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From time to time we will post news articles and announcements relating to the firm and to various legal issues that may be of interest to you.

Creating Positive Relationships: An Employer’s Guide for Parent Mental Health Day

  As the first month of 2024 draws to a close, 27th January 2024 should be one final date to mark in everybody’s calendar! Parent Mental Health Day is celebrated on this date to encourage conversations and connections about the

National Sickie Day: An Employer’s Guide to Dealing with Absenteeism

National Sickie Day: An Employer’s Guide to Dealing with Absenteeism

It is a well-known fact that after a few weeks of festive fun, what follows is often described as the dreaded ‘January blues’. Whilst this may simply be a social term used to describe the widespread decline in mood after

Guide to Divorce and Dissolution of Civil Partnerships in Scotland

Guide to Divorce and Dissolution of Civil Partnerships in Scotland

We have noted down some tips in order to assist those who are in the early stages of separation, in order to promote maintaining amicable relations between you and your spouse or civil partner as much as possible. Often, the

Miller Samuel Hill Brown Promotes Ruth Medlock to Senior Solicitor

Miller Samuel Hill Brown Promotes Ruth Medlock to Senior Solicitor

It is with great pleasure that we announce the promotion of Ruth Medlock to the position of Senior Solicitor in the Employment Team. Ruth Medlock holds an LLB from the University of Strathclyde, which she completed in June 2018. Following

Tacit Relocation: A Guide to Understanding its Implications in Practice

Tacit Relocation: A Guide to Understanding its Implications in Practice

What is Tacit Relocation? The principle of Tacit Relocation is asserting that commercial leases do not automatically conclude at their expiration date. The Lease can only be brought to an end by either party by serving notice to quit By

And The Snow Might Come …

And The Snow Might Come …

I was asked to provide a guide to managing Christmas for families who find themselves in separated circumstances and I couldn’t. It is difficult to think about providing handy tips or sage advice where what people are feeling at the

Glasgow’s New 1 am Pilot Scheme for On Sales Premises within The City Centre

Glasgow’s New 1 am Pilot Scheme for On Sales Premises within The City Centre

The City of Glasgow Licensing Board published their new statement of licensing policy at the beginning of November 2023. The new statement has introduced some significant changes to licensing policy in Glasgow, one of the most notable changes being

Sleigh-What!: Is Santa Owed a Duty of Care?

Sleigh-What!: Is Santa Owed a Duty of Care?

Over the past few months, Santa and all of his elves have been hard at work at their North Pole workshop organising gifts for all the good boys and girls across the world. However, before Santa gears up for the

A 50-Year Reflection: An Interview with Michael Samuel

A 50-Year Reflection: An Interview with Michael Samuel

Michael Samuel is a founding Partner along with Mervyn Miller of the pre-merged firm Miller Samuel, establishing the firm in 1973. Michael was pivotal in the development of the business, which grew from a small start-up to become one of

New Minimum Wage Rates to Take Effect From April 2024

New Minimum Wage Rates to Take Effect From April 2024

The Government has announced that it has accepted the Low Pay Commission’s recommendation on the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) to apply from April 2024. The Low Pay Commission was established as an independent body to

Fire and Re-Hire or “Dismissal and Re-Engagement”

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 the way in

Every Photo Does Not Tell the Story You Might Think…

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

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