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Blog
27 June 2025
Occasionally it feels like I am looking at a cryptic crossword clue when deciphering an opinion. Such was my apprehension when I first sat down in a cosy armchair to read Lady Haldane’s recent opinion...
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26 June 2025
The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) has announced significant changes to the way Scottish charities must report and publish trustee information. These changes are designed to increase transparency and improve regulatory oversight, but...
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26 June 2025
In the late 20th century, tens of thousands of people receiving NHS treatment for conditions such as haemophilia or undergoing blood transfusions were unknowingly infected with contaminated blood products. These products carried harmful viruses, including...
Blog
25 June 2025
The Data (Use and Access) Act has had a chequered past. Its origins lie in the previous government’s attempts to revise data protection legislation following Brexit which never quite made it over the line and...
Blog
24 June 2025
As more men and women choose to remain in the workplace after starting a family, and as the very definition of family life continues to evolve, it is more crucial than ever that employers’ policies...
Blog
23 June 2025
It will not come as news to many that council tax rates across Scotland increased for the 2025/26 period, in some areas by as much as 15.6%. What may be new information to many however,...
Blog
20 June 2025
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigations can be disruptive, high-stakes events for insured organisations – particularly where a serious incident has occurred, or where criminal enforcement is likely. For insurers, these situations present not only...
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19 June 2025
In Midas Construction Limited (In Liquidation) v Harmsworth Pension Funds Trustees Limited EWHC 1122 (TCC), Martin Bowdery K.C. gave helpful guidance regarding the security which should be provided in disputes with insolvent contractors. Background Midas Construction...
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16 June 2025
Thank you to all of our guests for joining us at our summer drinks party on Wednesday 11 June 2025. 
Rooftops in the National Museum of Scotland provided a beautiful setting with spectacular 360°...
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13 June 2025
Since the coming into force of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, and more recently under the Equality Act 2010, employers have owed a duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled employees. Such adjustments can range...
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10 June 2025
Makin v Protec & QBE EWHC 895 (KB); Burnett v International Insurance Company of Hanover Ltd UKSC 12 Two cases, both alike in dignity. But with very different results. And all a matter of interpretation....
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3 June 2025
The Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Act 2024, which received Royal Assent on 15 July 2024, introduces significant reforms to Scotland’s debt and insolvency landscape. Scheduled to come into force on 25 June 2025, these changes...
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