Blogs & opinions
Living with counterpart signing
Some practical points for landlords and agents to bear in mind
Now landlords must carry out electrical checks
Ministers issue guidance on new requirements
Repairing standard now covers CO alarms
All rented properties with fixed combustion appliance now need an alarm
Bankruptcy Act alters the enforcement landscape
Two changes of note in the 2014 Act
Tribunal reform gearing up
Preparations underway for new two-tier system
Acas helps the recruitment process
New guide comes with examples – but beware right to work
EAT reviews capability dismissal procedures
Two cases focus on questions considered by employer
Auto-enrolment compliance action having an effect
Notices and fixed penalties prompt employer action
ET fee remission claim form simplified
No separate form to be produced for Scotland
Zero hours exclusivity regulations published in draft
BIS also offers guidance on when zero hours contracts appropriate
Aiming high
The Society is right to aim at being a world class professional organisation – but what does it take?
A Street Law lesson for Street Lawyers
Laura Gulliver tells us more about the latest training for law students joining the Law Society’s Street Law scheme
Letter: inaccuracies in the register
Are Registers of Scotland staff making more mistakes on title sheets? How big is the problem?
Letter: when you can't say no?
Cases can arise that it is difficult ethically to turn down
Under the public gaze
Time for a review of how to uphold the public interest in cases such as Hales/Thomson
“Discernible benefit” test inappropriate in contact decision
Inner House puts weight on keeping father-daughter relationship
Conduct of farm business did not determine farm ownership
Wife fails with property claim but wins periodical allowance
Mediation protection held not relevant to child abduction
Acquiescence established in children being brought to UK
Children “in transit” still habitually resident in Scotland
Court retained jurisdiction to make s 11 order
Registers asks for views on Keeper-induced registration
12-week consultation on further aid to completing Land Register
Spectre of rent control in private residential sector
Bill provision for ministers to limit increases in “hot spots”
LBTT rates under scrutiny at Holyrood
Finance Committee considering effect on property market
No 2010 Act protection for corporate homeowner
Sheriff rules additional requirements for repossession do not apply
Letting agents' statutory code of conduct revealed
Draft code on standards of practice out for views