Articles

• 30 Sep 2011
  Update - Damages in fatal disease claims
  Lord Docherty’s decision in Wolff & Others v John Mould (Kilmarnock) Limited & Weir Construction Limited has now been issued
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• 28 Sep 2011
  Are You A Committee Member – Are You Personally Liable?
  A recent court case caught Iain Meiklejohn's eye regarding the liability of committee members of unincorporated associations
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• 28 Sep 2011
  Bribery Act 2010 – have you thought about your third party contractors?
  Morton Fraser's John Lunn explores third party contractors and the Bribery Act 2010
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• 28 Sep 2011
  Is Your Investment Conscience “Clear”?
  Have you ever considered the impact your investment portfolio is having on wider social, political and environmental issues?
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• 28 Sep 2011
  Mobile app development: key contract issues
  Morton Fraser's Sam Price discusses Mobile App contract issues.
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• 28 Sep 2011
  Protecting customer details online: lessons from Lush
  High profile recent examples of companies losing customers’ personal details, such as the hacking of the Sony Playstation Network which is estimated to have cost Sony £105 million, have illustrated the financial and reputational risks of such incidents.
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• 27 Sep 2011
  Are your side letters worth the paper they are written on?
  A side letter can be a useful tool in commercial transactions for a range of purposes: from providing non legally binding reassurance; to documenting last minute contractual amendments or supplemental terms without redrafting the parties’ main agreement.
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• 27 Sep 2011
  References – Legal Issues
  The issue of references is one which I am asked to advise on from time to time as, understandably, employers are concerned regarding possible comeback if, in particular, a negative reference is provided
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• 14 Sep 2011
  International Adoption
  Last week’s two-parter on the BBC on international adoption, featuring previous Apprentice candidate Saira Khan, went some way to dispel the myths regarding adopting abroad caused by high-profile celebrity adoptive parents.
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• 1 Sep 2011
  Employment Tribunal Award Statistics 2010 - 2011
  Every year the Tribunals Service publishes statistics on the number and nature of claims which have been raised over the course of the preceding twelve months.
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