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City of Edinburgh Statutory Notice Concerns
18th July 2013Many people in Edinburgh will have been following the recent news stories about possible corruption in the City Council’s building works department with mounting concern. The accusations concern the way in which the Statutory Notice system operates. To put it simply, if the council notices that a building is in need of repair, it serves … Continue reading "City of Edinburgh Statutory Notice Concerns" -
Blackadders Announce New Partner as Head of Commercial Property
16th July 2013A well-known and experienced lawyer, Emma Gray, has joined Blackadders as partner and head of the firm’s commercial property team. Emma joins the firm having trained and worked for the last 13 years with a pre-eminent Scottish commercial law firm. Dual qualified in Scottish and English law, Emma is an experienced all-round property practitioner with … Continue reading "Blackadders Announce New Partner as Head of Commercial Property" -
Out-of-court settlement – the best way forward?
10th June 2013Anyone who instructs a solicitor about a civil matter should do so knowing that the issue may conclude with a court appearance – and without any guarantee of success. In civil disputes the court is the ultimate arbiter. Yes, courts are costly to operate and to the untrained eye might seem cumbersome and even somewhat … Continue reading "Out-of-court settlement – the best way forward?" -
Focus on Resolution, not Revenge, Keeps Down the Cost of Divorce
1st March 2013Whenever a spouse, particularly a wronged one, reaches the conclusion that their marriage has come to an end, invariably the instinct is to “get a good divorce lawyer”. The intention is to come out of a divorce as financially secure as possible – and, it must be said, to exact some revenge should the split … Continue reading "Focus on Resolution, not Revenge, Keeps Down the Cost of Divorce" -
‘Act of God’ Should Not Be a Summer Get-out Clause
19th July 2012To my fellow learned friends within the Scottish legal profession it is ‘Damnum fatale’ but most members of the general public know it as ‘act of God’. Given some of the consequences of our sustained bout of – even for Scotland – wholly unseasonal weather, this is a term which must have exercised the minds … Continue reading "‘Act of God’ Should Not Be a Summer Get-out Clause"
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