Blog Post Blog Post Mark Your Calendars! Land and Buildings Transaction Tax Deadline Day is Looming… 5 February 2021 Lisa Mannion Property The Scottish Government have confirmed within their 2021-2022 Budget, that the current Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) relief for…
Blog Post Blog Post Rules for fire and smoke alarms in Scottish properties change on 1 February 2022 14 January 2021 Lisa Mannion Property Following the Grenfell Fire tragedy in June 2017 which claimed 72 lives, a Ministerial Working Group on Building and Fire Safety was…
Blog Post Blog Post Covid19 Update | Property Landlords Enforcement of Eviction Orders 11 January 2021 Gillian Buchanan Claims & Disputes, Coronavirus | Covid-19, Property In December the Scottish Government banned the enforcement of eviction orders until 22 January 2021 to prevent tenants being put out of…
Blog Post Blog Post Covid19 | Managing Commercial Risk in Construction 25 November 2020 Graham Jackson Coronavirus | Covid-19, Property Covid-19 has had a considerable impact on all of society and in comparison to most of its affects, its impact on the construction industry…
Webinar Webinar Housing & Landlords | Covid19, Where are we now and what next for landlords? 4 November 2020 Gillian Buchanan Claims & Disputes, Property In early April this year various temporary changes to existing landlord and tenant laws were introduced in response COVID19. The…
Blog Post Blog Post Pre-action Requirements in the Private Rented Sector 26 October 2020 Gillian Buchanan Claims & Disputes, Coronavirus | Covid-19, Property The Rent Arrears Pre-action Requirements (Coronavirus)(Scotland) Regulations 2020 came into effect on 30 September 2020. All…
Blog Post Blog Post Discharging Your Mortgage in Scotland 19 August 2020 Graham Taylor Property The early 1990’s saw the start of a property boom in the UK. The number of mortgage products increased, interest rates were favourable…
Webinar Webinar Housing & Landlords | Covid19, what Landlords need to know. 23 July 2020 Gillian Buchanan Claims & Disputes, Property The great uncertainty of the Coronavirus pandemic, and the introduction of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020, has led to many landlords,…
Blog Post Blog Post Reclaiming Additional Dwelling Supplement 26 May 2020 Kenneth Thomson Property The Additional Dwelling Supplement (ADS) is part of the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax regime that applies to the purchase of…
Blog Post Blog Post The Private Rent Sector COVID-19 Loan Scheme for Landlords 11 May 2020 Gillian Buchanan Coronavirus | Covid-19, Property As part of the Scottish Government’s emergency strategy to protect tenants from eviction, a £5 million fund has been created to offer short…
Press Release Press Release Property viewings go virtual 7 May 2020 Property A top property expert has predicted that virtual home viewings will become the new normal even after lockdown has ended. Peter Ryder,…
Blog Post Blog Post Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 - Impact on the private rented sector 7 April 2020 Gillian Buchanan Coronavirus | Covid-19, Property The Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 received Royal Assent on Monday 6 April 2020. The Act makes certain emergency provisions as a…
Blog Post Blog Post Scottish Government Coronavirus Support for Commercial Tenants 2 April 2020 Janet McIntyre Coronavirus | Covid-19, Property Emergency legislation is being put in place in Scotland to prevent the eviction of commercial tenants who are unable to pay their rent…
Blog Post Blog Post Coronavirus: Residential Property Transactions 30 March 2020 Kenneth Thomson Coronavirus | Covid-19, Firm News, Property Thorntons, like all of those other businesses dealing with the sale and purchase of residential property, must at this time be primarily…
Press Release Press Release Associate joins Thorntons Commercial Law team in Dundee 21 November 2019 Property Full service law firm Thorntons has appointed Gemma Hardie as an Associate in Commercial Property based in Dundee and St Andrews. Gemma…
Blog Post Blog Post How The Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 will impact AirBnB and short term letting 23 October 2019 Nicola McCafferty Property 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…
Blog Post Blog Post Alexa – can I stay in Gourock 17 October 2019 Aimee Gibbons Corporate & Commercial, Property Amazon faces eviction from its Gourock “fulfilment centre” after having ignored a notice to quit from its landlord, M7 Real Estate…
Blog Post Blog Post Is tourism really everyone’s business? 22 March 2019 Aimee Gibbons Corporate & Commercial, Property Tourism is a key contributor to Scotland’s economy and if statistics are to be believed, we now have more tourists visiting our Country…
Blog Post Blog Post What does the Non Domestic Rates (Scotland) Bill mean for you? 15 March 2019 Corporate & Commercial, Property The Scottish Government is planning to introduce the Non Domestic Rates (Scotland) Bill to the Scottish parliament in the coming weeks, and…
Blog Post Blog Post To AirBnB or not to AirBnB? 6 February 2019 Nicola McCafferty Property An amendment to regulate short-term letting has been made to the Scottish Government’s Planning (Scotland) Bill. If it becomes law, the…
Blog Post Blog Post New budget proposal impacts on homeowners 14 December 2018 Kenneth Thomson Property In the latest Budget proposals the Scottish Government included a proposal to raise the additional dwelling supplement (ADS) rate from 3%…