is the final payment due?
      • Pay Less Notice - Not Issued
      • Why is a Pay Less Notice so important?
      • When should a Payment Notice be issued and what happens if one is not issued?
      • Right to work and sub-contracting
      • Do I need to issue an application for payment?
      • Do I have a right to interim payment?
      • Payment provisions
      • What are the Commonly Used Terms in the Construction Contract Payment Process?
      • What is the Payment Process in a Construction Contract?
      • Enforcing Adjudicator's Decisions in Scotland - The Differences
      • Enforcing adjudicators’ decisions in Scotland
      • Can I re-adjudicate a dispute?
      • What does it mean to finally determine a dispute?
      • What are the grounds for resisting enforcement of a decision?
      • What happens if I am unhappy with an adjudicato's decision?
      • Do I have to pay the adjudicator's fees if I am unhappy with the decision?
      • What happens when the adjudicator's decision is received?
      • The Respondent has raised new evidence in their Rejoinder, what should I do?
      • What does a party have to do during an adjudication?
      • What happens if the Respondent doesn't participate in the adjudication?
      • What is a jurisdictional challenge and what happens if one is raised?
      • Do I have to accept an adjudicator's terms and conditions?
      • If you want to omit make sure the contractual glove fits - the importance of clear drafting
      • I have various disputes can I refer these in one adjudication or split them up and have one adjudicator decide on them?
      • How do I appoint an adjudicator if there is no adjudicator named in my contract?
      • What does this mean? Commonly used terms in Adjudication
      • What is adjudication?
      • Records, Records, Records…
      • Combating the Rising Cost of Adjudications
      • Risky Business
      • Collateral Warranties & Prescription
      • NOM, NOM - Some Food for Thought
      • Does your performance bond do what you expect it to do?
      • Are Smash and Grab Adjudications still relevant?
      • HGCRA Week 9: "Notice" the Construction Act
      • HGCRA Week 8 - Suspension
      • HGCRA Week 7 - Paying Less
      • HGCRA Week 6: Payment
      • HGCRA and Residential Occupiers
      • Operating in Construction
      • Constructing the Team - 20 years of the Construction Act
      • What is a construction contract?
      • VAT Reverse Charge for Construction Services
      • The Grenfell Effect on the PI Insurance Market
      • The Sector Sessions: Neil Kelly in Conversation with Alan Wilson of SELECT
      • Adjudicators' Fees and Decision Enforceability – Do you Have to Pay?
      • NEC and the Principle of Good Faith in Contracts: Decision in Van Oord v Dragados
      • Case Update: Fraserburgh Harbour Commissioners v McLaughlin & Harvey Limited
      • Have you missed the bus? Final adjudication determination and notices of dissatisfaction
      • Extra-judicial settlement: A cautionary tale
      • Omissions: What are your rights?
      • The Sector Sessions: Issues facing the construction sector
      • Construction: Frequently Asked Questions (Part 1)
      • Is a valuation a valid payment notice under the Construction Act?
      • Scotland and the Building Safety Act 2022
      • Construction: Frequently Asked Questions (Part 2)
      • Collateral Warranties: Construction Contracts in Their Own Right?
      • Construction: Frequently Asked Questions (Part 3)
      • Construction Contracts: The Essentials
      • Construction: Frequently Asked Questions (Part 4)
      • Extension of Time Claims: A whistlestop introduction
      • Bad payment practices still rife in the Scottish construction sector, new research shows
      • Top tips for contractual notices
      • Force majeure in construction contracts: The basics
      • JCT announces next suite of updated contracts will be JCT 2024 Edition
      • Payment notices in Scottish construction contracts: A reminder
      • The Housing Grants, Construction & Regeneration Act 1996 – 25 Years On
      • New guidance on deciding when an adjudicator is bound by the decision in an earlier adjudication
      • When 'the Contractor' means 'the Contractor'
      • A timely reminder: Termination notices must not be given prematurely under SBCC/JCT (and other) contracts
      • Cladding remediation in Scotland: Developers' commitment to Scottish Ministers
      • RAAC problems in UK buildings
      • Scottish Government publishes Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill
      • Important results of recent research into adjudication published
      • CICV research indicates continuing payment problems in the Scottish construction sector
      • Lessons in Payment Notices and Pay Less Notices
      • New Legal Rules for Retention in the Construction Sector?
      • Creativity is key for Scottish commercial real estate
      • Achieving net zero emissions in buildings - what can we expect?
      • What is the adjudication process? Do I need an expert or a lawyer?
      • New rules for collecting VAT in the construction industry
      • Importance of Limitation Clauses in Collateral Warranties
      • Construction defects and prescription - ignore at your peril
      • CDM Regulations 2015 - transitional arrangements
      • Builders missives - risks and standardisation
      • Can the Golden Brick Road have pot-holes?
      • Designs Liability
      • ‘Smash and grab’ and ‘true value’ in the same adjudication?
      • Give that notice … it’s a condition precedent for recovering loss and expense under SBCC/JCT contracts
      • Time to think twice about serial adjudication?
      • The Importance of Getting Construction Contracts Down in Writing
      • Landmark Supreme Court ruling: Adjudication will not be available to deal with disputes under most collateral warranties
      • FES Limited v HFD Construction Group Limited - Scottish Appeal Court upholds judge's decision
      • Employers Beware: Termination by Contractors made easier
      • Scottish Infrastructure Investment: Between the Budgets
      • The Grenfell Inquiry Report: What does it mean for Scotland's construction sector?
      • In conversation with Len Bunton,. Chair of the Steering Group of the Conflict Avoidance Coalition
      • New rules on reporting payment practices in the construction sector
      • ICE and RICS publish details of new conflict avoidance processes
    • Corporate
      • Jargon-busting Guide to Investment
      • The Financial Services and Markets Act 2023: PEPs and the FCA
      • The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: a clamp down on the Scottish Limited Partnership?
      • Was contract of employment varied or terminated?
      • Data Protection and how it shouldn't limit what's possible for your business
      • Is the Skilled Worker visa the solution to recruitment problems?
      • Protection from harassment legislation watered down
      • Sponsorship Agreements in Sport - A Useful Guide
      • 2023 Changes to the Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) Option Grant Process
      • Will ChatGPT revolutionise the workplace?
      • Workplace support for women going through the menopause
      • Dismissal arising from reconsideration of closed disciplinary proceedings can be fair
      • How long is too long to hold on to employment records?
      • So, you want to exit a business?
      • Supreme Court Confirms Existence and Content of "Creditor Duty"
      • Top five questions asked by start-ups
      • Employment Law Round Up - August 2022
      • Are employee-owned businesses the answer to stronger companies and a more resilient Scottish economy?
      • Timely reminder of risk of bypassing collective bargaining procedures
      • Menstrual health in the workplace - is more leave really the answer?
      • Choosing the right legal structure for your business
      • Going global is next step for SMEs
      • Are angel syndicates the most promising route for start-ups seeking investment?
      • Traffic Commissioner case before the Court of Appeal
      • Online services the future for right to work checks
      • New data shows resilience of Scotland’s scale-ups
      • What else is happening in employment law? - January 2022
      • Are my Company's Articles of Association and Shareholders' Agreement consistent?
      • 10 top tips for start-ups
      • What directors need to think about as Government protections to prevent insolvency wind down
      • Limited liability - not all it is cracked up to be
      • Considering Personal Data on World Photography Day
      • Equity Investment - What Does The Deal Look Like?
      • What do I need to know about wrongful trading?
      • Nations that plan for a world of cryptocurrency will come out on top
      • Annual CIPD/Simply Health Survey finds "presenteeism" a problem even when working from home
      • Companies House : filing deadlines return to normal
      • Equity Investment - Working Together
      • Non-domestic rates - an update following the Scottish Government’s budget
      • Investment Trends in Early Stage Companies in Scotland 2020
      • Data protection after the Brexit transition period
      • Corporate Growth February 2021
      • The 10 month long meeting
      • Can employers require employees to be vaccinated?
      • Tax Changes
      • UK Government consultation to consider banning post-termination non-compete restrictions
      • Job Support Scheme Expanded
      • Is now the time to introduce mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting?
      • TUPE catches both beneficial and detrimental contract changes
      • New Legislation, Guidance & Consultations - April 2020
      • Government announcement of changes to UK insolvency law.
      • Coronavirus and Business: 10 Practical Considerations for Clients
      • Coronavirus Business Support
      • Knowledge held by someone other than dismissing officer may affect fairness of dismissal
      • People with Significant Control (PSCs) - Keeping up with your reporting requirements
      • Are we in Agreement?
      • New Legislation, Guidance & Consultations - January 2020
      • Employment law in the news - January 2020
      • 2020 - What to expect in employment law
      • What does a conservative majority mean for employment law?
      • Post pandemic Christmas parties - will we move away from alcohol fuelled festivities?
      • Supreme Court Changes Law on Gratuitous Alienations
      • Employment law in the news - December 2019
      • The Validity of Electronic Signatures - Scottish and English Perspectives
      • Handbags at 20 paces….
      • How Have UK Boardrooms Changed in the Last 20 Years?
      • Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB)
      • Legends and myths about Terms and Conditions
      • The ICO flexes its GDPR muscles - beware
      • Workplace wellbeing - May 2019
      • Protect your intellectual property - an investment and not a cost
      • Roan of FreeAgent talks business opportunity
      • The shareholder dispute that never was (but should have been)
      • What are the obstacles preventing Scottish small and early-stage businesses from fulfilling their growth ambitions?
      • Terms & Conditions
      • Clarity should be a manifesto for business growth
      • Choosing a legal structure for your business
      • Make sure you keep your share structure tight
      • Do I need a shareholders' agreement?
      • Persons with Significant Control (PSCs) - New Developments
      • Contractual Interpretation - Another day in the sun for Rainy Sky
      • Third party rights in Scotland - change at last?
      • Briefing Note: High Court Decision in Re Ralls Builders Ltd on Recovery of Costs and Expenses
      • Commercial leases and the effect of restoration of a previously dissolved company
      • Spin-out or start-up - what's the difference?
      • Consumer Rights Act 2015
      • The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill
      • Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS)
      • Top 5 myths about terms and conditions
      • Naming your company is about to get easier
      • A guide to share buybacks for private companies
      • So you want to sell your business. What should you do?
      • Unincorporated associations - the facts
      • Sponsorship agreements – key points to consider
      • Image rights explained
      • Please confirm receipt: The case of Cabot Financial (UK) Limited v Bell
      • Pharmacy prescription lockers: What’s the script?
      • UK Intellectual Property Office updates its guidance on address for service in the UK
      • Philipp v Barclays Bank plc: Supreme Court decision in push payment fraud claim
      • Raising the IP Address Curtain in civil court actions: Revealing the identity behind the numbers
      • UK IPO issues guidance on NFTs, virtual goods & services in the metaverse
      • Is your organisation overdue a risk 'health check'?
      • Beware of subscription traps
      • International trade mark protection: A general guide to the Madrid Protocol
      • The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Changes to Limited Partnerships
      • Winding-Up an Overseas Company in Scotland: A Matter of Discretion
      • AML: Privilege for the law?
      • Tintin v. Zorro: Parody, Copyright and Classic Comics
      • BEIS Independent Review of Net Zero Targets: What does this mean for companies?
      • Contract or No Contract? Supaseal Glass Limited v Inverclyde Windows Manufacturing Limited
      • Managing Risk: What you need to know
      • Increasing the resiliency of your business: Organisational & risk culture
      • Increasing the resiliency of your business: Risk management and the power of 'what if?'
      • Increasing the resiliency of your business: Supplier management
      • AML: The new benchmark
      • New rules on ‘Green Claims’: Make sure environmental marketing is compliant and avoid “Greenwashing” challenges
      • New UK National Artificial Intelligence Strategy
      • Modern Slavery (Amendment) Bill 2021: Key Points for UK Businesses
      • Look at your market, think carefully about your brand name
      • B Corporation Certification: Encouraging companies to ‘B’ more socially and economically accountable
      • AML: Beware the weapons link
      • AML: Two key stages
      • Risk management and the art of storytelling
      • Copyright in photographs - not such monkey business
      • Surviving the Cost of Living Crisis
      • Close the productivity gap to survive the bursting wage bubble
      • Short-term gratifications are no substitute for long-term thinking in the race to plug skills gaps
      • Counterfeit Cosmetics: What is really in your make up bag?
      • Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023
      • Halloween Horror: Beware the dangers of misleadingly branded and counterfeit goods
      • Back to business: A corporate and legal checklist for Scottish businesses planning ahead
      • Updated Guidance: What to include in a Modern Slavery Statement
    • Data Protection
      • Data Protection Authorities to Ensure Compliance with Cookie Rules
      • ICO, CMA and Ofcom Issue First Annual Plan of Work
      • Beware of Confusing Service Messages with Marketing E-mails
      • Data Protection: New Standard Contractual Clauses published
      • Staying Safe While Staying Connected: Proposed Legislation Will Enhance Cyber Security Measures for Smart Devices
      • The Much-Anticipated Adequacy Decision Is Finally Here – But Was It Worth the Wait?
      • Our ‘Cookie’ Recipe to Assist You with Compliance
      • Children’s Code Now in Effect
      • Tired of Cookie Banners and Consent Pop-ups? Well, They May Be Changing (Again)...
      • The National Data Strategy Forum: The UK’s Route to Becoming the Number One Destination for Data?
      • The EDPB Finalises Recommendations on Supplemental Transfer Tools When Transferring Data outside the EEA
      • PIPL – Will Your Business Be Caught by China’s Answer to GDPR?
      • Court Rules That Machines Cannot Be Classed as ‘Inventors’
      • The rise in data protection concerns in sports tracking and analysis
      • NCSC Guidance: Cyber Security for Construction Businesses
      • AI and Data Protection
      • Those in direct marketing remain a target for the ICO as its crackdown on unsolicited direct marketing continues
      • Clearview AI left red-faced after being fined £7.5 million by the ICO
      • UK Government hails opportunity to reform the Data Protection Act as a post-Brexit win
      • NFTs and Cryptocurrency: A cyber security and data protection risk?
      • Cyber security: Beware the risks of complacency
      • ICO releases updated guidance on Transfer Risk Assessments and a Transfer Risk Assessment Tool
      • What's trending? TikTok?
      • Sharing details in an emergency within the HEFE sector
      • Cyber Resilience Act: European Commission seeks to bolster cybersecurity for products with digital elements
      • How to deal with Subject Access Requests
      • Data subjects entitled to know who receives their data
      • The use of facial recognition technology in schools
      • Cyber-securing our place in space
      • Here we go again: New Data Protection and Digital Information Bill put to Parliament!
      • The ICO changes the focus of its work to a marginal extent!
      • ICO issues advice to games designers to comply with the Children’s Code
      • ICO publishes updated Guidance on AI and Data Protection
      • The new Online Safety Bill and encryption
      • ICO clamps down on Councils for failing to respond to subject access requests
      • Subject access requests: ICO issues new guidance for employers on how to respond
      • Artificial Intelligence & Recovery of Evidence: Who has what?
      • The importance of privacy by design
      • The UK-US data bridge and personal data transfers
      • New ICO guidance on monitoring workers
      • Data Protection principles applied in helpful AI Guidance issued from across the Channel
      • Appeal provides useful reminder to all “Scrapers” of obligations under data protection legislation
      • Equifax hit with large FCA fine for outsourcing and cyber security shortcomings
      • ICO warns companies in relation to cookie use
      • Beware of Failing to Comply with Subject Access Requests
      • How Much Time Do You Have to Respond to a Subject Access Request? Perhaps Less than You Thought!
      • New guidance on dealing with subject access requests published
      • CIPD/Simplyhealth annual health and well-being at work survey published
      • What can employers learn from the first GDPR fines?
      • Impact of Brexit on GDPR and international data flows
      • GDPR Essentials - Liability for employee wrongdoing
      • When is a data processor not a processor? That is the question!
      • Have confidence in your confidential information
      • Increasing the resiliency of your business: Cyber security
      • Cyber Picketing - A New form of Industrial Action?
      • New ICO guidance on employee monitoring
      • Supreme Court issues landmark data protection judgement
      • High Court provides guidance on subject access requests
      • Recovering compensation for data protection breaches affecting groups of individuals
      • Is Santa GDPR compliant?
      • GDPR: One year later
      • ICO sets priorities on safeguarding children’s data for social media and video-sharing platforms
      • New ICO Fining Guidance: A step towards clarity
      • Outsourcing marketing and communications: Avoiding risks and ICO enforcement
      • ICO unsuccessful in latest Experian appeal
      • New ICO guidance: Transparency in Health and Social Care
      • Biometrics in Business: What you need to know
      • Regulating AI in the UK: The data protection perspective
      • Personalised advertising: "consent or pay"
      • New draft guidelines from EDPB on legitimate interests could create more certainty for organisations
      • Data Protection & Cyber Security Newsletters
      • Data Protection and Generative AI: Key takeaways for businesses from the ICO consultation
      • A Wake-Up Call for Data Processors: ICO Issues £3M Fine
      • UK Government Publishes Cyber Governance Code of Practice: A Focus for Directors and Boards
      • Cybersecurity: Protecting your business
    • Education
      • Placing requests
      • Handling Challenges to the Refusal of Education Placing Requests
      • Are schools liable for racial harassment by pupils towards teachers?
      • Education placing appeals
    • Employment
      • The serious consequences of CV fraud
      • Fitness to Practise and Regulatory Hearings
      • An Empowering Decision for Women across the UK: Asda Stores Ltd v Brierley and Others
      • Mencap: UK Supreme Court Finds against Sleep-in Workers in NMW Case
      • K and Ors v Tesco Stores Ltd: Another Key Decision in the Fight for Equal Pay
      • Cummins Ltd v Mohammed: Dismissing for Misconduct and Section 15 Claims
      • The EAT Has Decided That a Belief as to the Immutability of Sex is Protected under the Equality Act 2010
      • Could Menopause Be the New Protected Characteristic under the Equality Act 2010?
      • School’s Dismissal of Teacher Charged with Possession of Indecent Images Was Fair for SOSR
      • Is a Belief in Climate Change Protected under the Equality Act?
      • Disability status and knowledge: Court of Appeal rejects employee’s appeal in Russian gang case
      • Case update – Royal Mail v Efobi
      • Unfair Dismissal Case Update – Krolik v Youngs Seafood Limited
      • Redundancy Appeal Case Update - Gwynedd County Council v Barratt and another
      • “Long COVID" - tips for employers
      • Flexible working – the “right to request”, not the “right to have”
      • The latest position on historic holiday pay claims: Smith v Pimlico Plumbers
      • Is Scotland moving to a four-day working week?
      • 25% Acas Code uplifts correct as EAT endorses four-step guidance
      • Two sides of the same coin: Court of Appeal upholds aggregated claim to paid annual leave in landmark decision
      • Can a dental practice be held liable for the actions of self-employed contractors? Non-delegable duties and vicarious liability mean the answer is potentially yes
      • To be a worker or not to be a worker: That is (still) the question
      • Employment Law Newsletter: Summer 2022
      • The first legal ruling on the issue of long COVID as a disability
      • Paying Employment Tribunal Awards: Employers, Mind the Cap!
      • Providing agency workers in strike situation no longer a criminal offence
      • Flexible Working: A Day One Right
      • Government to introduce new laws setting minimum service levels during strike action
      • Can a date taken from a "without prejudice" letter be the effective date of termination in an unfair dismissal claim?
      • Inadequate toilet facilities in the workplace amounted to sex discrimination
      • Tipping point: New legislation to prevent withholding tips from workers
      • New employment protections for parents and carers
      • Employment Tribunal awards over £100,000 in compensation to Maya Forstater for gender critical belief discrimination
      • Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023: What will the new flexible working rules mean for your business?
      • Childcare Disparity and Flexible Working: Employer needs (sometimes) prevail
      • New National Living and Minimum Wage levels confirmed for 2024
      • Supreme Court Rules in Favour of Part-Time, Fee-Paid Judges in Their Battle for a Right to a Pension – Miller and Others v Ministry of Justice
      • The Illegality Defence: Is an Illegal Employment Contract Always Unenforceable?
      • Winter Equality News Round Up
      • Can time finally be called on sexual harassment?
      • Court finds UK Government of Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill was lawful
      • What to expect in employment law in 2024 webinar
      • Gender recognition certificate changes a person's sex for purposes of the Equality Act 2010
      • Raising contractual grievance does not prevent constructive dismissal claim
      • Multiple family friendly rights in force from 6 April
      • Employment Law Round Up - January 2024
      • Indirect discrimination awards likely to be true cost of inflexible working regimes
      • Regulator's decision to investigate did not justify reducing Employment Tribunal award
      • New National Living and Minimum Wage levels confirmed for 2024
      • Equality Act amended to reproduce EU derived discrimination protections
      • Employer liability for backdated holiday pay just got a whole lot bigger
      • Employment tribunal award statistics published - 2022/2023
      • Sickness absence rates at highest level for 10 years
      • Data protection in the workplace - detailed guidance on processing workers' health data published
      • Recognising the impact menopause can have on workplace performance
      • Burnout in the workplace
      • Autumn Equality News Round Up
      • Where are we with ethnicity pay gap reporting
      • Loss of equal pay protection to be addressed via domestic legislation
      • The biggest issues in equality right now? Gender recognition reform and the definition of "woman"
      • Employment Law Round Up - September 2023
      • 4 years, 3 job applications, £2k in compensation and 1 phone call
      • ACAS publish updated guidance on managing holidays, sickness and leave
      • Three important things to do if you are facing fitness to practise proceedings
      • What can employers do to support breastfeeding employees?
      • Good news for people living with amyloidosis
      • Bill implementing changes to flexible working regime becomes law
      • Employment Law Round Up - August 2023
      • Managing conflicting beliefs in the workplace
      • Paternity leave to become more flexible
      • Why are so many big businesses getting national minimum wage wrong?
      • Why employer preparations for the new flexible working rights should be underway now
      • Legal advice privilege did not apply to draft investigation report
      • Employment Law Round Up - July 2023
      • Is a holiday worth less on termination?
      • BSI publish menstruation, menstrual health and menopause in the workplace standard
      • New guidance for employers on responding to subject access requests
      • Family-friendly rights set to go further
      • Employment Law Round Up - June 2023
      • Post Brexit changes to employment legislation announced as sunset clause abandoned
      • Non-compete restrictions to be limited to three months
      • World Whistleblowers Day 2023
      • Working days lost to sickness absence at record high
      • New ACAS guidance on managing stress published
      • Have I been unfairly dismissed?
      • At risk of redundancy? What you need to know.
      • Raising an employment tribunal claim - what you need to know
      • Dismissed with less than 2 years' service? What you need to know.
      • Mental health issues at work - what you need to know
      • Am I being discriminated against at work?
      • Employment Law Round Up - May 2023
      • Ethnicity pay gap reporting guidance published
      • Is saying "I'm done" enough to terminate employment?
      • Employment Law Fact Card 2023/24
      • Back where we started with gender pay gap
      • What is the greatest challenge for senior HR decision-makers in 2023?
      • Employment Law Round Up - April 2023
      • A balancing act - justifying discrimination
      • Employment Law Round Up - March 2023
      • April 2023 Employment Law Changes
      • What employment rights will disappear as a result of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill?
      • How can employers better support working mums to return to the workplace?
      • Term time worker entitled to national minimum wage for unworked hours
      • #LoveWhereYouWork: a closer look at Twitter through the lens of Scottish employment law
      • Ghosting - the new workplace trend for 2023?
      • Are employees entitled to the Coronation bank holiday?
      • Employee entitled to reasonable expectation of privacy in relation to WhatsApp messages
      • Employment Law Round Up - February 2023
      • Strike action in the public sector – what effect will the legislation have?
      • Should additions to the list of protected characteristics be made?
      • Darren Rodgers v Leeds Laser Cutting Limited - Court of Appeal rule on Covid automatic unfair dismissal health and safety case
      • Impact on other employees is a relevant factor when considering whether an adjustment is reasonable
      • Latest annual employment tribunal compensation award statistics published - 2021/2022
      • Employment Law Round Up - January 2023
      • Whatever happened to the Employment Bill?
      • What to expect in employment law in 2023
      • Employment Law Round Up - December 2022
      • Employment Law Review of the Year - 2022
      • When is a dismissal not a dismissal?
      • ONS statistics show improvement in gender pay gap
      • How can employers help with the cost of living crisis?
      • Employment Law Round Up - November 2022
      • Serious consequences of "minor" misconduct
      • Redundancy consultation - falling at the first hurdle
      • Settlement agreement cannot waive unknown future discrimination claims
      • Online platform supporting mental health launched
      • What to do if your employee has lied on their CV
      • Employment Law Round Up - October 2022
      • New ACAS guidance on suspension
      • Racism at work is a multifaceted problem
      • Employment Law Round Up - September 2022
      • High cost of lack of clarity
      • Running hot and cold - will menopause ever be a protected characteristic?
      • UK Government response to employment status consultation
      • Claimant discriminated against over gender critical views
      • Lack of belief in transgenderism protected under the Equality Act 2010
      • Calculating injury to feelings compensation awards in discrimination claims
      • Employer's intent to end employment relationship not necessary for constructive dismissal
      • Employment Tribunal finds long Covid to be a disability
      • Virtual hearings in the General Teaching Council for Scotland
      • How can employers support carers' rights?
      • Employment Law Round Up - June 2022
      • Failure to provide facilities for expressing milk found to be harassment
      • Women are leaving their job because of menopause
      • Employment Bill conspicuous by its absence from Queen's Speech
      • Evolving language, sexual harassment and the reasonable steps defence
      • Employment Law Round Up - May 2022
      • New Statutory Code of Practice to be issued on "fire and rehire" practices
      • 2022 CIPD & Simplyhealth annual workplace health and wellbeing survey
      • Employment Law Round Up - April 2022
      • Dismissal for raising grievances - fair or unfair?
      • April 2022 Employment Law Changes
      • Possession is not nine tenths of the law
      • P&O Ferries Dismissals
      • Performance of minimum amount of work not required for worker status
      • Does resignation plus PILON equal dismissal?
      • Disabled Access Day
      • Employment Law Round Up - March 2022
      • Agency workers - no legal right to apply for vacancies
      • Is everyone entitled to the Platinum Jubilee bank holiday?
      • Misclassification of workers will be costly mistake
      • Care worker who refused vaccine fairly dismissed
      • Employers cutting sick pay for unvaccinated employees
      • What else is happening in employment law? - February 2022
      • Regulated sectors and the dangers of social media
      • Agreement to extend decision period for flexible working request must be clear
      • New type of pension & state pension age review
      • What to expect in employment law in 2022
      • What else is happening in employment law? - December 2021
      • Employment Law Review of the Year 2021
      • Must employers consult with disciplined employee about appropriate sanction?
      • Calculating NMW - as easy as 1,2,3?
      • New ACAS guidance on "fire and re-hire" practice
      • Supreme Court judgment limits employer ability to "bypass" collective bargaining procedures
      • Employment Law Essentials - Winter 2021
      • Discrimination Cases Round up
      • What's New in Discrimination Law?
      • Redundancy of homeworker was indirect disability discrimination by association
      • What else is happening in employment law? - November 2021
      • Early analysis suggests gender pay gap has widened
      • Guidance on whistleblowing disclosures
      • Compulsory Retirement Policy
      • Employer's knowledge in disability discrimination claims
      • UK Government announcements indicate some progress on new employment rights
      • What else is happening in employment law? - October
      • Should part-time employee be given a break on every shift if full time employees are?
      • Whistleblowing and employer liability
      • Settlement Agreements - Employee FAQs
      • Equality Bulletin
      • Employment Law Bulletin
      • A step-by-step guide for removing senior executives
      • Monitoring home workers
      • Long Covid - lessons for Local Government employers
      • Returning to work and employees' fears
      • Duty to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace to be introduced
      • What else is happening in employment law? - August
      • Teacher accused but not prosecuted of possessing indecent images of children was fairly dismissed
      • ECJ rules policy banning religious dress was not discriminatory
      • Relevant and up to date medical evidence crucial in sickness absence dismissals
      • Tribunal should take account of "childcare disparity" in sex discrimination claim
      • Artificial intelligence and algorithms in the workplace
      • UK Government confirm no intention to ban fire and re-hire practices
      • July - what else is happening in employment law?
      • Equality News - June 2021
      • Creation of single enforcement body for employment rights confirmed
      • Position on availability of interim relief in discrimination claims clarified
      • Employment law reform timeline
      • Could dismissal for a trip amount to disability discrimination?
      • Police officer not discriminated against in relation to non-payment of allowance during maternity leave
      • Employment Tribunal Discrimination Round-up June 2021
      • Unintentional indirect discrimination
      • Do men have less protection from discrimination in relation to childcare responsibilities?
      • Gender critical beliefs protected under Equality Act 2010
      • EAT finds inability to grant interim relief in discrimination claims unlawful
      • Which philosophical beliefs are worthy of protection from discrimination?
      • What else is happening in employment law? - June
      • Menopausal symptoms found to be disability
      • Absence of obligation to offer or perform work not fatal to worker status
      • Manner in which H&S activities performed not separable from performance of activities
      • Employment Bill omitted from Queen's Speech
      • What else is happening in employment law? - May
      • UK Employers Spending Billions on Conflict Every Year - but is there an easy alternative?
      • Employer's view on capability pivotal to assessment of practicability of re-engagement
      • Employment Tribunal - Discrimination Round-up April 2021
      • What's new in Equality Law - April 2021
      • Male employee on Shared Parental Leave could not compare his treatment with a female on Adoption Leave
      • Asda case: women working in stores can compare their pay with male comparators in distribution centres
      • Disability Discrimination
      • Shared Parental Leave (SPL) - A quick guide
      • Senior executive severance arrangements and dismissals
      • What family friendly employment rights are employees entitled to?
      • Employment tribunal awards
      • Redundancy
      • A guide to employment law in Scotland, England & Wales
      • Unfair dismissal
      • Employment law changes - April 2021
      • Pimlico Plumbers successfully defend worker's holiday pay claim
      • What else is happening in employment law? - April 2021
      • Removal of lay magistrate for opposition to same sex adoption not religious discrimination
      • No NMW entitlement for hours spent asleep on the job
      • Transfer to multiple employers possible under SPC
      • Settlement Agreements - what you need to know
      • Preview of April 2021 employment law changes
      • Disclosure still in public interest despite primary private purpose
      • EHRC announces six month suspension of enforcement action on gender pay gap reporting
      • March - what else is happening in employment law?
      • Cap on public sector exit payments requiring UK Government approval revoked
      • Uber "workers" firmly in the driving seat
      • Can employees covertly film their employer?
      • "Stale" diversity training won't protect employer from liability for harassment
      • Changes to IR35 are coming to the private sector…..
      • Raising grievance does not preclude constructive unfair dismissal claim
      • Employee's trade union activity renders disciplinary sanction unlawful
      • Employment Tribunal Discrimination Round-up January 2021
      • What's new in equality law?
      • Gender Pay Gap Reporting - what do you need to do in 2021?
      • Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting - Where are we now?
      • Agency Workers Regulations - pragmatic equality of rights
      • January - what else is happening in employment law?
      • Court of Appeal confirms whistleblowing disclosures can be aggregated
      • Discrimination
      • Collective consultation - hindsight is a wonderful thing
      • 2020 employment law review of the year
      • Payments owed to employees in insolvency
      • Cost cutting versus absence of means
      • Monitoring employees working from home - why less is more
      • November - what else is happening in employment law?
      • Dismissal for posting homophobic views on Facebook not religious discrimination
      • Significant changes made to Job Support Scheme
      • Employment tribunal award statistics published - 2019/2020
      • Gender fluid and non-binary people protected by Equality Act
      • Reputational damage: why it is essential to be clear about allegations that could lead to dismissal
      • New redundancy podcast series
      • Dismissal following marriage breakdown not discriminatory
      • Changes to calculation of Post-Employment Notice Pay
      • Cycle couriers still workers despite change to terms and conditions
      • Procedure not always pre-requisite for fair dismissal
      • UK wide restriction on public sector exit payments imminent
      • What is happening in employment law? (August 2020)
      • Employer's reliance on anonymous witness was reasonable
      • Tribunal can recommend employer offers severance package as a reasonable adjustment
      • TUPE - when everyone gets a share of the cake
      • Should employees have the right to appeal against redundancy?
      • Failure to offer an alternative to a Settlement Agreement can be discriminatory
      • Constructive dismissal case highlights importance of proper redundancy procedure
      • What else is happening in employment law? (July)
      • The Gender Pay Gap: The Risks of Not Reporting
      • Have domestic courts and tribunals been getting it wrong when it comes to worker status?
      • Online Employment Mediation Service FAQs
      • Constructive dismissal - can there be more than one straw breaking the camel's back?
      • What is the future for Employment Tribunal hearings?
      • New Legislation, Guidance & Consultations - May 2020
      • Supreme Court overturns finding that employer was vicariously liable for assaults by medical examiner
      • European Court of Justice confirms remarks with no victim can be unlawful discrimination
      • Guilty until proven innocent
      • Changes to holidays and gender pay gap reporting
      • Employment law in the news - April 2020
      • April 2020 employment law changes
      • Spring budget - employment law implications
      • What should businesses do to prepare for the new immigration system?
      • Broadening of right to be accompanied under discussion
      • Employment law in the news - March 2020
      • New Legislation, Guidance & Consultations - March 2020
      • Maternity pay - 1: Shared parental pay - 0
      • Disabled employee who was not absent fairly dismissed
      • Court decision on Shareholders' Agreement restrictive covenants welcomed by businesses
      • New Immigration system proposals announced
      • When is a detriment not a detriment?
      • Only apply if you are willing to work flexibly……
      • Sensitive personality traits: a hidden gem for employers?
      • What to do when the Home Office suspend your Sponsor Licence
      • Migration Advisory Committee report into the future immigration system
      • Employment law in the news - February 2020
      • Changes to employment documentation in April 2020
      • New Legislation, Guidance & Consultations - February 2020
      • An investigation meeting is not always required for fair dismissal
      • UK Government launches review of the changes to off-payroll working (IR35)
      • Stark warning for employers without clear pay systems
      • 5 ways to deal more effectively with subject access requests
      • Do workers transfer under TUPE?
      • When the reason for dismissal isn't the reason for dismissal
      • 2019 Employment Law Review of the Year
      • New Legislation, Guidance & Consultations - December 2019
      • Non Disclosure Agreements - where are we now?
      • Sick workers only entitled to carry forward 4 weeks holiday
      • Immigration and employment law interaction
      • Changes to off-payroll working rules - IR35
      • Solo regulated firms unaware of SM&CR requirements
      • Mediation as the new normal?
      • 65 Not Out
      • Religious Beliefs & Discrimination: Update
      • Ready, steady, fire.
      • Employers can covertly film employees……sometimes
      • Employment Law in the News - November 2019
      • Is Poor Mental Health A Crisis Employers Can Cope With?
      • New Legislation, Guidance & Consultations - November 2019
      • Workplace Wellbeing - November 2019
      • Threat to Dismiss is Unlawful Detriment
      • Stereotypes in Discrimination Law
      • Anti Transgender views and Equality Act Protection
      • Altered Investigation Report Did Not Make Dismissal Unfair
      • Employment law in the news - October 2019
      • New Legislation, Guidance & Consultations - October 2019
      • When an Insolvent Employer owes money to Employees - what are the options available to employees
      • Is privacy at work a thing of the past?
      • Workplace wellbeing - September 2019
      • Vegetarianism a "lifestyle choice" not weighty or serious enough to gain protection under Equality Act
      • Whistleblowing & public interest under scrutiny again
      • Effect of discrimination more important than cause when assessing compensation
      • Suspended employee constructively dismissed
      • Cancelled holidays and the implications for workers
      • Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) - what are an employer's obligations?
      • Employment Tribunal Awards Statistics 2018/2019
      • Employment law in the news - September 2019
      • New Legislation, Guidance & Consultations - September 2019
      • Workplace wellbeing - August 2019
      • Agency Workers Regs don't require equality of hours
      • Holidays for term time workers should not be subject to pro-rata reduction
      • Employee caught out by evidence found on his phone
      • Should employers audio record disciplinary proceedings?
      • Claimants can seek to protect funds for potential future employment tribunal awards via civil court action
      • "Health is everyone's business" - a step too far?
      • Employment law in the news - August 2019
      • Workplace wellbeing - July 2019
      • New Legislation, Guidance & Consultations - August 2019
      • ONS publishes first official ethnicity pay gap statistics
      • Holiday pay should include voluntary overtime
      • Posting on personal Facebook page not "in course of employment"
      • Redundancy protection for pregnant women and new parents to be extended
      • Covert recording of disciplinary hearing is misconduct
      • Discrimination claim based on perceived disability upheld
      • True evangelism or improper proselytism or just a failure to follow a reasonable instruction?
      • Employment law in the news - June 2019
      • Proactivity is often the answer when dealing with difficult employees
      • Allegations against a colleague were in the public interest
      • Workplace wellbeing - June 2019
      • Breach of duty, privacy and half a million pounds
      • New Legislation, Guidance & Consultations - July 2019
      • Northern Irish Court of Appeal casts doubt on limitation of holiday pay claims
      • Non-disclosure agreements in cases of discrimination
      • New Legislation, Guidance & Consultations - June 2019
      • Mention of depression at disciplinary appeal leads to discriminatory dismissal
      • Isolated incident of harassment does not limit injury to feelings award
      • Top ten tips for handling flexible working applications
      • ECJ upholds stringent working time record keeping requirement
      • Brexit: The Changing World of Work?
      • On call workers and minimum wage
      • Gig Economy Update - May 2019
      • Are company directors personally liable for a breach of an employment contract?
      • Can discrimination arising from disability be based on an employee's mistaken belief?
      • New Legislation, Guidance & Consultations - May 2019
      • Workplace wellbeing - CIPD health and well-being survey
      • Gender Pay Gap Round 2 - has anything changed?
      • Gender pay gap countdown
      • April 2019 employment law changes
      • EAT judgement on compensatory rest overturned
      • Employment law in the news - April 2019
      • Gig economy update
      • Is sending an email to the wrong email address of an employee on maternity leave discriminatory?
      • Consultation on the use of confidentiality clauses
      • Was the suspension of an employee a breach of contract?
      • WS Society employment law conference
      • Criminal records disclosure - time to think again?
      • Employment law in the news - March 2019
      • Workplace wellbeing
      • Religious discrimination - whose belief is it anyway?
      • New Legislation, Guidance & Consultations - March 2019
      • Working time - keeping records of hours worked
      • Employment law in the news - February 2019
      • New Legislation, Guidance & Consultations - February 2019
      • Gender Pay Gap Countdown (2)
      • National Minimum Wage - where does it go wrong?
      • Defamation complaint was not a protected disclosure
      • Consultation on extending redundancy protection for women and new parents launched
      • Pay Gap Reporting - how far should it go?
      • How to carry out a right to work check
      • 2019 - What to expect in employment law
      • Employment law in the news - January 2019
      • Uber loses Court of Appeal employment status case
      • Dismissal, implied terms and long term disability benefits
      • Understanding Brexit and Immigration - Presentation for employers
      • The Good Work Plan
      • High profile holiday pay case settles
      • Pay parity and the Part time Workers Regulations
      • Withholding evidence from disciplinary panel not unfair
      • Paternity leave and inequality
      • Bumping: How far must employers go to avoid a finding of unfair dismissal?
      • Negative reference meant decision to withdraw job offer was discriminatory
      • Personal liability for whistleblowing dismissal
      • Refusal to provide cake supporting gay marriage is not discrimination
      • Unreasonable ill health early retirement process is not disability discrimination
      • Low bar for establishing "good faith" in victimisation claims
      • Employment Tribunal awards statistics - awards down despite surge in claims
      • Settlement agreements
      • Enforcement of awards in the employment tribunal
      • Depression and employment rights
      • TUPE transfer can take place after 5 month break
      • Disability discrimination and consideration of part-time working
      • No pay if you are asleep on the job
      • What can the menopause tell us about disability discrimination?
      • Disability discrimination and sickness absence
      • Statutory extension of qualifying service in gross misconduct cases
      • Whistleblowing - can an allegation constitute a protected disclosure?
      • Disciplinary hearings and criminal investigations - no easy answer
      • Landmark decision - discrimination arising from disability
      • Summary dismissal without gross misconduct
      • Supreme Court upholds clause restricting informal variation of contract
      • When is notice of termination effective from?
      • Shared parental pay and enhanced maternity pay
      • Dismissing employees with less than two years' service
      • TUPE: Fragmentation, identifying the relevant activity and service provision change
      • Is an expectation of working long hours a PCP?
      • Holiday pay for workers with irregular hours
      • Can an employee who refuses to work following a discriminatory demotion be fairly dismissed?
      • Termination date loophole may leave protected conversations unprotected
      • Failing to carry out risk assessment for breastfeeding employee may be discriminatory
      • The importance of Right to Work audits
      • EAT rules that female staff can compare themselves to males working in different establishments
      • New Guidelines for Injury to Feelings Compensation
      • Employment Tribunal Award Statistics 2016/17
      • Calculation of Pension Loss in the Employment Tribunal
      • Personal liability for whistleblowing detriment claims
      • Employer pension contributions count towards a week's pay
      • When does written notice of termination take effect?
      • Can gross negligence equate to gross misconduct
      • CIPD publish report on effective performance management
      • Dismissal for multiple reasons unfair
      • Interim Interdicts and Company Directors
      • New voluntary judicial assessment process in England and Wales but not Scotland
      • Employment Tribunal Awards Statistics 2015-2016
      • More than half of women have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace
      • Alternative sanctions and gross misconduct
      • ACAS Code does not apply to all dismissals
      • Settlement discussions and the without prejudice rule
      • What are the employment law implications of the UK leaving the EU?
      • An Employer's Constructive Knowledge Of A Disability
      • ADHD and Disability in terms of the Equality Act 2010?
      • Is your staff absence policy contractual
      • Contacting an employee while on sick leave amounted to a fundamental breach of contract
      • Penalties for unpaid awards and settlements
      • Tribunal Judgments provide guidance on ACAS Early Conciliation
      • Is a requirement to undergo a competitive interview disability discrimination?
      • Risk of personal liability for failure to collectively consult
      • Penalty clauses - New approach by Supreme Court
      • Whistleblowing - Breach of contract and the public interest test
      • Employment Tribunal Awards statistics 2014 - 2015
      • Remediation of misconduct in professional regulatory proceedings
      • Should an employer postpone a disciplinary hearing when a grievance is raised?
      • Bullying in the workplace
      • Settlement agreements and High Court decisions
      • Changes to the Acas Code of Practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures
      • Loss of professional registration and unfair dismissal
      • ACAS early conciliation statistics - a roaring success?
      • Tattoos in the workplace
      • Healthcare regulation - disciplinary hearings
      • Employment law and criminal conduct outwith the workplace
      • Compensation awards in discrimination claims survey
      • Differences in employment law between Scotland and England
      • Report finds that one fifth of staff fail probationary period or have it extended
      • How to avoid discrimination when recruiting staff
      • The fine line between volunteers and employees
      • How to succeed in your visa application: A guide for entrepreneurs
      • ACAS code of practice
      • Has the pendulum of power swung in favour of the employer?
      • Defending an employment tribunal claim
      • Covert surveillance: secret recordings in the workplace
      • UK unfair dismissal law: engaging the European Convention of Human Rights
      • Constructive dismissal
      • TUPE regulations amended as of 31 January
      • Oprah Winfrey case highlights difficulties of dealing with society's embedded prejudices
      • Employment tribunal statistics 2012 - 2013
      • New ET1 and ET3 forms
      • Compensation awards in discrimination cases
      • What can employers ask employees about their retirement plans?
      • When is depression a disability?
      • Constructive Dismissal – Can the grievance procedure resolve the issue?
      • Case law update - Redundancy
      • Awards of costs by employment tribunals
      • Employment law in the news - May 2019
      • Discrimination helpline for advisers and Vento bands update
      • What rights do employees have if they think they are not being paid properly?
      • Can you pay men on shared parental leave less than woman on maternity leave?
      • History of Employment Law
      • Unfair dismissal - furlough as an alternative to redundancy
      • Pay protection as a reasonable adjustment
      • What else is happening in employment law? - September 2021
      • Menstrual leave - could suffering in silence from period pain at work be a thing of the past?
      • Employment Law Round Up - November 2023
      • Consultation on draft Acas Code of Practice on handling requests for a predictable working pattern
      • Employer duty to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace in force in 2024
      • What to expect in employment law in 2024
      • 2023 Employment Law Review of the Year
      • What will the next general election mean for employment law?
      • Can bonus clawback provisions restrict an employee's ability to work elsewhere?
      • Carer’s Leave Act now in force
      • Employment Law Round Up - December 2023
      • What's your Employment Claim - The Importance of Identifying the Correct Legal Grounds
      • Kennedy v Cordia (Services) LLP [2016] UKSC 6: Employer's requirements in relation to risk assessments and provision of personal protective equipment
      • Zero hour contracts causing trouble again
      • Gig Economy Watch
      • Equal Pay: Job Evaluation scheme not valid
      • Is "general workforce consultation" needed for individual redundancy to be fair?
      • Employment Law Round Up - July 2022
      • Employment Law Round Up - October 2023
      • Changes to holiday pay, TUPE and working time confirmed
      • UK Government progressing changes to strike laws
      • Effective adjustments for dealing with hormonal fluctuations in the workplace
      • Is climate change the stick we need to make us truly embrace more agile ways of working?
      • Employment tribunal finds employee's paranoid delusions were not a disability
      • Increased fines for illegal working - what do employers need to do to protect their business?
      • Employment tribunal compensation limit increases for unfair dismissal awards
      • Essential Employment Law Webinar: Employment law question time - November 2023
      • Essential Employment Law Webinar: New laws on preventing sexual harassment in the workplace
      • Transgender equality in the workplace webinar
      • Updated "Fire and Rehire" Code of Practice to "crack down" on unscrupulous employers
      • New guidance on menopause in the workplace published
      • How much should an employer be expected to know about the effects of an employee's disability?
      • April 2024 employment law changes
      • Anti-Zionist beliefs qualify as protected philosophical belief
      • The Crucial Role of Settlement Agreements: Ability to Settle Future Claims?
      • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: the what, why and how
      • Deadnaming: out of order in Kingston Upon Thames
      • Extending equal pay rights to race and disability - right idea but wrong method?
      • Where are we with holiday pay?
      • Supreme Court judgment: employers cannot use 12.07% calculation for part year workers
      • Introduction of equal pay rights covering ethnicity and disability - right idea but wrong implementation?
      • Dismissal and re-engagement: complying with the new statutory Code of Practice
      • A brief guide to your employment rights
      • Navigating Work and Terminal Illness
      • Compensation increases for injury to feelings
      • Employment Law Round Up - April 2024
      • Sharing personal data in mental health emergencies
      • Significant developments in relation to the law on strikes
      • Trial period may be a reasonable adjustment
      • Where are employers getting it wrong with national minimum wage?
      • Can a trial period in a new role be considered as a reasonable adjustment?
      • Employment Law Fact Card 2024/25
      • Universities duties under Equality Act 2010 clarified by High Court
      • Digital Departures
      • Employment Law Round Up - March 2024
      • The EHRC assists the High Court to clarify the duties of universities under the Equality Act 2010
      • Dismissed gender critical teacher not discriminated against
      • Discrimination, harassment, victimisation and constructive dismissal: the cost of getting the balance between conflicting beliefs wrong
      • Spring Equality News Round Up
      • Can a settlement agreement settle future unidentified claims?
      • Conducting disciplinary and grievance investigations webinar
      • Employee monitoring and home working
      • Stand By Your Client: What happens at mediation?
      • Can a 'social media storm' justify a dismissal?
      • New employer guidance available on new family-friendly employment rights
      • Gender critical teacher not unfairly dismissed or discriminated against
      • Trade union law fails to protect striking workers from detriment
      • Potential pitfalls of using biometric recognition equipment in employment
      • Employment Law Round Up - May 2024
      • "Unusual and rare" - the case of the fair dismissal that didn't follow procedure
      • Employment Tribunal hearings insight
      • Essential Employment Law Webinar: Protected conversations and settlement agreements
      • Industrial action and detriments short of dismissal: incompatible with human rights?
      • Gender pay gap reduced to lowest level since mandatory reporting introduced
      • Employment Law 2024 / 2025
      • EAT provides holiday pay guidance in light of the Supreme Court decision in Agnew
      • Employment Law Round Up - June 2024
      • £4.5 million award for dismissal during probationary period
      • What would a Labour win in the general election mean for Employment Law?
      • General Election 2024: Labour propose major changes to employment law
      • Essential Employment Law Webinar: What to expect in employment law if Labour win the next general election
      • Labour Party Manifesto: what could a Labour win in the general election mean for Employment Law?
      • Adams v Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre: when are gender-critical beliefs protected?
      • The AI Employment Bill
      • Are we seeing a shift back to office-based working?
      • Redundancy consultation at a "formative stage" under scrutiny again
      • Employment Law Round Up - July 2024
      • Continuing employment did not affect waiver of future unidentified claims under a settlement agreement
      • The Four Day Working Week
      • The King's Speech - no surprises but some clarity on employment law related legislative priorities
      • The King’s Speech - Employment law reform
      • Will the new Government change the rules for business immigration?
      • Contracts of apprenticeship in Scotland and the risks of terminating early
      • National Minimum Wage - can't do right for doing wrong?
      • A little care gets you there - avoiding redundancy pitfalls in light of increased maternity protections
      • Balancing rights in the workplace and the risk of direct discrimination
      • Employment Law Round Up - August 2024
      • Employers must take action to prevent third party harassment
      • Stonewall - third party not liable for inducing employer's discrimination
      • Managing poor performance in the workplace
      • Sexual harassment changes are imminent - are employers ready?
      • High Court finds school's prayer ban is lawful
      • High Court upholds prohibition order on teacher who misgendered a pupil
      • Equality Case Law - what's new?
      • Finding a work/life balance - as easy as flicking a switch?
      • When should employers accept the withdrawal of a resignation?
      • Employment Law Round Up - September 2024
      • Summer Equality News Round-Up
      • Is the Scottish approach to protection of part-time workers wrong?
      • A look at SOSR dismissals in the context of covid vaccinations - what does an employer need to do to show a fair dismissal?
      • Essential Employment Law Webinar Preventing Sexual Harassment at Work
      • Workplace Accidents: Key Steps for Employers
      • Labour Government confirms intentions around upcoming employment legislation
      • New duty to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace
      • Employment Law Round Up - October 2024
      • Supporting Disabled Workers with Hybrid Working
      • "Once in a generation" overhaul of employment rights
      • The annual employment tribunal award statistics have been published for 2023/2024
      • Top tips on the Tipping Act
      • What can employers learn from the equal pay case against Next?
      • Employment Rights Bill - consultations open
      • Employment Rights Bill and Trade Unions
      • How does the Employment Rights Bill impact equality law?
      • The Employment Right's Bill, day 1 rights and flexible working
      • Unfair dismissal as a day 1 right - what employers need to know
      • Employment Rights Bill and security of employment
      • Employment Law Round Up - November 2024
      • UK Employment Tribunal award statistics - 2023/2024
      • Can employers require employees to download work-related apps to their personal phone?
      • Can attempts to provide support equate to harassment?
      • Sexual harassment and the new EHRC guidance
      • EHRC Code of Practice for services public functions and associations updated
      • Gender pay gap report continues decade-long downward trend
      • Employment Law Round Up - December 2024
      • What makes a belief "protected" under the Equality Act 2010?
      • Employment law webinar: menopause and menstrual health
      • 2024 Employment Law Review of the Year
      • Worker suffering migraine headaches was disabled
      • ERB - what is not in the Employment Rights Bill?
      • "General workforce consultation" not a requirement of good industrial relations practice
      • Redundancy protection for pregnant women and new mothers
      • Important Amendments to Employment Rights Bill
      • Conflict, Culture and Collaboration: Make workplace culture your New Year's Resolution
      • Mediation: Start them young
      • Getting it settled: Impropriety and protected conversations
      • What to expect in employment law in 2025
      • Employment Law Round Up - January 2025
      • Accent can be "related to" race for harassment purposes
      • What to expect in employment law in 2025 podcast
      • Employment law webinar: What to expect in employment law in 2025
      • The Employment Rights Bill: The practical steps you can take to prepare
      • Neonatal leave and pay - what to expect
      • Neurodivergence in the workplace - a tale of two tribunals
      • Employment Law Round Up - February 2025
      • Cases of workplace burnout are on the rise: why is it happening and how can employers reduce the risk?
      • Employment law webinar: Employment Rights Bill - Day 1 rights including unfair dismissal
      • Return to Office Mandates Raise Prospect of Legal Disputes Podcast
      • Injury to feelings awards: How much is too much?
      • Long-running supermarket equal pay claim one step closer to conclusion
      • Failure to provide secure, private place for expressing was harassment related to sex
      • Neurodivergence in the workplace: Challenges, tribunals, and how employers can help
      • Court of Appeal finds dismissal for "unwise" Facebook posts to be discriminatory
      • Employment Law Round Up: March 2025
      • Endometriosis: What is it and what should employers know about it?
      • April 2025 employment law changes
      • Whistleblowing update: where are we now?
      • Is hiding prior gross misconduct dismissal an act of gross misconduct?
      • Tribunal finds two-year backstop on unlawful deduction from wages claims unlawful
      • Employment Webinar: Neurodiversity - Autism spectrum disorder: overcoming workplace challenges
      • Employment Law for Employers
      • Can an employer sue a trade union for defamation in relation to inaccurate tweets?
      • Employment Podcast: Protecting workers from algorithms
      • Employment Law Fact Card 2025/26
      • Employment Webinar: Constructive dismissal masterclass
      • Employment Law 2025 / 2026
      • Zero-hours contracts measures and agency workers
      • Employment Law Round Up: April 2025
      • Individual rights and enforcement
      • Employment Rights Bill Overview
      • Collective rights and modernising industrial relations
      • April employment law changes and the latest on the Employment Rights Bill
      • Supreme Court rules that definition of "woman" in Equality Act refers to biological women
      • Fingerprint and facial recognition systems: What do employers need to know?
      • Injury to feelings awards increased from 6 April 2025
      • Employer took 'all reasonable steps' to prevent racial harassment of an employee
      • Employment Law Round Up - May 2025
      • Equality and Human Rights Commission publish interim update on Supreme Court ruling
      • Employment Webinar: Employment Rights Bill - Equality and Harassment
      • Employment Podcast: Dismissal for "Unwise" Facebook posts found to be discriminatory
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      • A guide to matrimonial law in Scotland for family lawyers in England and Wales
      • Help - Ive been served with an English divorce petition!
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      • Til death do us part … and beyond?
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      • Should I stay or should I go? A short guide to expat divorce
      • International child abduction: Alaska
      • Amending for non-cohabitation: is it allowed?
      • Will I commit parental child abduction if I return home with my child?
      • Five key questions for British expats considering divorce
      • Second Families
      • Breaking up the farm?
      • Divorce - what is fair?
      • Cohabitation
      • How Much Will My Divorce Cost?
      • Adult adoption - a question of welfare?
      • The Legal Rights of Cohabiting Couple Families
      • Dealing with divorce and financial matters abroad
      • Prior Rights for Spouses in Scotland
      • Mind the Divorce Gap
      • Why farming divorce needs specialist advice
      • When is a marriage not a marriage?
      • Top five questions for unmarried couples on separation
      • Have you considered Arbitration?
      • No fault divorce
      • No fault divorce is now in England
      • To Cohabit or not to Cohabit?
      • Fertility Awareness Week
      • Contact with grandchildren - Do grandparents have rights too?
      • Can there ever be a good way to Divorce?
      • Family mediation - what's the difference between Scotland and England and Wales?
      • Separation Agreements in Scotland: Frequently Asked Questions
      • Separation and Divorce: What is the Difference
      • Divorce in Scotland: It doesn't have to be daunting!
      • Cohabitation: What are you signing up to?
      • Can coercive control be a ground for divorce in Scotland?
      • How to adopt in Scotland
      • Prenuptial Agreements: What's in it for both parties?
      • Divorce Settlements & Disclosure of Assets in Scotland
      • National Children's Day
      • Top five tips for English family lawyers about Scots cohabitation law
      • The Hague Conference on Private International Law ("HCCH") celebrates its 125th Anniversary
      • Family Mediation in Scotland, England and Wales
      • Chambers and Partners Family Law Practice Area Guide 2023
      • The Child Benefit implications of Separation and Divorce
      • Family: Case management rules made for 2023
      • Experts have to be "expert"
      • 2023 - a year for untangling your conflicts?
      • The slide rule of grave risk
      • Scotland Takes a Stance on Domestic Abuse
      • Judicial Protocol Regulating Direct Judicial Communications between Scotland and England and Wales in Children’s Cases
      • Scotland v England - Differences in the transfer of unresolved financial family law claims following death
      • Going it alone - the benefits of having a family lawyer
      • How to assess the value of a relationship - the debate continues
      • Getting what you pay for: when your low-cost divorce is a false economy
      • Co-purchase agreements - avoiding the uncertainty of a cohabitation claim
      • Ukrainian Tycoon allegedly involved in International Child Abduction
      • How Will BREXIT Affect My Divorce?
      • World Children’s Day
      • How do I have an amicable divorce?
      • Brexit - How will it affect my divorce?
      • Brexit - Child law consequences
      • We don't need no (private) education?
      • What Constitutes a Defence of "consent" under The 1980 Hague Convention?
      • How To Pick Your Battles
      • Today is the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
      • Care Decisions For Incapable Adults - Are We Taking Liberties?
      • New rules, new approach? Seeking children's views in the court process
      • Some practical reflections from the (virtual) family court
      • Villiers - family law at its most frustrating and complex?
      • What do English Family Lawyers need to know about Scots Law and Brexit?
      • Post Brexit child law
      • Importance of abuse provisions and children's views
      • Top tips for Trusted Advisers
      • Domestic abuse and residence/contact - differences in approach?
      • Restructuring your business? Why you might need to speak to a divorce lawyer…
      • Private & Family Law issues
      • S V M Paisley Sheriff Court (unreported) - Sheriff Pender - 23rd May 2019
      • Cromwell, contracts and (almost no) coronavirus
      • How the Court of Session have dealt with remote hearings
      • Reflections on Remote Mediation
      • Why separating international families who are disputing where their children should live need to know about The 1980 Hague Convention
      • Behaviour-based divorces still merit close consideration
      • What are the next steps in Mediation
      • Litigation and lottery wins - What's the connection?
      • Shifting the blame
      • The Issue of Contingent Liabilities
      • National Children's Day - 16 May 2021
      • Article ReA (a letter to a Young Person)
      • Could your spouse contribute to your legal costs? - Legal Services Order (England & Wales)
      • It's your fault, no it's your fault
      • Separation and Capital Gains tax
      • Agile dispute solutions in modern day family law
      • Secure accommodation orders - children or young people placed in Scotland
      • Confusion over duty of confidentiality
      • Client Confidentiality
      • Dealing with Obstacles to Mediation
      • Pension and Divorce
      • Mediation: The Path to Resolving Child Disputes
      • The key differences between obtaining a divorce in Scotland vs England and Wales
      • The UK government has rejected mandatory mediation for family disputes in England and Wales
      • McBride v McInnes
      • Litigation is not always a failure of mediation
      • Unfair prejudice to the married minority shareholder
      • Family Mediation in Scotland, England, and Wales
      • The risks of delaying divorce: Financial and legal considerations across the UK
      • DELAY - Does it make a difference when we sort out our finances after separation or divorce?
    • Food & Drink
      • Colin v Cuthbert: The Great British Cake-Off
      • Hendricks v Hampstead: The Scottish Colin v Cuthbert
      • Culture Shock: Cultured Meat is Becoming a Reality
      • Commercial Leases – Going Green?
      • Hendrick’s v Hampstead and the Territorial Scope of Interim Orders in Scotland
      • Good Food Nation Bill introduced in Scotland
      • Trade marks and bad faith: The landmark Scottish decision in the Tomatin Case
      • Veganism: As good for the environment as we think?
      • Colin v Cuthbert: The Great British Cake-Off Settles
      • Food & drink sector giants caught by Advertising Standard Agency's greenwashing clampdown
      • New Regulations: Large businesses must display calorie labelling on menus
      • Blooming marvellous innovation in oil
      • High-sugar cereals: Out of sight, out of mind? Not on Kellogg’s watch...
      • Kellogg's unsuccessful challenge to UK Government restrictions
      • Gin: What makes one bottle stand out from the crowd?
      • It's time to champion sustainable production within the food and drink sector
      • How can you protect your food & drink business from insolvency?
      • Cadbury's successful trade mark protection for specific colours: What does this mean for brands?
      • Veganism: The impact on farming & land
      • Burns Night: Is traditional meat haggis still the favourite in the family?
      • Collaborations between charities and companies: Can they be a win-win?
      • A beefing-up of Scotland's red meat strategy
      • Nacho Cheese, Cyprus! Another setback for Halloumi in a trademark battle against Grilloumi
      • Farmwashing: Where Does What You Eat Come From?
      • Food and Drink podcast: Lonkero - the journey so far
      • Thatchers puts the 'squeeze' on Aldi: The beginning of the end for Lookalikes?
      • Corporate Clarity: interview with Alan Mahon, Executive Chair of Brewgooder
      • Navigating key trends in the food and drink sector
      • The Beginning of the End for Lookalikes?
      • The rise of Guinness, Liquid Death’s retreat, Cognac sales decline and Wine's future
      • On the Rocks: Legal safeguards and risks in Whisky cask investment
      • ESF: The journey so far
    • Healthcare & Life Sciences
      • Medical devices and post-market surveillance: Changes coming for the UK post-Brexit
      • Medical Devices and Product Liability: Manufacturers, Get Ready
      • Preparing for the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act: Key Considerations for the Medical Device Industry
      • AI and Scottish Healthcare: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
      • 'Filling' the Gap in Scotland's Cosmetics Regulation
      • New immigration rules put the life sciences sector in jeopardy: how businesses can respond
      • EU Assimilated Law retained in the Medical Device Regulation Framework
      • Navigating the Post Market Surveillance Regulations for Medical Device Manufacturers: Guidance from the MHRA
      • Weight Loss Injections: Navigating the Legal Risks Behind the "Cosmetic Trend"
      • ICO’s New Guidance on Anonymisation and Pseudonymisation
      • NMC's Updated Position on Remote Prescribing of Non-Surgical Cosmetic Medicines
      • Scotland takes important step towards regulating non-surgical cosmetic procedures
    • Hospitality & Leisure
      • Outer House Decision ‘Trumps’ Time Bar to Allow Petition in Relation to the Former US President’s Scottish Spending
      • Hotel franchise agreements: What are they?
      • Safeguarding in sport: Protect your people and your organisation
      • Alcohol Licensing in Scotland: A Comparison with England & Wales
      • Proposed changes to Alcohol and Civic Government licensing
      • Premises licences - key issues
      • Licensing and vicarious liability: what you need to know
      • Alcohol etc (Scotland) Act 2010: what you need to know
      • Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015
    • Immigration
      • What do changes to Immigration Law mean for the work visas?
      • What do changes to Immigration Law mean for the Space Sector?
      • What do changes to Immigration Law mean for the Energy Sector?
      • Right to Work penalties set for significant increase - What can employers do?
      • Can I use AI for my visa application?
      • What does an immigration lawyer do?
      • How to deal with rising visa costs
      • Net migration at record levels
      • Changes to Right to Work checks
      • Checking Right to Work after Brexit
      • Remote working and Tier 2 visas
      • New Immigration Rules for businesses revealed
      • The impact of Brexit on Sports Law
      • Applying for a Sponsor Licence
      • Who is a "Skilled Worker" for Immigration purposes?
      • The New Points Based Immigration System
      • Common mistakes when applying for a Sponsor Licence
      • What will the proposed Points Based System for immigration mean for EU national employees?
      • What was the Zambrano route and what is it today?
      • What I've learned from speaking to employers about Brexit
      • How the restricted Certificates of Sponsorship cycle works
      • What to expect when the Home Office visits
      • What to expect in an immigration appeal
      • Certificates of Sponsorship
      • Right to work checks
      • Preparing for an immigration audit
      • The Resident Labour Market test
      • The Surinder Singh route: Families turning to Europe as financial requirements for partners upheld by courts
      • Review of Tier 2 Visas
      • Extending an Entrepreneur visa
      • Choosing an immigration solicitor
      • Dealing with a visa refusal
      • Top tips for Investor visas
      • Details of Settled Status application process for EU nationals
      • Immigration and business transfers
      • Settled status or permanent residence?
      • Spouse visa financial requirements
      • Partner route visa FAQs
      • Visa Application Checking Service
      • The dangers of DIY visa applications
      • Moving to the UK with an overseas spouse
      • Morton Fraser MacRoberts Spouse Visa Guide
      • Immigrant's employment rights protected by Court of Appeal
      • Graduates, interns and immigration
      • The Immigration Act 2014 - What it actually means
      • Parens patriae - a cross-border issue
      • Complex spouse visa cases
      • EU nationals and permanent residence
      • British citizenship for children born abroad
      • Adoption in Scotland: what you need to know
      • The settled status scheme and its pilot scheme feedback
      • Am I eligible for settled status? - How does the EU settlement scheme work
      • UKVI's new in-country online visa application system
      • When is an insurmountable obstacle not an insurmountable obstacle?
      • Children and British Nationality
      • Extending an entrepreneur visa (again)
      • Applying for British nationality with settled status
      • Important updates to Right to Work guidance
      • Changes to right to work checks 2024
      • Increases in salary requirements for Skilled Workers (and other changes)
      • UK begins transition to digital visas – what this means for employers
      • What do the Manifestos mean for business immigration?
      • Government Confirms Rollout of the UK's Electronic Travel Authorisation Scheme
      • Increasing cases of sponsor licence revocations: key things to consider
      • Redundancy and sponsored workers: key immigration points to consider
      • Does the UK have a digital nomad visa? Remote working for business visitors
      • Navigating the Complexities of Employment Immigration in the Life Sciences Sector
      • Clawback provisions: what are they and when can employers use them?
      • How did Paddington Bear become British?
      • The end of physical BRP cards and the start of the Home Office's new 'eVisa' system
      • What to expect in Immigration law in 2025
      • Business Immigration Law Bulletin
      • Right to Work Checks: the latest
      • Upcoming Changes to Skilled Worker Salary Rules
      • A Scottish Visa may be appealing – but it’s no silver bullet for business
      • Sponsor compliance checks on the rise
      • Preparing Sponsored Workers for Home Office Interviews
      • New White Paper on Immigration Reform
    • Litigation & Dispute Resolution
      • Litigation in Scotland Update 2024
      • Mediation (Scotland) Bill Update
      • Another Step Forward for Mediation in Scotland
      • Non-delegable duties of care: Supreme Court imposes strict liability on an education authority
      • Key differences when litigating in Scotland and England
      • Are you being served: a comment on recent updates on the service of simple procedure actions in Scotland
      • Developments in the Law of Assumption of Responsibility in Negligence Claims
      • When to Cross Examine - The Supreme Court's Judgment in TUI UK Ltd v Griffiths
      • Use of emojis in Scots law
      • Proceeds of Crime and Cryptoassets - Catching up with the Criminals
      • Qualified One Way Costs Shifting: The Story So Far
      • Liability in Asbestos-related diseases: A case review
      • Be Brave. A mindful way to litigate
      • Statutory Interpretation and the "Always Speaking" Principle
      • Contracts and the Consequences of Saying Nothing
      • Wrongful Interdicts: Another Day, Another Wrong?
      • A Human Rights Based Approach To The Covid-19 Inquiries
      • Construction: Changes To The Scots Law Of Prescription And Latent Defects
      • Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations: The Wildland Case
      • Advantages To Scottish Procedure: Early Warnings And Fast Track Enforcement
      • We need to talk about litigation funding
      • Will mediation have a greater role to play for businesses during recession?
      • Class actions are gathering pace in international markets – will Scotland follow suit?
      • The cost-of-living vs the cost of business – what steps can businesses take?
      • The Law of Bribery in Scotland - Oil States Industries (UK) Limited v "S" Limited and others.
      • A director resigns - is that the end?
      • How could the public sector be impacted by easier access to litigation funding in Scotland?
      • The widening scope of the Quincecare Duty
      • Why the legal sector could make or break commercial accountability for climate change commitments
      • Qualified One Way Cost Shifting in Scotland: A comparison with England & Wales
      • Local Place Plans
      • Prescription cases create further headaches for Scottish Lawyers
      • Don’t let the labour crisis become a financial one too
      • Interpreting Commercial Contracts in Scotland
      • Fraud and Stopping the Clock Ticking
      • Five trends on the rise in the Scottish legal market this year
      • The Exclusionary Rule and Pre-Contract Negotiations
      • Why the FCA’s new consumer duty should be welcomed by SMEs
      • How to future proof your legal affairs
      • Amendment to the restrictions on winding up petition
      • How to recover debt for a business owner
      • Litigation and Dispute Resolution Case Studies
      • Economic Duress Clarified by the Supreme Court
      • Top tips for effective debt recovery
      • How a tech company recovered debt owed
      • Judges and Commercial Common Sense
      • Why habitual residence is so important in International parental child abduction cases
      • SAAMCO: Abandoning "Information" and "Advice"
      • Business Interruption Insurance
      • Commercial litigation funding in Scotland
      • When is the permission of the court required to challenge a planning decision?
      • Commercial leases and termination through frustration
      • Statutory Inquiries: differences in scope in different UK jurisdictions
      • The Legal Lifeline Business Have Been Waiting For
      • Does Lawful Act Duress Exist?
      • The Reliability of Witness Evidence
      • CCA default notice amendment regulations now published
      • Tighter regulation of pre-pack deals in Administrations
      • Practical joke falls outside employer’s vicarious liability
      • Ponzi Schemes, Fraud, Bank Disbursements and the "Quincecare Duty of Care"
      • Limitations on Servitudes of Access
      • Getting to the Core of Public Inquiries
      • Proving your case - why a breach of duty is never enough
      • Sevilleja v Marex Financial Ltd: The Supreme Court rules on Reflective Loss
      • Conning Warren Buffett out of 643 million Euros - fraudulent misrepresentation
      • "More than merely shadowy" - Inner House affirms low bar for restoration of a company to the Register
      • The Rule Against Reflective Loss
      • Directors' Duties and wrongful trading - How are directors supposed to act?
      • Dispute Resolution Post
      • Top 5 Cases
      • Unfair Contract Terms and Exclusion of Liability
      • Early Intervention
      • Restoration of companies to the register of companies
      • Litigation Updates for September and October 2019
      • Prescription - How Can An Error Stop The Clock?
      • A Litigator's Thoughts on Boilerplate
      • Litigation as an Investment
      • The Art of Litigation
      • Sequestration: The discretion of the court in granting a warrant to cite the debtor
      • Rangers lose further battle with Sports Direct
      • Supreme Court Update: Severance and Restrictive Covenants
      • How enforceable are restrictive covenants?
      • Hearing loss for a musician. Who's to blame?
      • Litigation updates for May and June
      • Evicting tenants of irregular tenancies - where do you sue?
      • When can communications be protected by legal advice privilege?
      • The truth about private parking charges in Scotland - are they enforceable?
      • Remitting Sheriff Court Cases to the Court of Session
      • Gratuitous alienations: adequate consideration and family law
      • Aberdeen City Council Sees Off Challenge to new Aberdeen Football Club Stadium
      • When and for what can disappointed beneficiaries sue?
      • Litigation Updates for January and February
      • Seeking Sequestration for Council Tax Arrears
      • Sheridan v News Group Newspapers Limited: interest on awards of damages
      • A tanker in your garden?
      • Smash and Grab adjudications
      • Dooneen v Mond: Supreme Court finds that a discharged debtor is entitled to retain PPI compensation
      • Challenging a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA)
      • Vicarious liability for intentional data protection breaches
      • Time limits under the Athens Convention
      • Success in the Sheriff Appeal Court
      • I Won't See you In Court
      • How do you handle a subject access request involving mixed data when you are suspicious about the requestor's motives?
      • Agency: Undisclosed Principals & Tort
      • PPI claims and personal insolvency
      • The relevance of the GDPR for litigators
      • Enforcement of Foreign Judgements in Scotland
      • Simple procedure - what can and can't a sheriff do?
      • Questioning the court reporter's role in a liquidation?
      • The UK Supreme Court on "No Oral Modification" Clauses
      • Simple Procedure Expenses
      • Where has Scotland got to with dishonest pursuers?
      • Choice of law: can Scots law apply when a claimant contracts an asbestos related disease and dies in England?
      • Can someone who has a symptomless condition be classified as having suffered a personal injury?
      • Negligence: An Incremental Development of the Law
      • The importance of risk assessments
      • Post-accident changes to the locus or procedures - is it inevitable that liability will attach?
      • Insolvency update: Gratuitous alienations and "adequate consideration"
      • Putting a stop to development: lawfulness of Stop Notices
      • When is correspondence actually 'without prejudice'?
      • Changes to eviction proceedings for residential tenancies
      • Prescription: when does the clock start to tick for obligations to make reparation?
      • Can you be an honest cheat?
      • Changes proposed by the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings)(Scotland) Bill
      • The Introduction of Pursuers' Offers
      • Dealing with debt and mental health
      • Dilapidations Update: Moor Row Limited v DWF LLP
      • Restrictive Covenants - Inner House Re-affirms Principles
      • The costs of recovering information
      • Commercial Litigation Scotland: Partnership Disputes
      • Return to Marshalsea?
      • Commercial Contracts: Correcting Mistakes as a Process of Interpretation
      • The Apple Dispute: A Fundamental Issue for the EU
      • Brexit: A Litigator's Reflections
      • Company Law Update: Unfair Prejudice Petitions
      • Illegal Contracts: The Supreme Court "Clarifies" the Law
      • Expenses & Judicial Review: The Petition of Mash Holdings Limited
      • Gratuitous alienations and adequate consideration.
      • Courts Reform Update: The new Simple Procedure Rules
      • Contract interpretation - commercial common sense
      • Dealing with a breach of contract in Scotland
      • Expertly handling experts - some further thoughts on Kennedy v Cordia (Services) LLP
      • Contractual Notice Provisions
      • A new era for Scottish justice
      • Contract disputes and risk management
      • Interpretation of contracts - it's all in the words
      • Trustee's liability for costs of court actions
      • Supreme Court update: A line in the sand for commercial common sense
      • Contributory negligence case update: Jackson (Appellant) v Murray & Another (Respondents) [2015] UKSC5
      • Consultation on Expenses and Funding of Civil Litigation in Scotland
      • Recovery of medical costs for asbestos related conditions
      • Recall of decree in the Court of Session
      • The defence of illegality
      • A new approach to prescription
      • Can you claim compensation if your flight is delayed or cancelled?
      • Breach of Contract: Does failure to pay on time allow termination?
      • Agency: Supreme Court rules on bribes and secret commissions
      • Insolvent tenants: what should landlords do post "Game"?
      • Ambiguous terms in contracts and commercial common sense
      • Fairness in the division and sale of property
      • Registration of foreign judgements in Scotland
      • The continuing effects of misrepresentation
      • Reorganisation of local authorities - transfer of potential liabilities
      • Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013
      • Loss of use of vehicle: what can a company operating a fleet claim?
      • A Review of Group Proceedings in Scotland
      • SLCC V Murray - Legal Professional Privilege
      • First Serve: Nick Kyrgios and the Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Act 2021
      • Qualified One Way Cost Shifting Rules for Scottish Courts from Today
      • Time limits for making claims in Scotland: Time for a change
      • Calls for Scotland to Create an Environmental Court
      • Time scales for judicial review of planning decisions
      • Are your contracts as confidential as you think?
      • Personal bar in Scottish property contracts
      • Limited liability - not all it is cracked up to be - part two
      • Litigation in Scotland
      • Scottish Mediation Charter
      • Mediation update - February 2020
      • Group proceedings - procedural rules introduced
      • Mediation Update - November 2020
      • Why Lawyers don’t use Mediation
      • Appeals: When is a judge 'plainly wrong'
      • Actions for reduction in the sheriff court
      • Reduction of sequestration is possible - but in exceptional circumstances only
      • An update on changes under the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014
      • Civil cases in the Sheriff Appeal Court
      • Penalty Clauses: reinventing the ancient and haphazard
      • Early warning system - caveats
      • Commercial Litigation: Collateral Loss and the Reduction of Damages
      • Commercial Litigation Scotland: Actions of Accounting
      • The Courts, Plain English, and Smileys ☺
      • Commercial Litigation Update: Bailey & another v Angove's PTY Limited
      • Supreme Court of the United Kingdom to sit in Edinburgh
      • Recovering interim awards of expenses
      • The Prescription (Scotland) Bill - proposed changes to the rules about the timescales within which court actions must be raised
      • What effect does the extraction of a court decree have if that same decree is subsequently reduced?
      • Supreme Court considers the law relating to restrictive covenants
      • Open justice and accessing court records
      • Court of Appeal: Narrow Interpretation of Exclusion Clauses
      • Scottish option contracts
      • Curing a gratuitous alienation - can repayment at a later date amount to "adequate consideration"
      • 'Offside goals' rule applies to transactions in bankruptcy
      • Commercial contracts and common sense
      • Anderson v Wilson - challenges to earlier transactions by disappointed beneficiaries
      • Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018
      • Football creditors, anti-deprivation and British Eagle - A Scottish Perspective
      • A red flag for engaging your lawyer
      • Unfair Prejudice And Discretionary Decisions Of Directors
      • Cost of living crisis and the circular economy
      • Advantages and disadvantages of online dispute resolution
      • Territorial Effect of Interim Orders in Scotland
      • COVID-19: A Force Majeure Event?
      • Post-rejection use of a vehicle by a customer
      • Can unwilling parties be compelled to engage in alternative dispute resolution in litigation?
      • Factor's duties relating to common repairs affecting private property
      • Case Comment: Sky and Sky UK v Christopher Airlie
      • Common Interest Privilege – Not So Common
      • What to expect from the mental health Moratorium
      • Roche Diagnostics Limited v Greater Glasgow Health Board and Abbott Laboratories Limited
      • Professional Negligence Claims: Do you need Expert Evidence?
      • Judicial Review in Scotland: An Introduction
      • Parties Behaving Badly: Court Expenses in Scotland
      • Key Cases in the Balance of Convenience: Amey OW Limited v North Lanarkshire Council
      • Behave badly at your peril: Directors found personally liable following BHS Insolvency
      • Legal Professional Privilege and Without Prejudice Privilege in Scotland
      • The BHS Verdict: What It Means for Directors' Duties in Scotland
      • "How much?" Wagatha Christie trial back in the headlines
      • Dispensing Justice: The Intersection of IP and competition law
      • Urquhart v Rhind and others: potential pitfalls of servitude rights of access
      • Buyers' Right to Reject: Do the Rules Apply to Commercial Vehicles?
      • Property Litigation Quarterly Case Law Catch-up
      • Not a wind up?! - Sheriff Court confirms proper basis for liquidation petitions against debtor companies
      • When Decrees in Absence Bite
      • Litigation in Scotland Update 2025
      • What will 2025 bring for Scottish litigation?
      • Asbestos disease litigation: When can the "material increase in risk" exception apply?
      • Court of Session permits litigation on the Scottish Government's DRS and UK internal market rules
      • Encroachment in Rural Developments
      • Competition Litigation in Scotland: What can we expect in 2025?
      • Case Review: Mex Group Worldwide Limited v Ford & Ors
      • Cross-Border Insolvency: Enforcing an English Bankruptcy Order in Scotland
      • Corporate Insolvency: Is it all that different in Scotland?
      • The Court of Session's first decision on the housing policies in National Planning Framework 4
      • Scottish and English Planning Regimes: The Basics
      • Judicial Review in Scotland: Scope
      • Case update: Rejection and Latent Defects
      • Assignation of Debt: Does a Guarantee Transfer Too?
      • Beginner's guide to specifications of documents
      • Beginner's guide to commission and diligence
      • Judicial Review: Reasonable Precaution under the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc (Scotland) Act 2016
      • Sheriff Appeal Court considers the meaning of 'entitled resident' in the enforcement of a standard security
      • UK Supreme Court Confirms Scope of Fraudulent Trading Provisions
    • Pensions
      • Climate reporting and pensions dashboards: A driver for engagement?
      • Major changes introduced to widen the age and earnings scope of automatic enrolment
      • The Pensions Regulator publishes ‘The Single Code of Practice’
      • SIPP or SSAS
      • Legal update for SIPP and SSAS providers
      • Pension sharing in Scotland vs. England
      • New FCA rules on defined benefit pension transfers
      • Pensions - more exciting than you might think?
      • Pensions - living with the uncertainty
      • How to get a state pension forecast
      • Oh, pension hokey cokey, oh pension hokey cokey
      • Discretion for LGPS Funds on how to treat Exit Credits
    • Personal Injury
      • Cosmetic Surgery Compensation
      • The Value of a Leg Injury
      • The Value of a Neck/Back Injury
      • Who is responsible for in-flight accidents?
      • World Sepsis Day - What is Sepsis?
      • The Value of a Spinal Injury
      • World COPD Day 2023 - What is COPD?
      • It's not an Accident! Road Safety Week
      • A Guide to the Road Traffic Accident Claims Process
      • Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes - The Value of Your Body
      • Action for Brain Injury Week: Understanding Head Injuries
      • The Value of Hand and Foot Injuries
      • E-scooter accidents: A Guide to the Law in Scotland
      • Road safety charity, Brake - After the Crash Conference
      • Staying safe on Scotland's roads this summer
      • Sporting Injuries - Could Head Injuries in Football be Considered an Industrial Injury?
      • What is a loss of society claim?
      • Road Safety Week 2023: The Risks of Rural Roads
      • August is Gastroparesis Month - What is Gastroparesis?
      • Road Safety Week 2023: 20's Plenty
      • Road Safety Week 2023: Slow down and check for motorcyclists
      • Road Safety Week 2023: Let's Talk About Speed
      • Road Safety Week 2023
      • Road Safety Week 2023: Five things to do after an RTC
      • Do extreme sports come with extreme liability?
      • Personal Injury - Calculating your compensation
      • Holiday claims - Accidents abroad and suing at home
      • Fatal accidents at work
      • Sports injury liability – a risky game
      • A guide to animal injury claims
      • Road Accidents: Motorcyclist crashes into back of motorist - motorist found liable
      • Medical negligence - late diagnosis of hip dislocation in newborns
      • Don't Fall For It - Was My Injury Preventable?
      • Delay in Diagnosis - When Can I Make a Claim?
      • A Guide to Cerebral Palsy Claims
      • The Personal Injury Discount Rate in Scotland
      • Investigation of deaths in Scotland
      • Court reform from a personal injury perspective
      • Motorcycle accidents and road maintenance hazards
      • Occupiers' Liability - A Brief Look
      • Accident Claims and the Use of Surveillance
      • Compensation following the wrongful death of a loved one
      • Slipping on Ice: Who's to Blame?
      • Supermarket Slips - How to successfully make a claim
      • How does my personal injury claim work?
      • Road Accidents: Conflicting rights of Motorists, Cyclists and Pedestrians
      • Clinical Negligence Conference
      • Duty of Care owed by an A&E Receptionist
      • ATE insurance: Unrecoverable, but worth the cost?
      • Radical Changes proposed to Medical Negligence Law
      • The value of a back injury
      • Winter weather accident claims
      • There's No Need to Speed
      • National Road Victim Month
      • Fatal Accidents: What Damages can be Claimed?
      • The Value of a Knee Injury
      • Compensation for those who have suffered abuse by family members: the "same roof" rule
      • The Value of a Hip Injury
      • The Value of an Ankle Injury
      • The Value of a Wrist Injury
      • The Value of a Chest Injury (Traumatic)
      • The Value of a Chest Injury (Industrial Disease - Asbestosis)
      • How to protect your damages following a successful claim
      • Road Safety Week: Promoting Road Safety For All
      • Judicial College Guidelines update - how much is my claim worth?
      • Increased Protection for Vulnerable Road Users
      • Can I sue over a defective medical device or product?
      • Vicarious liability is no joking matter
      • How does the court apportion blame in a medical negligence claim?
      • Bereavement Damages: A Postcode Lottery
      • Can I make a claim following an allergic reaction?
      • Work-related fatal injuries statistics for 2022/23
      • Some limits to liability for accidents caused by slipping on ice
      • Company allowed to sue health and safety advisers to recover fine
      • Liability for sporting injuries sustained on the field of play - What's the score?
      • What should I do if I am involved in a Road Traffic Collision abroad?
      • Zero In - Targeting Zero Deaths and Serious Injuries on Roads
      • The International Labour Organisation marks World Day for Safety and Health at Work
      • The Modern Law on Vicarious Liability
      • Duties of care - a reiteration of established case law
      • Court awards £250,000 to family of a suicidal woman due to failings by NHS Lanarkshire
      • Crozier & Ors v Scottish Power UK PLC - No exception to the exception
      • Medical Negligence - mental health treatment and the duty of care
      • Car Crash and Medical Mistakes: How Does a Court Allocate Blame
      • Changes to the timebar for raising personal injury claims arising from childhood abuse
      • Should Insurance cover be mandatory for Cyclists?
      • When do the actions of health visitors amount to negligence?
      • How much is my shoulder injury worth?
      • A Lesson in Medical Negligence Law in One Case
      • When is equipment provided to an employee by their employer classed as work equipment?
      • When One Door Shuts, Another One Opens
      • Morton Fraser MacRoberts Compensation Calculator - The Financial Value of Head Injuries
      • Court limits the scope of vicarious liability for employers
      • QOCS in Scotland: what do public sector legal teams need to know?
      • Qualified One Way Costs Shifting: new rules in Scottish courts
      • Mediation - The future for personal injury claims?
      • Trend of increases to the value of Scottish fatal claims continues
      • Payment Protection Order or Lump Sum Compensation - Making the Right Choice
      • Parliament moves forward proposals on significant change to compensation awards in Scotland
      • A few personal thoughts on being a Financial Planner
      • Judicial College Guidelines in Personal Injury Claims 2024
      • Brake's After the Crash Conference 2024
      • Beep Beep! Day - raising child road safety awareness
      • Trauma-Informed Practice
      • Clean Air Day: Why we must tackle the issue of air pollution
      • Workplace accidents: Key Steps for Employers
      • The implications of drink-driving and road traffic claims
      • Case Update: Crozier or Veale and Others v Scottish Power UK Plc [2024] CSIH 14
      • A trauma-informed approach to personal injury law
      • Road Safety Week 2024
      • Road Safety Week Series: In Conversation with Brake's Campaigns Manager Lucy Straker
      • Case Study: Substantial Damages Secured for Family Following a Fatality
      • Road Safety Week: In Conversation with Police Scotland's Chief Superintendent Hilary Sloan
      • Case Study: Justice Achieved Following Pedestrian Fatality
      • COPD: Raising Awareness About a Life-Changing Lung Condition
      • Scottish Law Commission recommends changes to law on damages for personal injury
      • Secondary Victims Claims: A United Approach
      • The Campaign for Life-Saving Technology for all New Vehicles
      • Road Safety Awareness: Beep Beep! Day 2025
      • Beep Beep Day! 2025
      • Progressive Licensing for Young and Newly Qualified Drivers
    • Planning and Environment
      • Section 75 agreements - in with the new, but remember out with the old
      • Liquidators cannot disclaim title to land in Scotland or abandon environmental licences
      • Can new development breach the rights of the minerals owner?
      • Planning gain and section 75 agreements
      • Greenbelt residential development landscape maintenance burden fails
      • Crichel Down Rules
      • Tacit relocation: how will reforms impact Scottish businesses?
      • COP26 and Planning Policy
      • Buying land for proposed development - part 1
      • Plans reports in land registration
      • Evicting travelling people from land
      • Energy performance certification
      • Scottish and English planning regimes
      • Combatting emissions from transport - the role of the planning system
      • Reflecting on COP26
      • The Heating Revolution - Growth of Heat Networks in Scotland
      • Measuring the success of town centres: are local authorities thinking long term?
      • Is This A Wayleave Or A Servitude That I See Before Me?
      • Biodiversity and NPF4: Clarity from the Court
      • Case Comment: Edwardson v the Scottish Ministers [2023] CSIH 45
      • Tesco Stores Limited v. Perth and Kinross Council
      • National Planning Framework 4: Guidance from the Courts
      • Labour's pledge to planning reform and 1.5 million new houses
      • Wild swimming in Scotland: Landowners can make the most of it
      • Public Consultation on the Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill
    • Private Client
      • Owning property abroad - do you need another Will?
      • How to Challenge a Will
      • Living together with children? Why you still need to consider a Will
      • Living Wills
      • DIY Wills
      • Three steps to help protect what’s yours
      • Should you have a Power of Attorney?
      • Where there's not a will, there's a way.
      • Power of Attorney- It's More Than Applying The Law
      • The Interpretation of Wills in Scotland
      • How can we help to ensure you don't have to tackle loneliness alone?
      • Preparing for the Future with Parkinson's Disease
      • Dementia Action Week - Granting a Power of Attorney
      • New year, new house?
      • Decisions, decisions? What happens if a Power of Attorney isn't possible?
      • New year, new home? A first-time buyer's guide
      • Everybody should have one…
      • World Alzheimer's Day - join the conversation and talk about dementia
      • Are you in the sandwich generation and feeling more pressure than ever?
      • Legal Rights
      • Changes to prior rights
      • Business Succession
    • Public Sector
      • Right First Time
      • Public Inquiries - FAQs
      • Referrals to your Regulatory Body for the consideration of an Interim Order
      • Programme for Government
      • National Planning Framework 4: Wind Energy Developments and impact on historic assets
      • Section 35 veto of Scotland's Gender Recognition Reform Bill - court challenge set for September
      • Section 35 and the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: UK Government uses Order for first time
      • Constitutional Questions - Scottish Independence Referendum
      • Constitutional Questions - asylum seekers flights to Rwanda
      • Constitutional Questions - the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
      • Funding of litigation against public bodies in Scotland
      • Electric vehicle infrastructure - Don’t take it for granted
      • Role of the Scottish Central Authority
      • HM Treasury's Breathing Space Scheme
      • Short Term Lets consultation needs to support tourism and renters, but let’s not forget our councils
      • Brexit as an agent of change in a time of even wider change in Westminster politics as we know it….
      • Community Empowerment - right to force the sale of abandoned, neglected or detrimental land
      • Community Empowerment - Asset Transfer Requests for public body land
      • Case comment: Lightways (Contractors) Limited v Inverclyde Council
      • Airbnb and short lets in Edinburgh: Council’s policy found irrational
      • Employment Law COVID-19 Round Up - February 2022
      • Covid-19's impact on construction contracts going forwards - a drafter's perspective
      • Agile working - Covid-19's legacy for the world of work
      • A collaborative approach may be the best approach for Scottish construction to solve disputes generated by COVID-19
      • Community Right to Buy to Further Sustainable Development
      • Bee positive… some good news despite COVID-19
      • Is it time for a new strategy?
      • Business Continuity and Restructuring
      • Men's Sheds - Hitting the nail on the head for community empowerment
      • An Investor’s Wish List From Scotland
      • What are the Potential Impacts of Brexit on Insolvency in Scotland?
      • Lynda Towers comment's on Supreme Court Judgement
      • Who thought prorogation could be so interesting?
      • Scotland: Planning for the Future
      • Assessing past performance and rewarding incumbents
      • The Singapore Mediation Convention and Its Post Brexit impact on Scotland
      • Lugano No More: UK Suffers Major Setback in Bid to Remain Member of Lugano Convention
      • The challenges and opportunities facing an evolving Scottish Public Sector in 2019
      • Session 6 gets underway as the Scottish Parliament is formally opened
      • What will drive change - Government regulation or public opinion?
      • How can the public sector adapt tender processes to handle a changing economy?
      • The power in closing doors: can public sector organisations reserve energy and budget?
      • UK Supreme Court hears case on Scottish independence referendum
      • What English local authorities need to know when placing a child in Scotland?
      • Constitutional questions - Scottish Independence Referendum update
      • Sewel, Legislative Consent Motions and Brexit
      • Brace yourself…for our brief procurement law case update
      • Procurement Act 2023 – What do Devolved Scottish Authorities need to know when using UK Frameworks?
      • What the United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 means for the Public Sector
      • The Scottish Budget 2024 and public service delivery
    • Real Estate
      • Spot the difference: Planning Agreements
      • National Planning Framework 4 and the Exceptional Release of Housing Land
      • A developer's golden vote - Marshall & Others v Granton Homes Limited
      • Planning for 20-minute neighbourhoods
      • Town & Country Planning: Use Classes and Permitted Development Rights in Scotland An Update
      • Scottish Law Commission Proposes Important Changes To The Law Regulating Commercial Leases
      • A tale of two cities: Relevant considerations in appeals against listed building designation
      • How are climate change targets reflected in our domestic legislation?
      • The Orphan Site and Climate Change
      • How can the planning system tackle environmentally-sensitive developments?
      • The (short term lets) show must go on
      • International Mother Earth Day
      • Beware of the Plastics
      • Planning permission, section 42 applications and fees - does the fee cap still apply?
      • Student lets: are payments amounting to premiums now permitted?
      • On market, off market, no market
      • Serviced offices and co-working - would it work for you?
      • Bringing a moment of clarity to homelessness
      • The Secret Diary of Brian the Housebuilder. Aged 40 and 11 twelfths.
      • One year on from Revenue Scotland’s LBTT reversal
      • Planning permission – the sticking point of Airbnb and short term lets in Scotland
      • My neighbour has submitted a planning application, so why haven't I been notified?
      • Duty to give reasons for planning decisions and implications of breach
      • LBTT Q&A with Fergus McDiarmid
      • Relief for SIPPS & SSAS professionals following LBTT U-turn
      • Refusal of Challenge to Mixed Use Development in Edinburgh's Old Town
      • Tenancy Agreements for Student Accommodation in Scotland
      • Top Tips for SIPPS
      • Cracking the student accommodation construction cost conundrum
      • An introduction to our Property in Pensions team
      • A review of the S75 Agreement system
      • Making reasonable efforts: Court of Session provides guidance in Scottish bank repossessions
      • Is possession really nine-tenths of the law?
      • Telecoms masts - any halt to diminishing returns and numbers?
      • Do you have sufficient interest to enforce a Use Restriction on your neighbours property?
      • Coal Pension Properties v Technip UK Limited: Difficulties with Dilapidations
      • Donald Skene V Braveheart Hotels Ltd: Obstruction of a Servitude Right of Access
      • New Scottish Land Court for Property Disputes
      • The Register of Controlled Interests in Land in Scotland goes live – do you need to register?
      • The Scottish Law Commission: Report on Aspects of Leases: Termination
      • Lease Termination: Breaking Bad
      • A lease, or not a lease? That is the question
      • Back to Basics - What is a Lease?
      • The Variation and Discharge of Title Conditions
      • Common repairs - Complex Calculations may be unavoidable to split the bill
      • Scottish property law cases - the best of 2023 (so far!)
      • A cautionary tale to draft title conditions with care
      • SIPP and SSAS trustee changes - keeping titles up to date
      • ESG and Placemaking
      • Proposed changes to Permitted Development Rights
      • New rules in Scotland on the prescription of claims
      • Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land
      • EV charger points within let commercial buildings
      • How will the new licensing regulations for short term lets in Scotland impact the market?
      • What can we expect from Scotland’s commercial real estate market in 2022?
      • Termination of Scottish leases
      • Retail property and EVs
      • An Introduction to CAADs
      • Urban logistics and multi let industrial- what are the drivers for the UK wide boom?
      • A Call for Clarity - The Two Acre Rule and Notices to Quit
      • Additional Dwelling Supplement (ADS) and Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED) when a company is buying residential property for refurbishment and re-sale
      • Time for change
      • Review of Retail Price Index - what does the future hold?
      • Proposed Letting Restrictions Affecting BTR and Student Accommodation Assets in Scotland
      • New lettings - Key issues for landlords in Heads of Terms
      • Dilapidations: All may not be as it seems
      • Ransom strips in land development
      • Scottish Land and Buildings Transaction Tax
      • LBTT or SDLT: Transitional arrangements in practice
      • LBTT 3 yearly and other regular lease returns
      • Terminal dilapidations - Landlord can (sometimes) demand payment in lieu
      • LBTT on commercial leases - 3 yearly returns reminder
      • COP26
      • Interest in the irritation (forfeiture) of a Scottish lease?
      • What is a respectable and responsible sub tenant?
      • Terminal dilapidations - can landlords demand payment in lieu?
      • Better to extend an existing lease or to create a new one?
      • Lease use restriction was a breach of the competition act
      • Corporate tenant struck off - what happens to the lease?
      • The tax implications of investing in UK property
      • Assignation and other lease alienations
      • Different ways to change a lease
      • Student accommodation and long leases
      • Multiple dwellings relief on student accommodation assets
      • Why are developers still being short changed on performance bonds?
      • What will become of Public Sector office buildings?
      • A 2022 Review: the modern role offices have to play
      • Getting tenant's name wrong in a lease notice
      • Lease dilapidations - Grove Investments v Cape Building Products - terminal dilapidations
      • Asbestos and other property risk assessments
      • Hot and bothered - heads of terms might help?
      • Caught in the act
      • Brexit and the commercial property sector - putting some of the hysteria into perspective
      • Multiple Dwellings Relief Under Lbtt And Sdlt - Some Quirks
      • When You May Need Your Neighbours To Be Good Friends?
      • High profile real estate deals
      • What is the Build to Rent Market in Scotland Looking Like?
      • Temporary rent freeze introduced for residential tenants in Scotland
      • Retrofitting, the untapped opportunity for Scottish businesses
      • "Exclusive of VAT" - not always enough
      • Scottish long leases - converting to ownership
      • Scottish Title Rights which expire on 27 November 2014 – how to protect yourself
      • Advance notices in Scottish land registration
      • The pitfalls of exclusion and limitation clauses
      • Shifting the development burden
      • Beware silent renewal of leases
      • When is a licence a lease?
      • Development Agreements - Some Basics
      • Residential Development - Freezer Clauses in Option Agreements and Promotion Agreements
      • Perfect Match. Investment opportunities stack up in Scotland.
      • The legal differences across Hadrian's Wall
      • A licence to short-term let
      • Securing non monetary obligations
      • Property headaches caused by the inexorable rise of the "urban gull"
      • Commercial leases and the Competition Act
      • Liability for Extraordinary Repairs - a problem for the landlord or the tenant?
      • Scotland joins the (counter) party
      • Scottish and English enterprise zones
      • Whose property is it anyway? Legal implications of repossession of heritable property by heritable creditors
      • Scotland's housing and land allocation shortage
      • Case study: Annan House
      • Case Study: Hayweight House
      • Raising a dram to Scottish hotel investment
      • Case Study: Purchase 25 - 35 Castle Street and 100 - 104 George Street Edinburgh
      • Case Study: The Charlotte Square Collection
      • Case Study: Purchase BP Headquarters, Dyce
      • Case Study: Capital Square
      • Case Study: Tontine Building
      • Cracking the Code
      • Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards in Scotland
      • Property Litigation Quarterly Case Law Catch-up
      • Case Study: Waverley Mall
      • The Leases (Automatic Continuation etc.) (Scotland) Bill: A Modern Approach to Lease Renewals
      • Leases (Automatic Continuation etc.) (Scotland) Bill: Proposed changes to terminating a commercial lease
      • Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete implications for commercial landlords and tenants
      • The Scottish Building Safety Levy
      • New Build Heat Standard
    • Renewable Energy
      • Heating our homes and buildings: Are heat networks the answer?
      • Energy efficiency in the home
      • Removing Legal Roadblocks: Speeding Up the Future of Renewable Energy
      • Clean hydrogen deals require flexibility – not just take or pay
    • Restructuring & Insolvency
      • Corporate Insolvency - is it all that different in Scotland?
      • Key Differences between Scottish and English Security - Part 5
      • Challengeable transactions in insolvency
      • Key Dates for Directors (and profit warning)
      • Scottish firms facing insolvency is expected to increase
      • A year to remember in insolvency
      • Five trends that might emerge for litigators during 2021
      • Corporate Insolvency Statistics - September 2020
      • Virgin Atlantic is Pleased To Announce The Arrival of Restructuring Plan Number 1
      • HMRC FC 1 v 0 Football Creditors FC
      • Crown Preference and Personal Liability - Taxing Questions for the Festive Season
      • Caveats - a small price for peace of mind
      • Stopping a liquidation once it has started - a permanent sist
      • Insolvency Update: Adequate Consideration
      • Is corporate insolvency all that different in Scotland?
      • Restructuring and Insolvency, and Why Immigration Might Be Something to Consider
      • Insolvency update: Delinquent directors beware!
      • Insolvency Update: Balancing of Accounts in Bankruptcy
      • Leased assets, insolvent companies and disqualified directors
      • Dealing with concurrent insolvency processes in different jurisdictions
      • Extension of the period of an administration: What you need to know
    • Retail
      • UK fashion brands investigated for misleading 'green' claims
      • Technology in the Retail Sector
      • Understanding the contents of the retailer clients' basket
    • Technology, Media & Telecoms
      • Ransomware: New ICO guidance confirms preventative measures are more important than ever
      • One year on: Has the introduction of the ICO's Children's Code been worthwhile?
      • UK Government publishes White Paper on its proposed approach to the regulation of artificial intelligence
      • ChatGPT: Users beware!
      • Hallucinations in the Legal Landscape: 2023 Word of the Year Edition
      • Telecoms code powers: 30 years on
      • An update on the UK Government’s approach to AI Regulation
      • Scotland’s mandatory public sector AI register
      • It’s all action for Scotland’s Creative Industries
      • Regulatory Reform: Media Act 2024
      • Exercise care when adopting facial recognition technology
      • A first for the ICO - an uncomfortable spotlight on data processors
      • Getting subject access requests right: lessons to be learned from the Labour Party's reprimand
      • How do you serve up your cookies?
      • Protecting children online: Are social media companies doing enough?
      • From Black Friday to Black Fraud Day: Protecting Scottish businesses against cybercrime
      • Things to think about when using AI tools in recruitment: the data protection perspective
      • To be Trumped by Tariffs? Why Scotch Whisky needs to urgently prepare itself for potential tariffs
      • Apple in Court - Trial hearings begin in first 'Big Tech' competition class action
      • Copyright at a crossroads: The UK Government AI and Copyright Consultation
      • Ransomware: Time for a change of approach?
      • Before You Pitch It, Protect It: How To Safeguard Your TV Format From Copyright
      • Protect your content: A guide to copyright for influencers
    • Transport
      • New Space Industry Regulations Blast the UK Commercial Space Sector Forward at the Speed of Light
      • Launch of a new space strategy for Scotland
      • Climate change and transport in Scotland
      • Scotland's space sector ready to take off
      • Is there space to be sustainable?
      • Scotland makes space for sustainability
      • The UK Space Agency allocates more monies to Lunar Project
      • Shetland Spaceport – getting ready to launch
      • HVS Unplugged: In conversation with Jawad Khursheed
      • The future of transport: Driverless, Connected and Autonomous vehicles
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