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In March 2022, P&O Ferries faced significant public backlash and outcry following their decision to dismiss 800 members of staff while failing to follow a proper redundancy process.  The decision was met with fairly universal disdain given t

  On World Children’s Day each year my thoughts are always taken to the children with whom I have had the great privilege to travel on holiday at Easter to the pilgrimage shrine of Lourdes as a volunteer helper with Hosanna House and Children’s

  The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill received Royal Assent last month on 26th October 2023. The Bill upon its inception will become the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 (‘the Act’). The Act wil

On WORLD CHILDREN’S DAY, let’s travel beyond Scotland’s shores to look at another country’s system for protecting and enhancing child rights!  World Children's Day first started in 1954 and is celebrated on 20 November each year to promote

Miller Samuel Hill Brown is delighted to announce the promotion of David Phinn to the position of Senior Solicitor in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department. David Phinn joined the firm in August 2019 as a trainee solicitor and qualified

  The move to flexible working borne out the Covid pandemic has brought about a seismic shift in the way both businesses and employees view workspaces. According to the Guardian, more than half of businesses have evolved by establishing offices

We understand the growing importance for our clients to be able to select a law firm that is in tune with society and one that they trust to make a real difference. That is why we have taken time to find out which of the 17 United Nation’s Sustainabl

We are thrilled to share that our Licensing team has once again secured a remarkable achievement in the Chambers and Partners UK Guide, retaining their Band 1 status. Our team's consistently high levels of both legal expertise and outstanding client

Licensing Boards in Scotland have a statutory duty to publish their ‘statement of licensing policy’ every five years under The Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005. Each individual Licensing Board is required to publish a policy statement before the beginni

In Scotland, judicial review is the court process by which a Sheriff or Judge has the power to review a decision of any person or body entrusted with a jurisdiction, a power or any authority – in order to ensure that the person or body does not excee

A landmark decision by the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has held that employees can claim for historic underpayments of holiday pay even if there are gaps of three or more months within a series of deductions. Following the Judgment delivered in Ch

In a recent Canadian case (Pascuzzi v Pascuzzi), a father excluded his daughter from a previous marriage in his Will and left his entire estate to his new wife. After his child raised a court action, the Court intervened to vary his Will and awarded