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On 1 April 2020, the Scottish Parliament approved the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020. This was updated on 26 May 2020 when the imaginatively name Coronavirus (Scotland) (No. 2) Act 2020 came into force.
In an earlier briefing (which you can find here https://www.wjm.co.uk/news/coronavirus--new-rul
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Roddy Cormack, Accredited Specialist in Construction Law at Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP, is calling on the government to come to an agreement with industry professionals to stop a potential domino effect of insolvencies for contractors as social distancing measures are enforced.
Roddy said
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Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 of the European Parliament and the Council of 20 June 2019 on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services, or as it is commonly referred to, the “P2B Regulation”, applies from 12th July 2020.
The P2B Regulation aims
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A group of twelve Scottish businesses leaders, organisations and professional advisers have joined forces to campaign for greater use of mediation in dispute resolution.
Commercial disputes are continuing to arise as the Scottish economy begins to recover from the effects of the pandemic – bu
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I work in our Commercial Property team in Edinburgh.
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This week is LGBT+ Adoption and Fostering Week, a campaign led by New Family Social.
Scottish Adoption was the first Adoption Agency in Scotland to host adoption information events specifically for the LGBT+ community. They are hosting an event on Wednesday 3rd March at 7.30pm.
Register for
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Tom Quail explores the legal protection offered to cohabiting couples, the discrepancies between this and the law around married couples, and how this may be set to change in the future.
In 2006, the law in Scotland changed in order to provide a greater level of protection to unmarried, cohabiting
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A number of promotions have been announced across Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP’s offices in Scotland.
The firm is celebrating the promotion of four members of staff; two to associate and two to senior solicitor.
Sarajane Drake, from the firm’s commercial property team in Glasgo
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The UK Supreme Court has recently taken the opportunity to clarify the scope of the duty of care assumed by a professional adviser in the context of negligence claims.
Manchester Building Society (“the Society”) v Grant Thornton LLP (“the Auditor”)
In reliance on advice by
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