I have always understood that if a driver bumps into the car in front, the driver of the rear vehicle is 100% at fault. However, a recent Scottish case heard in the All-Scotland Personal Injury Court, has turned this general assumption on its head. The case is Leslie...
The Bank of Mum and Dad is now a well coined phrase. According to an article in the Telegraph on 28 August 2018 on average parents spend around £18,000 supporting children, helping them get on the property ladder, buying a new car, clearing off a debt or helping with...
The Government has published the statutory rates for maternity pay, paternity pay, shared parental pay, adoption pay and sick pay from April 2019. The weekly rate of statutory maternity pay at the moment is £145.18 or 90% of the employee’s average weekly earnings if...
I am a keen skier if not the best. There are spectacular ski resorts in Europe ranging from the French resort La Plagne- Tarentaise, to St Anton am Arlberg in Austria and Madonna di Campiglio in Italy. I along with thousands of other holidaymakers from the UK hope to...
The two largest cities in Scotland have both seen an average price growth of at least 9% in 2018- more than double the UK average according to recent data from HouseSimple. Property prices in Glasgow have increased by 9.1% from £126,016, at the start of the year to...
At Mitchells Roberton we have a strong debt recovery team. Keeping on top of your business’ finances is essential to a successful business. Cash flow is important and can be made difficult when you have slow payers, those who only pay up when faced with no alternative...
