Jan 23, 2014 | Bullet Point Update
Last month saw the publication of a new book for lawyers entitled Drafting Trusts and Will Trusts in Scotland: A Modern Approach (published by W Green, Edinburgh). This was co-authored by William Grant, one of our Consultants here, and James Kessler QC, a leading...
Dec 15, 2013 | Bullet Point Update
Christmas is hailed as a family time. Advertisers are tuned into this. In its Christmas advertising campaign this year Tesco aimed at portraying the reality of Christmas for families, rather than a “perfect airbrushed one”. It focused on one family, using cinefilm and...
Nov 25, 2013 | Bullet Point Update
Charities in Scotland are regulated by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator – known as “OSCR” for short. OSCR was a body created by the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (“the 2005 Act”). So it is relatively new. One of OSCR’s...
Oct 10, 2013 | Bullet Point Update
Landlords – take care! & Tenants – know your rights! Tenancy Deposit Scheme Regulations have teeth The Court Department here has recently acted on behalf of a tenant in a case where the landlord had not complied with their duties under the Tenancy Deposit Scheme...
Sep 25, 2013 | Bullet Point Update
The Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 makes provision for the issue of “personal licences” to individuals so that they are permitted to supervise or authorise the sale of alcohol. The 2013 Regulations make new provision about the training that has to be undertaken by...
Sep 10, 2013 | Bullet Point Update
Most private sector residential tenancies these days are either “short assured” tenancies or “assured” tenancies”. This Note concerns (only) such tenancies. Sometimes these days one can feel in a permanent state of “information-overload”. New Regulations – The...
