Employment Rights Bill set to improve rights of parents impacted by pregnancy loss
The government has announced that, under the new Employment Rights Bill, parents who experience preg...
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Delivering a Dynamic Risk Assessment
This week, Royal Mail have released troubling figures that show their staff were subject to attacks by dogs 2,197 times in the financial year 2024-25. Whilst there were no Scottish locations within th...
Immigration Alert: Welcome change to EU Settlement Scheme residence rules
On 24 June 2025, the UK Government released its Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules. Among the changes due to come into force this summer is a welcome change to absence rules for EU cit...
Redundancy – the dangers of failing to fully consider alternatives
The recent case of Hendry Group v Kennedy provided a helpful warning for employers considering making staff redundant to get the process right. In this case, even though it was accepted that ther...
Webinar
Land & Rural Business Webinar | Protecting Your Farm's Future
The Scottish agricultural sector is facing one of the biggest shifts in legislative and budgetary frameworks in a generation. From proposed changes to the Agricultural and Business Property Reli...
Data Protection Webinar | Risks in the workplace
Morgan O' Neill, Director of Data Protection Services, will discuss common risks and data protection challenges that arise within the workplace.From data breaches to Data Subject Access Requests (DSAR...
Employment Law Webinar | Managing Employee Performance
Debbie Fellows from our specialist employment law team hosts a short webinar and Q&A to discuss managing employee performance.This webinar covered how your organisation can:Identify performance is...
Press Release
Thorntons builds on construction law and commercial real estate expertise.
Leading independent Scottish law firm Thorntons has expanded its market-leading Commercial Real Estate team, with the appointment of two highly experienced experts.Simone Young, who has more than 25 y...
Thorntons celebrates promotions from teams across the business
Recognising the contribution of our people and developing legal talent for the future is key to our success. Our latest round of promotions sees 23 of our colleagues across a range of discipline...
‘Mr Thorntons’ Steps Down as Partner After 41 Years With Leading Legal Firm
One of the country’s largest law firms, Thorntons, has announced its former chair Colin Graham is stepping down as a partner after more than four decades with the Dundee-headquartered business.Mr Grah...