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The Digitisation of Information ManagementYou may be interestedRead more28th July 2021
Roddy Cormack explores digitisation of information management and how it has potentially been moved forward as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic to the benefit -
What changes will the Children (Scotland) Act 2020 make for children and young people?You may be interestedRead more27th July 2021
Speaker: Tom Quail Book Now£180+VAT3hrs CPD The Children (Scotland) Act 2020 received royal assent in August 2020. The changes have not yet been brought int -
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The Impact of COVID on the Scottish Outdoor Access CodeYou may be interestedRead more23rd July 2021
The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 established the framework for public access rights to most land and inland water in Scotland. While Scotland is the envy of many -
COVID-19: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS IN RELATION TO RETURNING TO THE WORKPLACE (15 JULY 2021)You may be interestedRead more21st July 2021
With the imminent lifting of “lockdown” restrictions and the ending of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“Furlough”) we have compiled th -
COVID-19: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS IN RELATION TO HOLIDAYS (15 JULY 2021)You may be interestedRead more21st July 2021
1. Can employers dictate when employees take their holidays? The short answer is yes. Regulation 15 of the Working Time Regulations permits employers to give writt -
Business ImmigrationYou may be interestedRead more16th July 2021
June marked the deadline for EU citizens living in the UK to apply to the EU settlement scheme - a way of regulating how long someone has lived and worked in Great -
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The Scope of Duty of Care Test in cases of Professional Negligence: UK Supreme Court Ruling in Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton LLP [2021] UKSC 20You may be interestedRead more14th July 2021
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 clai -
Time Limits in Commercial Litigation: Prescription of ClaimsYou may be interestedRead more14th July 2021
Most legal systems provide for time limits to litigation. These time limits restrict the ability of claimants to raise court proceedings after the passage of a spec -
WJM APPOINTS NEW PARTNERYou may be interestedRead more9th July 2021
We’re delighted to wish a warm welcome to Magnus Mackay who is joining our Inverness team today as Partner. Magnus will specialise in private client work inc -
Too much of a good thing? Or walk (don’t drive) the 500 milesYou may be interestedRead more24th June 2021
You may have seen that the residents of the Applecross Peninsula are to be asked to vote on whether it should remain on the NC 500 route. Having been to Applecross -
In person right to work checks now set to return from 1 September 2021You may be interestedRead more23rd June 2021
On 18 June 2021, the Home Office released a further update to the Right to Work checks guidance for business’ and their employees during COVID-19. Originally -
Construction Blueprint NewsletterYou may be interestedRead more22nd June 2021
Welcome to our inaugural construction focused Blueprint news bulletin, where we discuss topical stories occurring within the Construction industry. If you have any -
Extending Scotland’s Coronavirus Legislation – AgainYou may be interestedRead more21st June 2021
Surprising almost no-one, on 18 June 2021 the Scottish Government introduced a new Bill into the Scottish Parliament which, when passed, will have the effect of ext -
BUSINESSES ENCOURAGED TO CONSIDER MENOPAUSE POLICIESYou may be interestedRead more11th June 2021
As menopause is a biological fact it should be spoken about openly, but for some reason it remains a taboo subject in many workplaces. Despite the fact some employ
