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Bill Gives CMA Consumer Enforcement Powers

New consumer protection powers, with the ability to act quickly, are proposed for the Competition & Markets Authority in the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill now before Parliament. New laws to protect consumers, and a turbo-charged Competition & Markets Authority (“CMA& Read more

WJM Dunblane Raises Vital Funds for Charity Through Will Aid Campaign

WJM Dunblane has raised an incredible £3,515 to support nine different charities with solicitors volunteering their time and expertise to write people’s wills in exchange for charitable donations for Will Aid, an annual charity will-writing campaign held every year in November. Amid the Read more

WJM Celebrates Decade of Linlithgow 10k Sponsorship

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP will once again sponsor the Linlithgow 10k – and members of the team have also signed up to take part. The latest race marks a decade of WJM sponsoring the event. Six members of staff from the firm, which has offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness, Dunb Read more

Promotions Announced Across Four WJM Offices

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP has announced a host of promotions across the business. In Dunblane, private client expert Mirella Marchini has been made Partner and property specialist Karen Crothers has been promoted to Legal Director. In Inverness, two staff members have been promoted to S Read more

WJM Explores Scotland's Energy Future

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP will explore Scotland’s path to achieving its renewables targets at its highly-anticipated annual conference this week. Regarded as one of the most insightful and dynamic events of the year for renewables, WJM’s seminar will this year focus on the th Read more

Appointments and Promotions Announced Across Four WJM Offices

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP has announced a host of appointments and promotions across the business. In Glasgow, Leah McGibbon joins the firm as a solicitor specialising in energy and commercial property alongside CRG Legal Administrator Natalie Murphy. The city centre office has also anno Read more

Mental Health and Debt Often Go Together

Alan Munro, Insolvency Practitioner at Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie discusses the new Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill. Navigating the labyrinthine of bankruptcy law can often resemble a challenging odyssey. The legal landscape had remained relatively unchanged in this area until the Ba Read more

Advice for Employers on National Sickie Day (Feb 5)

Today is dubbed ‘National Sickie Day’ (5th February) - statistically the day when most workers are likely to call in sick, according to research. A recent report by the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD) found that sick days at work have hit the highest level in 10 Read more

The Murdoch Drama is One of Relationships Changing, Not the Law

Media business magnate Rupert Murdoch’s family’s public drama regarding ownership is perhaps the biggest family business law story of a generation. Beneath the glitz lies a classic archetype of succession squabbles. Families—whether they’re running a multinational empire or a Read more

Trust Litigation in Scotland - Changes on the Horizon

With Royal Assent being granted to the new Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024 (the “Act”) on 30 January 2024, Scotland is embarking on a wholescale reform of trust law. Whilst most of the Act merely codifies the law as it has always been understood, there are several new pro Read more