Sep 1, 2022 | Bullet Point Update
If a landlord wants to recover possession of a property let to a private residential tenant but the tenant does not leave voluntarily the landlord has to get an eviction order from the First-Tier Tribunal. In response to the Covid pandemic various rules...
Feb 8, 2021 | Bullet Point Update
The Scottish Charity Regulator (“OSCR”) oversees charities in Scotland. It regularly publishes bulletins on its website. This month’s bulletin included the question: “Does your governing document allow for virtual meetings?” The background to that question is that a...
Jun 16, 2020 | Bullet Point Update
The last three BPUs (March, April and May) have all related to Covid-19. This one does not avoid the topic altogether but it is peripheral rather than the main focus. Last month the Scottish Charity Regulator, the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland and the...
Jun 15, 2020 | Bullet Point Update
The BPU for last month here focused on the fact that the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 made no emergency provisions about the signing of wills during lockdown but explained that the Law Society had stepped in and provided guidance on how to go about this. The...
Apr 30, 2020 | Bullet Point Update
Traditional will-making The traditional notion of making a will usually involves: a meeting at a solicitor’s office to discuss the terms of the will and give instructions; the solicitor then sending out a draft of the will for review; and then another meeting at the...
