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Your IP assets

In the information age, intellectual property and IT assets account for an ever increasing part of a company’s value. We can help you identify protect and exploit these assets strategically, whatever your business aims. Our technology experts have decades of experience amongst them and have a Read more

WJM Announces New Drinks Industry Specialist Team

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP has established a new drinks industry specialist team to provide legal support to those in the alcoholic beverage sector, including manufacturers, distillers, brewers, processors, distributors and retailers. Colin Millar, Partner at WJM who will be leading the n Read more

WJM Sponsors Times Scotland LegalScot

WJM is delighted to be sponsoring LegalScot, which is being distributed with The Times Scotland newspaper. In it, WJM Managing Partner Fraser Gillies discuss a successful year for WJM including growth, expansion and new hires.  You can read LegalScot here: https://bit.ly/2N0FQpi   Read more

Manufacturing, Projects and Product Liability

We act for manufacturers and industrial service providers, large and small, within the UK or those who operate cross border, into and out of the UK. Examples of our practice experience include: • Manufacturing and supply deals• Maintenance and service contracts• Service level agreem Read more

Social Media Influencers and Brands

Businesses and brands (Brands), as part of their wider online strategies, are now more regularly engaging (often for payment in kind) “social media influencers” or online personalities (Influencers) to post promotional content on their social media channels. The engagements of Influencer Read more

Coronavirus and GDPR: How Does COVID-19 Impact Data Protection?

The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have responded to businesses who are worried that their data protection practices and procedures may not meet their usual standards given the unprecedented challenges facing all workplaces in the wake of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic Read more

Covid-19 – Update on Company and Insolvency Rules

On 28th March the UK Insolvency Service announced new measures to amend insolvency laws to give companies breathing space and to keep trading while they explore options for rescue. The Business Secretary has announced he will bring forward changes (which were already in the pipeline, following a co Read more

Coronavirus – New Rules on Terminating Tenancies

An update to this article can be found here https://www.wjm.co.uk/news/further-changes-to-the-rules-on-terminating-residential-tenancies On 1 April 2020, the Scottish Parliament approved the Coronavirus (Scotland) Bill. The Bill contained provisions which make changes to how tenancies can be d Read more

Covid 19 Traps for the Unwary: Consumers, Contracts and Cancellation Rights

Consumer-facing businesses at the moment are having to consider a whole host of dilemmas due to Covid-19. Whether it is consumer customers seeking refunds or to delay or pull out of a contract, or business themselves being unable (at least for the duration of the lockdown) to deliver what the consu Read more

Scots Urged to Get Their Affairs in Order During Lockdown

Scots should use the lockdown period to get their legal affairs in order Ian Macdonald, Partner and Head of Private Client, says measures are being taken to ensure members of the public can still liaise with legal professionals and instruct on important matters like wills and power of attorneys, wi Read more