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We help businesses, advertisers and marketeers comply and navigate this complex area.
Our team at Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie have decades of experience in helping our clients comply with advertising, media, marketing and promotion law. We provide the answers to the complex legal issues facing
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Diversifying your farm to use the land for other profit making ventures is rapidly becoming more and more popular. And given the current political climate, with farmers facing more uncertainty than ever before, it’s no wonder so many are looking to diversify.
Farm diversification is w
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Policymakers must speed up the grid connection process if Scotland is to meet its net zero targets by 2045, a leading Scottish lawyer has warned.
Yasmin Myles, Inverness-based Legal Director and renewable energy expert at Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM), says with the NESO (National Ener
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Truly exceptional times and exceptional measures. Huge parts of our economy (such as tourism, travel and leisure) in meltdown – meltdown that may take years, even decades, to recover. Other parts uncertain, nervous and insecure. And, bizarrely, some businesses operating above capacity, whose o
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Much of the recent press coverage relating to COVID-19 and commercial insurance has focused on entitlement to business interruption coverage as a result of forced closure. This coverage will undoubtedly be of vital importance to many businesses as they look to recoup inevitable losses. The focus, ho
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WJM Partner Ian Macdonald appeared on Radio Scotland this week, talking about the importance of having a will in place, especially at this time.
Have a listen around the 16min 30sec mark https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000h0ck
Please remember that we at WJM are here to help during thi
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An update to this article can be found here: https://www.wjm.co.uk/news/covid-19-self-employed-income-support-scheme-update
As anticipated the Chancellor has announced a package of support for the self-employed as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
Support for the self-employed will, accor
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The lockdown is causing major challenges across society as we adapt to a new way of life, which we hope will be temporary. Until such time as the restrictions are lifted, normality is suspended and this inevitably impacts on the completion of certain types of legal transactions.
Registration of Tit
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On 21 May 2020, the Scottish Government set out its road map for the return to work for the construction industry as a whole. That map shows the road ahead as being slow and uncertain. We take a closer look.
A phased approach
The proposal is to re-start construction on a phased basis:
Phase 0: Pl
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Returning from Furlough
1. With the Government announcing it’s road map for lifting the Coronavirus lockdown and setting out a plan for the lifting of restrictions, employers should be giving consideration to the measures they will require to put in place to allow workers to return safely to
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