How The Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 will impact AirBnB and short term letting
The Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 was approved and passed as law on 25 July this year. One purpose of this Act was to combat the detrimental…
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An End to Reasonable Chastisement
With physical punishment of children now being unlawful in 52 countries around the world, including the vast majority of those in the…
Alexa – can I stay in Gourock
Amazon faces eviction from its Gourock “fulfilment centre” after having ignored a notice to quit from its landlord, M7 Real Estate…
Free legal seminars for landlords
Thorntons will host business briefings for private landlords in Dundee and St Andrews
With significant changes in recent years to the…
Clock is Ticking on Tenant’s Amnesty for Improvements
Tenants who are considering using the tenant’s amnesty procedure now have just 8 months left to formally notify their landlord about…
How to ‘Conker’ Health and Safety Myths
With the World Conker Championships 2019 taking place in Northamptonshire this Sunday the 13 October, closely followed by the Scottish…
World Cerebal Palsy Day 6 October 2019
Today is World Cerebal Palsy Day. Cerebal Palsy is the most common physical disability in childhood (over 17 million people live with this…
Princess Diaries - a publication too far?
Earlier this week, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex commenced legal proceedings against the Daily Mail for copyright infringement, misuse of…
Business Relief from Inheritance Tax
In policy terms, Business Relief was introduced to reduce the risk of Inheritance Tax charges resulting in the break up of a viable…
Whose gift is it anyway?
David Beckham gave his wife a winery in California for her birthday. Tom Cruise bought his wife a gulf-stream jet.
Whilst we are not…
Community Right to Buy Abandoned or Neglected Land
We have all been there, walking along a street or path, enjoying the sunshine and surroundings until, there it is, that unkempt, neglected…
Succession of Agricultural Tenancies
The importance of succession planning should not be overlooked. Without a suitable strategy in place, the death of a farmer will not…
HSE Releases Quarterly Update on Fatal Injuries
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its latest quarterly update for fatal injuries to workers and members of the public in…
Thomas Cook – A Very Bumpy Landing
What Has Gone Wrong?
On the surface, it is not hard to see what may have gone wrong over the past 8 years since the last restructuring of…
A Will is one of the most important documents anyone can make.
A year after the article ‘The Importance of Having a Will’, following the death of Aretha Franklin and news in the press that she had not…
Angus businesses raise a glass to local beer festival
(LtoR) Graham Taylor (Thorntons) Karri Milne (EQ) Jory Duncan (Carnoustie Distillers) Erin Thomson (Gin Bothy) Stuart Richard (Forfar…
Brexit and Business Continuity: is there such a thing?
When it comes to Brexit, no one seems to know what tomorrow will bring - particularly in the event of no deal scenario. With Boris…
Thorntons continues to strengthen its legal offering as eight Solicitors qualify
Leading Scottish law firm Thorntons is celebrating the appointment of eight newly-qualified solicitors following a two-year traineeship.…
Can we talk about the gender pay gap?
In this post, we consider the gender pay gap, and issues relevant to employers such as the need of many employers to produce gender pay gap…
The Rates: the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage
In this blog, we examine issues related to the National Living Wage (NLW) and how it is different to the National Minimum Wage (NMW). These…
New IR35 Private Sector Rules: What do they mean for those using contractors?
What is IR35?
IR35 (sometimes known as “off-payroll working”) applies where an individual personally provides their services to a client…