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Employment Briefing - November Update

Welcome to our Employment news briefing, providing a summary of some of the main employment judgements in November. If you have any questions about any of the topics covered, or would like to discuss anything with our Employment team, please call Martin Stephen on 0141 248 3434 or email mss@wj Read more

WJM Acts for Carbogenics LTD

WJM is delighted to have acted for Carbogenics Ltd on its recent spin-out from the University of Edinburgh and its initial funding round. Carbogenics' innovative process uses pyrolysis to turn paper fibre-rich waste, such as laminated paper, paper crumble, and low-grade recycled cardboard and paper Read more

Words, words, words....

John Clarke blogs on the chaos that is - The British Constitution.....   Read more

Start-ups Need to Know Sources of Cash

Informative piece by WJM Associate Stephen Grant in today's Herald, looking at the difficulties that start-ups have securing funding and the need to look for alternative sources of finance.  You can read his piece here: https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/entrepreneur/17459068.step Read more

Probate v Confirmation – A Comparison of the English and Scottish Procedures for Executors

As in many areas of Private Client law and practice, Scotland and England have completely different systems for providing executors appointed by a will (or acting under intestacy) with the legal authority to deal with the assets of the estate. This reflects the different legal traditions in the two Read more

Onshore Wind Will Do the Heavy Lifting Over the Next 30 Years

A while before Greta Thunberg and Extinction Rebellion (in their own ways) had everyone focussing again on climate change, I had my own minor epiphany in March. I was attending the Scottish Renewables Annual Conference and (as we lawyers do) was largely focusing on the networking opportunities it af Read more

GDPR One Year On

One year on from the implementation of GDPR, WJM Associate Stephen Grant, writing in LegalScot, examines what we have learned. You can read the article here http://futurescot.com/gdpr-wjm-comment/ Read more

Data Protection in M&A Deals – at Crossed Purposes?

Corporate briefing: data protection rules impact on the due diligence process in corporate sales or disposals, and steps should be followed to ensure that personal data are handled appropriately Whether acting for the buyer or seller in a sale or disposal, one of the most crucial tasks is the due d Read more

Moy the Force Be With You!

Friday and Saturday was the Highland Field Sports Fair. That’s it’s Sunday name; in the Central belt it’s known as the Moy Fair; and in Moy, it’s probably known as that damn thing down the road that causes all the traffic…. I’ll call it Moy. WJM are one of the m Read more

Trade Marks

Trade marks are essential for any business that places a value on its brand. We can help with UK and international trade mark registrations. You may be entitled to enforce trade mark rights even in the absence of having registered a mark. Our advisers can help you with all aspects of trade mark r Read more