Holiday and Overtime claims
Unite will not be appealing the decision in Bear Scotland v Fulton
It has been reported in Workplace Savings and Benefits that Unite will…
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Government Aims to Cut Drink Drive Limit Before Christmas
I was pleased to read that the Scottish Government aim to lower the drink-drive limit in time for Christmas. Almost 75% of…
Fall in Number of Workers Fatally Injured
Latest HSE statistics show a fall in the number of works fatally injured in 2013/2014 compared to the five year average.
The provisional…
Holiday Pay Judgement
Following a ruling by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT), which states overtime should be included in holiday pay, Noele McClelland, Head…
Holiday Pay Ruling - The Key Points
Employment Appeal Judgment rules in favour of significant change to how “holiday pay” is calculated, but limits past claims considerably…
Dundee's first ever Sports Challenge Event Raises 22,500
THREE charities have been given a share of more than £22,500 which was raised during a sold-out Sports Challenge charity dinner, organised…
Scotland's Sheep Farms set to Shine
Scotland’s sheep farms will be given the chance to shine in 2015 when a major new competition is rolled out.
The Scottish Sheep Farm of…
Dundee property market performing well
A Tayside property expert has described the local property market as ‘resilient’ agreeing with the positive results of a survey released by…
Changes coming to employment law
On 1 October 2014 a number of employment law changes will come into force.
National Minimum Wage Increase
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Flexible working extended to all
Prime Minister, David Cameron, recently commented that grandparents who look after their grandchildren could be given parental rights to…
Potential Impact of Obesity case on the Oil & Gas Industry
One of our blogs last month highlighted and commented upon a recent case on obesity being considered by the European Court of…
Dundee Property Market Remains Affordable to Second Steppers
Based on recent sales figures from Thorntons Property Services there has been a supply of three bedroom properties from £85,000 to £160,000…
Land Registration - why owners should take note
Big changes are happening all the time with title deeds and the pace of that change is about to accelerate.
In bygone days the 'title deeds…
Surrogacy Rules come under the Spot Light
This week, news broke of an Australian couple who had paid a Thai lady to act as a surrogate mother for them. Pattharamon Chanbua, age 21,…
Cupar legal firm joins Thorntons
Thorntons and Steel Eldridge Stewart announced plans earlier this year to create one of the largest legal practices in the East of Scotland…
Driverless Cars to Take to The Road
After commenting earlier this week on Sainsbury's high-tech lorries, I was interested to read the news that driverless car trials are…
National Accident Helpline launches Scottish solicitor panel
National Accident Helpline, the UK's most recommended claims company, has announced the creation of a new solicitor panel to enhance the…
Sainsbury's Introduce High-Tech HGV's
I was intrigued to read about the new high-tech lorry that Sainsbury's are introducing in a bid to stop the rising number of cyclists…
Is Obesity A Disability?
Amy Jones from Thorntons Employment Law team considers the latest case on obesity and how it may impact on employers and employees.…
Organisation Reshuffles
The news has been dominated this week by the Prime Minister's reshuffle of the UK Cabinet. The whole process occurred quickly and as…
Agricultural Holdings Interim Report published
The Agricultural Holdings Review Group Interim Report shows its direction of travel after 6 months.
The Review was established by the…