We are pleased to announce the opening of our new Hamilton office as part of the ongoing growth of the firm. The office is based in the Brandon House Business Centre next to the bus station in Hamilton. The new new office allows us to offer appointments to clients in the centre of Hamilton which […]
Read more →A recent decision accepted a mother had shown a “flagrant disregard” for the court’s authority for failing to stick to a contact order. But no punishment was issued to the mother. However, the Appeal Court found the decision to issue no punishment upon her was “open” to the sheriff, having regard to the facts and […]
Read more →Scotland risks a drop in the standard of legal representation for people accused of the most serious crimes unless the legal aid system is improved, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested. The Faculty said criminal legal aid was fundamental in a democratic society and allowed the poorest and most vulnerable to be represented by highly […]
Read more →Relationships And The Law Earlier this year, Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, lost their Court of Appeal case, in which they sought the right to be able to enter into a civil partnership, instead of a marriage. The couple reject the traditional notion of marriage and wanted a civil partnership which is currently only available […]
Read more →The Faculty of Advocates has suggested children’s views in Family actions could be obtained in a way that is better suited to ensuring their views can be fairly obtained with minimal upset to the child. The Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) has drafted two forms to tell youngsters that an action has been raised and […]
Read more →‘ The controversial ‘Named Person’ provision of the Children & Young People (Scotland) Act will soon apply to every child under the age of 18, and beyond, if still in school in Scotland by the end of August 2016. In 2003 the Scottish Government introduced the policy of Getting It Right For Every Child. Its […]
Read more →Both parents were British nationals and were in a same sex relationship from 2004 to 2011. In April 2008 the mother gave birth to B, using an unknown sperm donor. Shortly before B’s birth the applicant and the mother bought a house in joint names and lived there with B, who had a loving relationship […]
Read more →The Succession (Scotland) Bill is currently at stage 3 of the parliamentary process and aims to clarify certain elements of the law surrounding succession. The Scottish Law Commission has identified previously in both 1990 and in 2009 that the law of succession is in need of change. The last major changes came in 1964 with […]
Read more →The Office for National Statistics recently published figures relating to the make-up of families across the UK. It highlighted that the number of cohabiting couple families has grown considerably in recent years. The figures from the ONS show that cohabiting couple families grew by 29.7% between 2005 and 2015, to a total of 3.2 million, […]
Read more →Succession law in Scotland is changing. On the 29th of January 2016, the Scottish Parliament passed the Succession (Scotland) Bill in an attempt to modernise the law in this area, marking the beginning of important and widespread reforms. Such developments have been much sought after by the legal profession, with the current law – the […]
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