Dec 20, 2022 Youth Mobility Scheme: ballot details announced By Ashley Fleming Details of the Youth Mobility Scheme ballot for applicants from Hong Kong (if you have an SAR passport), Japan, South Korea and Taiwan...
Dec 09, 2022 Who will inherit? – Proposed reform of Scottish succession law By David White Succession - who inherits what, after a person dies - can often be a complicated matter. This is one reason why everybody is encouraged...
Dec 09, 2022 Right to request Flexible Working from day one By Andrew Maxwell The UK government has this week responded to the Making Flexible Working The Default consultation. The headline-grabbing announcement is...
Dec 09, 2022 National Minimum Wage and other rates increases announced for 2023/24 By Claire Fowler Employers should take note that, in November 2022, the Department for Work and Pensions published a range of rate increases for...
Dec 08, 2022 Your...majesty? New direction issued on how judges should be addressed in courts and tribunals By Claire Fowler On 1 December 2022, the Lord Chief Justice and Senior President of Tribunals issued notification of a change in practice in the courts...
Dec 08, 2022 A different kind of Christmas advert By Linda Walker The much-awaited John Lewis Christmas advert has been released and the subject matter is one that perhaps isn’t often associated with...
Dec 06, 2022 Stats show shift on Scotland's shopping streets By Chris Noble Some interesting research is presented here on the impact COVID has had on Scotland's town and city centres. It puts some actual numbers...
Nov 30, 2022 More than £13m in grant funding awarded as the Marine Fund Scotland is now fully committed for the year 2022-23 By Marc Penman With the Marine Fund Scotland (MFS) fully committed for 2022-23 and taking no further applications for the period, around £13m in grant...
Nov 30, 2022 The importance of CPD and networking By Amanda Masson It was wonderful to be able to attend the recent annual Family Law Association Conference in St Andrews. The event is about so much more...
Nov 30, 2022 100 years in the making - a welcome update to trusts law in Scotland By David White The Scottish Government’s Programme for Government 2022/23 announced the introduction of a bill to reform the law governing trusts in...
Nov 29, 2022 New freedoms for people experiencing homelessness By Collette Miller New legislation, as of today (29 November), will enable people experiencing homelessness in Scotland to choose where they “settle” in...
Nov 24, 2022 Net migration at record levels By Ashley Fleming The Office for National Statistics ‘(ONS’) has today published its annual migration figures which show that net migration (the difference...