News & Legal Updates

Blackadders are delighted to announce that Laura McDowall has been accredited as a specialist in Incapacity and Mental Disability Law by the Law Society of Scotland. The accreditation system recognises lawyers with exceptional quality and skill that have developed specialist knowledge during their careers. Laura joins an elite group of solicitors after becoming only the … Continue reading "Laura McDowall accredited as specialist in Incapacity and Mental Disability Law"

Professionals working in the field of Child Law are more than likely to have heard of the expression “parental alienation”. For some years now this concept, which some classify as a “syndrome”, has been used to describe the steps taken by one parent to isolate, or ‘alienate’, the other parent from the lives of the … Continue reading "Solving the Problem of Being Alienated From Your Kids"

Bear Payne. This is the name the media and fans have been eagerly awaiting on following the much anticipated arrival of Cheryl and Liam Payne’s baby boy in March. I remember agonising over baby name books trying to decide what to name our children and Bear’s arrival brought me back to the time when I … Continue reading "‘Bear’ Necessities – Why New Parents Should Make A Will"