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COVID-19: Keep up-to-date with the latest changes in the legal landscape that may affect your business and your life. We have created a central hub where you can find up-to-date information on areas such as employment, contracts, the job retention scheme & construction in one easy to access are Read more

Separating Through Covid-19

What advice can be given to separating couples in the face of COVID-19?  Couples who are going through a separation now find that apart from urgent civil business, including: child protection orders; interim interdicts; and urgent interim residence or contact applications, all other co Read more

Removing Squatters During the Pandemic

It’s an unfortunate fact of life that every crisis presents an opportunity to unscrupulous people willing to take advantage. Given the current lockdown restrictions owing to the Coronavirus pandemic, commercial landlords in Scotland need to be aware of squatters. During the lockdown, most com Read more

WJM Experts Offer Advice in The Herald

With the coronavirus pandemic presenting businesses of all kinds with an array of challenges, WJM Partners Angus MacLeod, Stephen Cotton and Martin Stephen offer their expert advice in today's Herald on some of their most frequently asked questions on three key areas - contracts, employment and Read more

Further Changes to the Rules on Terminating Residential Tenancies

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 Read more

Government Urged to Help Safeguard Construction Industry

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 Read more

The P2B Regulation

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 Read more

Scottish Business Leaders Make Case for Mediation

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 Read more

Costan De-Tore

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