Legal insights & industry updates

Time to strike?

Budget 2021 - National Living Wage set to rise

The challenge of delivering Passivhaus projects using standard form construction contracts

30 new affordable homes for Midlothian

Employment law

Flexible working requests

Commercial Real Estate

Coronavirus: protection from termination of commercial leases in Scotland - update

New support opportunities for Life Sciences and Technology firms in Highlands & Islands

Strategy for mitigating effect of contractor insolvency - Step 3: get the right bond in place

Employment law

Mandatory office working and the risk of discrimination

Collateral Warranties - Check Your Policy Before and After you Sign

HMRC recovers £26.5 million in fraudulent furlough claims

SBHA secures new loan facility

Real Living Wage

Employment law

Financial Conduct Authority publish expectations around remote and hybrid working

The music industry's continued recovery out of the pandemic

Green hydrogen plan for Orkney terminal

Harper Macleod advises on fan ownership transactions for St Mirren and Greenock Morton

Is the gender pay gap improving?

Intellectual property & technology

Trade mark or Copyright? Banksy’s intellectual property battles continue

Step 2: ensuring sums paid (promptly!) to the main contractor flow down quickly and undiluted to source

PPP Projects Handback – what can we learn from projects reaching handback?

Sustainability Reporting Standard updated to incorporate changes proposed by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations

UK Infrastructure and Projects Authority publishes updated guidance on the cessation of LIBOR for procuring authorities

Notices have to be better than your best guess!