New year, new home? A first-time buyer's guide
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3w ago
Purchasing your first home is an exciting milestone, but one that can often appear intimidating and confusing at the outset if you are unfamiliar with the Scottish property market and conveyancing process. If you are entering the new year with plans of ramping up your property search and securing your first home, our handy and simplified guide should help to ensure you are clued-up and ready to go when the time comes ..read more
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‘Smash and grab’ and ‘true value’ in the same adjudication?
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1M ago
One of the features of the contentious construction world is that only one crystallised dispute can be referred to adjudication at any one time. While that is easily stated, what it is the subject of a large and complex body of case law from the courts. Against that background, we discuss one of the first court decisions of 2024, Bellway Homes Ltd v Surgo Construction Ltd ..read more
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The Pensions Regulator publishes ‘The Single Code of Practice’
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2M ago
On 10 January 2024, The Pensions Regulator introduced a new single code of practice for consideration by Parliament, with an anticipated implementation date of 27 March 2024 ..read more
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New year, new home? A first-time buyer's guide
MacRoberts LLP
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2M ago
Purchasing your first home is an exciting milestone, but one that can often appear intimidating and confusing at the outset if you are unfamiliar with the Scottish property market and conveyancing process. If you are entering the new year with plans of ramping up your property search and securing your first home, our handy and simplified guide should help to ensure you are clued-up and ready to go when the time comes ..read more
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CICV research indicates continuing payment problems in the Scottish construction sector
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3M ago
Earlier this month, the Construction Industry Combined Voice (CICV) published the results of very recent research into payment practices in Scotland ..read more
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ICO warns companies in relation to cookie use
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4M ago
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has written to companies operating some of the UK’s most visited websites regarding their use of cookies. The ICO is concerned that these companies are not following its guidance on website design and are not providing users with adequate choice as to whether their activities are tracked for personalised marketing ..read more
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Please confirm receipt: The case of Cabot Financial (UK) Limited v Bell
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4M ago
The question of whether proof of sending by post is proof of delivery was the issue before the Inner House (appeal court) of the Court of Session in the recent case of Cabot Financial UK Ltd v Bell [2023] CSIH 43 in relation to the Simple Procedure Rules (claims up to £5,000 ..read more
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New National Living and Minimum Wage levels confirmed for 2024
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4M ago
Below, we discuss the new national living and minimum wage levels that have been confirmed for 2024.  ..read more
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Important results of recent research into adjudication published
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4M ago
At the Annual Conference of the Adjudication Society held yesterday (30 November 2023), the Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution at King's College London made public the results of the most recent research conducted by it into trends in adjudication ..read more
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Hallucinations in the Legal Landscape: 2023 Word of the Year Edition
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4M ago
In a world where language evolves alongside technology, the Cambridge Dictionary's choice for Word of the Year often reflects the zeitgeist of the times. This year, the Dictionary pronounced "hallucinate" as the Word of the Year, a term that resonates deeply in the context of the legal landscape transformed by artificial intelligence ..read more
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