Blog Post Blog Post Corruption in West Africa, Journalism and Data Protection 13 February 2015 Lesley Larg Intellectual Property Non-media organisation granted 'special purposes exemption for journalism' by ICO for the first time. In a referral from the UK High Court…
Blog Post Blog Post Facebook Announces New Legacy Contact 13 February 2015 Murray Etherington Private Client As Facebook plans to launch a new 'legacy contact' feature, Private Client partner Murray Etherington looks at posthumous social media…
Blog Post Blog Post The Key to a Happy Marriage 13 February 2015 Sandra Sutherland Family Law With Valentines day just around the corner, Family Law Partner Sandra Sutherland looks at the key to a happy marriage and some of the…
Blog Post Blog Post Varying employment contracts without employee consent 13 February 2015 Amy Jones Employment From time to time, employers may have legitimate reasons to want to alter employees’ contracts. Amy Jones, Employment Law specialist looks…
Blog Post Blog Post Are 1984-style two-way TV's coming to get us? 12 February 2015 Kirsty Stewart Intellectual Property, Private Client As technology advances concerns are often raised about user privacy and data protection. Smart TV's with voice command features have become…
Blog Post Blog Post What will 2015 hold for your personal affairs? 29 January 2015 Murray Etherington Private Client Will 2015 be the year of radical change to the law surrounding a deceased’s estate or another year of overlooked recommendations? 2015 has…
Blog Post Blog Post The Importance of Branding 28 January 2015 Loretta Maxfield Intellectual Property Brands are built on many factors, whether it is the visual elements of the brand - the colour, logo, design or the ingredients in products…
Blog Post Blog Post Rihanna v Topshop Same Again 27 January 2015 Liam McMonagle Intellectual Property Rihanna's unbeaten run against Arcadia/ Topshop has continued with the Court of Appeal upholding a decision from 2013 that Topshop's sale…
Blog Post Blog Post New developments on the European trade mark landscape 26 January 2015 Loretta Maxfield Trade Marks The office that deals with trade mark applications in the EU (or 'OHIM') has said that it would be likely to object to any speculative…
Blog Post Blog Post Facebook used in one third of divorce cases 21 January 2015 Family Law A survey of law firms released this week has shown that the social media site, Facebook, is now referred to in one third of divorce cases…
Blog Post Blog Post Children's parties a legal minefield? 21 January 2015 Liam McMonagle Intellectual Property If you organised a party for five year-olds at a ski slope and some didn't turn up, would you invoice the no-shows for a share of the bill…
Blog Post Blog Post I hereby declare that my copyright is attached to all of my Facebook postings....or is it? 16 January 2015 Loretta Maxfield Intellectual Property Intellectual Property Solicitor stresses the importance of knowing exactly what you've signed up for before sharing content on social…
Blog Post Blog Post The Internet of Things: How Private and Safe will it be? 13 January 2015 Liam McMonagle Intellectual Property As technology advances, is data being processed in the correct way, and are we protecting data from misuse? We've seen 2015 already in "…
Blog Post Blog Post Social Media; The damage 140 characters can do continues to be highlighted 12 January 2015 Amy Jones Employment Social media and its alleged ills have again been in the news. Whether it is offensive comments relating to tragedies, critically ill…
Blog Post Blog Post 2015 Brave New World? 8 January 2015 Debbie Fellows Employment As we begin 2015 the media is full of their annual retrospectives and crystal ball gazing for the year ahead, and employment lawyers are no…
Blog Post Blog Post Same-sex Marriage Legalised in Scotland 5 January 2015 Elaine Sym Family Law 31 December 2014 – a day which is historically one of celebration took on a new significance in the wake of the Marriage and Civil…
Blog Post Blog Post January: National Divorce Month? 23 December 2014 Lynne Sturrock Family Law January sees an increase in new clients seeking advice regarding separation and divorce. Solicitor Lynne Sturrock looks at some of the…
Blog Post Blog Post Clare's Law comes to Scotland 11 December 2014 Angela Wipat Family Law Last month, a pilot scheme, known as Clare's Law, was launched in two areas of Scotland. The scheme allows people to find out whether…
Blog Post Blog Post Holiday and Overtime claims 27 November 2014 Debbie Fellows Employment Unite will not be appealing the decision in Bear Scotland v Fulton It has been reported in Workplace Savings and Benefits that Unite will…
Blog Post Blog Post Government Aims to Cut Drink Drive Limit Before Christmas 6 November 2014 Eve McBride Personal Injury I was pleased to read that the Scottish Government aim to lower the drink-drive limit in time for Christmas. Almost 75% of…
Blog Post Blog Post Fall in Number of Workers Fatally Injured 6 November 2014 Stephanie Watson Personal Injury Latest HSE statistics show a fall in the number of works fatally injured in 2013/2014 compared to the five year average. The provisional…