Practice
We must do more
The number of women taking action against their employers for menopause-related discrimination is rising. But are law firms and in-house teams doing enough to support their own employees coping with the 30+ potential symptoms?
Judicial factors, building heat and the National Care Service
From modernisation to concerns surrounding resourcing and the need to mitigate actual and perceived conflicts of interest, the latest Public Policy highlights covers this and more.
Celebrating success
Last month was celebratory with the President. Sheila Webster, attending the first admission ceremony of 2024.
A driving force for safety
Has Scotland’s first self-driving bus brought us closer to having autonomous cars? We explore the latest technology and legal implications.
ARCHIVE: Social media is here to stay…
13 years on and with new platforms in play, plus more flexible working, the need for a social media policy is still just as important.
Private client and family lawyers beware
Important changes to the Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024 are coming on 30 April and the succession specific ones are significant, even if a little ‘tacked on’.
Update - Public Guardian’s fees
Update from the Office of the Public Guardian - Public Guardian’s fees to increase on 1 April 2024
A world of 'not so' pure imagination
The Willy’s Chocolate Experience ‘farce’ made headlines and continues to do so. Is this a classic case for solatium in damages for breach of contract?
Miscarriage of justice has bounded back into public consciousness
The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission share their top tips on how to best assist your clients in obtaining the right result when bringing applications.
Will AI displace or empower legal teams?
With AI beginning to impact the more traditional contract management systems, it is argued that these tools help support and improve efficiencies if only they were adopted.
Harvesting natural capital benefits from land
In recent years considerable attention has been paid to the potential for land in Scotland to generate benefits by utilising and enhancing, rather than diminishing, our natural capital.
ARCHIVE: Law under lockdown
It’s March 2020 and the country begins to shut down, with the profession becoming agile overnight – what impact did it have back then, and how has that shaped the way we work now?
Don’t let scope creep up on you
Scope creep can be a real headache. Lockton share their top tips to help you avoid it or at the very least prevent work becoming substantially more onerous than planned.
Animals, bankruptcy, financial ombudsman, housing and tax
Public Policy Highlights February 2024
Vienna, London, Scotland and Brussels!
After a bit of a rocky start to 2024, it’s back to the usual busy diary for the President.
Will 'AI do a better job than anybody?'
Following the interview in last week’s newsletter with Lord Neuberger, he shared his AI predictions for law and the legal profession in 2024 and beyond.
Two main challenges on the horizon
Head of Customer Legal at Virgin Money highlights that “there is no need for alarm” when it comes to AI and legal technology, as other industries have been using some form of them (not without challenge mind) for decades.
60 seconds with... the chair of the audit committee
The Law Society have interviewed Fiona Larg, lay member of the Council who has shared her experiences of Law Society life to date and why her former career has been a huge benefit in understanding solicitors.
Looking to the future
We speak to the former President of the Supreme Court, the Right Honourable Lord David Neuberger of Abbotsbury, about his recent patronage of the Aberdeen Law Project and the future of law.
SSDT decisions: year in review
According to the latest Annual Report from the Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal, the Tribunal heard and made decisions in 47 cases in the year 2022-2023.
Is a new labour market emerging?
Is a new labour market emerging from the ashes of the Covid-19 pandemic? Keith Carter, Principal of Keith Carter & Associates
(Now) settled for time
The Court of Session’s Inner House has reversed an Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision that settlement agreements cannot be used for potential future claims that parties are unaware of at the time the agreement is entered into.
Abortion, adulthood, agriculture, succession and tax…
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60 seconds with... Jennifer Malcolm
The Law Society of Scotland sat down with in-house counsel for BayWa r.e., Jennifer Malcolm to discuss the challenges and opportunities within the sector