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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.

Successful Conviction Under The Bribery Act Provides Warning For Companies

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Recent news headlines have surrounded the political consultancy firm, Cambridge Analytica, regarding its alleged influencing of the 2016 Presidential elections and the Brexit referendum through Facebook user data. It has also been suggested that brib

Tuesday, 10 April 2018

Contract Law Update: Third Party Rights

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Jus quaesitum tertio is the Latin name for the legal doctrine governing third party rights under Scottish contract law. This extremely out-dated and inflexible law is now the subject of a much-needed review. Under current Scots common law, parties to

Monday, 14 August 2017

Evaluating the Revaluation: A look at the Impact of the 2017 Non-Domestic Rates Revaluation

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At the end of 2016 the draft rateable values for the postponed Non-Domestic Rates (NDR) revaluation were released. These new rateable values will take effect from 1 April 2017 and official notices advising owners, tenants and occupiers of premises wi

Thursday, 23 March 2017

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Prenuptial agreements: why they're not just for celebrities and high net worth couples

When a famous couple gets married – or when they get divorced – it is not uncommon for celebrity news sites to refer to the existence of a prenuptial agreement or ‘prenup' as they are often known. However, with record numbers of marriages ending in d...

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The MSHB Traineeship Programme

We'd like to extend a warm welcome to our two new trainees, David Phinn and Katie Cabrey. David, who completed his degree and Diploma at the University of Glasgow, will take up his first seat in Licensing and Katie, who obtained her degree and D...

Penalties for Late LBTT Return Quashed

The Upper Tribunal for Scotland (UT) has quashed penalties imposed by Revenue Scotland (RS) for late filing of Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT), after it found that RS had breached relevant legislation by failing to produce evidence that it ...

Age Verification Update

A recent report by Serve Legal, the ID checking company, raised fears that "Challenge 25" isn't been operated properly by a significant number of on-trade operators. According to their survey, in the course of 668 visits around a third of their agent...

Who gets the family pet following a divorce?

New figures from Direct Line Pet insurance showed that in the past 12 months, over 28,000 divorces in the UK involved a dispute over custody of a pet – that is more than one-quarter of all divorce cases.Disputes over a pet may not be the first thing ...

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