Feb 28, 2019 | Bullet Point Update
This month the Scottish Government issued a(nother) consultation on the law of succession. Among other things it includes a section which suggests reforms to cohabitants’ succession rights. To give some context to that particular aspect of the matter it is worth...
Feb 7, 2019 | Bullet Point Update
The High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013 (“the Act”) came into effect in April 2014. It gave local authorities the power to act as adjudicators in disputes between neighbours about high hedges. Before the Act there was no legislative scheme to resolve disputes between...
Nov 16, 2018 | Bullet Point Update
The Prescription (Scotland) Bill was passed by the Scottish Parliament on 8th November (by 111 votes with none against and no abstentions). Although the law of “prescription” has existed in Scotland for many years the Bill makes various important adjustments to the...
Nov 6, 2018 | Bullet Point Update
The Chancellor’s Autumn Budget has had its fair share of attention and summaries of its contents are readily available on the internet. The aim of this update is not to give an overview of the Budget but to focus on particular changes of detail affecting the relief...
Sep 30, 2018 | Bullet Point Update
The January Bullet Point Update touched on the new Code of Practice for Letting Agents http://www.mitchells-roberton.co.uk/bullet-point-update/january-2018-letting-agents-code/ which anyone who falls within the definition of “letting agent” is required to follow. This...
Aug 7, 2018 | Bullet Point Update
Proposed “opt-out” system for organ donation In June the Human Tissue (Authorisation)(Scotland) Bill was introduced to the Scottish Parliament. The main purpose of the Bill is to introduce a soft “opt-out” system of organ donation for the purposes of transplantation....
