Jul 29, 2014 | Bullet Point Update
“Finders keepers …” is a familiar playground incantation. But like many such incantations it is not wholly accurate. This Note, concerning what is called “abandoned” property, is prompted by a new Code of Practice published this month on “Treasure Trove in...
Jul 16, 2014 | Bullet Point Update
Introduction The Scottish Government published a consultation document this month concerning “anti-social behaviour orders” (“ASBOs”). As the name suggests an ASBO is an order made by a court to stop someone from behaving in an anti-social way. The main source...
Jun 6, 2014 | Bullet Point Update
Introduction and background It is a distinctive feature of Scots law that, on death, a person’s surviving spouse and children have automatic entitlements to a certain cash amount from the deceased’s estate. These entitlements are called “legal rights”. They apply no...
Jun 6, 2014 | Bullet Point Update
This Note touches on particular changes to the IHT rules made in the Finance Act 2013 (“FA 2013”) concerning transfers of property between spouses. (References below to “spouses” include civil partners, and references to “marriage” include a civil partnership.) Before...
Apr 15, 2014 | Bullet Point Update
When adults with incapacity (e.g. dementia) are looked after in a Care Home their freedoms may be curtailed. Under the European Convention on Human Rights everyone has the right to “liberty and security”. So, a specific question arises as to whether an adult’s being...
Mar 7, 2014 | Bullet Point Update
Something was said about high hedges making good neighbours in our BPU for November 2013: http://www.mitchells-roberton.co.uk/bullet-point-updates/november-but-here-there-are-no-cows-or-good-news-for-hedge-trimmers Something more is said about it here because the High...
