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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 service have been recognised for over two decades, which is a remarkable accomplishment that we are

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 beginning of each licensing policy period. The licensing policy period and, therefore, a statement of licen

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 exceed or abuse their jurisdiction, power or authority, or fail to do what is required. Unlike in England

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 the child 30% of his million dollar estate. If this scenario were to happen in Scotland, the child w

Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in the UK. Every year, the month of October is dedicated to breast cancer awareness. How are employees with cancer protected? Under Schedule 1 of the Equality Act 2010 (the Act), a diagnosis of cancer automatically qualifies as a disability. This means that if an employee has a cancer diagnosi

World Mental Health Day is held on 10 October every year, with this year’s theme being ‘mental health is a universal human right’.  The aim is to raise awareness and drive actions that promote and protect mental health as an essential human right. How does the workplace affect mental health? For many of us, work is a significant part of our li

With the October school holiday fast approaching many people are starting to turn their thoughts to preparing for the big week off. Where parents are divorced or living separately, making arrangements for a holiday abroad with their children can be a difficult and often contentious endeavour. One of the main issues that we come across when dis

  Our charity committee accomplished an impressive feat last month by taking on the Lanarkshire Three Peaks challenge to raise money and awareness for Maggie's charity. The challenge involved scaling the three highest summits in Lanarkshire in a single day: Tinto Hill (711m), Green Lowther (732m), and the highest point in South Lanarkshire, Cu

23rd September 2023 marks International Day of Sign Languages. The date of International Day of Sign Languages was chosen in 2018 to coincide and honour the launch of the World Federation of the Deaf. This date also falls within International Week of the Deaf. Rose Ayling-Ellis was the first deaf contestant on Strictly Come Dancing in 2021 and made

What is an Energy Performance Certificate? An Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is used to measure the efficiency of a building. Energy Assessors are responsible for producing the certificates, which remain valid for a period of 10 years. EPCs must be produced when a property is intended to be sold or rented out, there are some exceptions to thi

Aidan Wright won a summer placement through the University of Strathclyde's Mooting Society competition. He kindly answered questions about his experience at the firm. What draws your interest to pursuing a career in law? I've always been drawn to a career in law because it would allow me to work with and assist people, which has always been an int

The Employment team at Miller Samuel Hill Brown are excited to introduce FLEX – our new flexible retainer programme.  Flex combines the benefits of both our hourly rate and retained services, and offers a mix of retained services supported by the option to escalate to an experienced solicitor at a 15% discount on their hourly rates.  &nbs