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Mother’s Day gives families the opportunity to show their appreciation for their mums and show them how special they really are - although arguably we should be doing this all year round! It can be a stressful day for some families as they try to navigate their way through the day. For separated parents, it may involve rearranging contact

Yesterday P&O Ferries took the decision to dismiss 800 members of their staff. While large scale dismissals may have been fairly common due to the pandemic the key difference here is that this decision came seemingly out of the blue. For those with two years’ service they risk a deluge of unfair dismissal claims along with claims for

Miller Samuel Hill Brown are delighted to have supported Simon Community as our charity over a two-year campaign from 2020. Initially, the fundraising campaign was impacted by the pandemic however the team put their best feet forward in a bid to raise much needed funds for people who are experiencing homelessness

The Coronavirus pandemic has had a wide ranging impact in ways that could not have been predicted when the first cases of the virus emerged at the end of 2019. One such change has been the law in relation to commercial evictions for non-payment of rent. Prior to the pandemic, if a commercial landlord wished to evict a tenant due to a monetary breac

Settlement Agreements are used in order to end an employment relationship on agreed terms. It is a legally binding document and can also be used to resolve ongoing workplace disputes. As a result of signing the agreement, the employee will be unable to make claims in the employment tribunal about any type of claim which is mentioned in the agr

Update as at 10th May 2022 - The proposed legislation discussed in the following article (originally published in March 2022) has now been scrapped following its omission from the 2022 Queen's Speech. Over the past two years, the UK Government has introduced various measures to protect workers’ rights. These include the introduction of parental ber

Iona studied for both her undergraduate LLB and the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice at the University of Strathclyde. After completing her legal education in June 2020, Iona spent 9 months volunteering as a Seminar Assistant at Legal Services Agency in Glasgow and worked as a Paralegal at a small personal injury firm for a few months prior t

Having graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an undergraduate degree in Politics & Sociology, Anna completed the accelerated LLB in 2017, and the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice in 2020, both at the University of Glasgow. Before commencing her traineeship, Anna worked as Business Development Manager for St Mocha Coffee Shop, wh

Dru obtained his LLB from the University of Glasgow in 2019 which included a year abroad at the University of Queensland, Australia. He then took a year out to travel which started well before the pandemic hit and then returned to the University of Glasgow, albeit virtually, to complete the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice. I am currently app

Chloe studied for her undergraduate degree, LLB Law with English Law, at the University of Aberdeen and graduated in 2018. She then had a year out working and volunteering with Citizens Advice Bureau, before completing her Diploma in Professional Legal Practice at the University of Strathclyde in 2020. She started her traineeship in January 2021 du

Young people have an important role to play in shaping the future of the internet, including the spaces where they spend time and the etiquette for interacting with others online. Safer Internet Day will be celebrated globally on February 8th 2022, and the theme for this year is ‘All fun and games? Exploring respect and relationships online’. While

On Monday 17th January, Crown Estate Scotland (the Scottish Government Corporation responsible for management of property in Scotland owned by the monarch) announced that 17 of 74 bidders had been successful at this stage of the ‘ScotWind’ programme. The successful bidders have been granted an opportunity to take the lead in the development of Scot