Are you a Landlord? Are you registered? Today in our series we are looking at Landlord Registration. Prior to letting out your property, you must be a registered Landlord. You need to apply to the Local Authority where your rental property is situated and pay the appropriate fee for registration. The Local Authority request your name [...]
Guardianship Following on from Tom Macaskill’s recent blog highlighting the importance of having a Will and a Power of Attorney, you might be wondering what happens if someone does not have a Power of Attorney in place and is no longer able to make decisions for themselves? In this situation family members may take the [...]
Are you complying with new legislation? Landlords should be aware of potential fines and repercussions of non-compliance with the rules! The law in relation to residential tenancies has changed significantly in recent years and here are just a few examples:- Landlords need to obtain an Energy Performance Certificate for each property. All Landlords need to be registered with the [...]
Smacking Ban: New legislation imminent Scotland is introducing a ban on smacking, but what’s it all about? New legislation is anticipated following the success of Green MSP John Finnie’s Member’s Bill (Proposed Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill) calling for Scotland to ban the smacking of children in the name of chastisement. The Government have [...]
“Momentous” new Domestic Abuse Bill passed in Scotland MSP’s last week voted 118 to 1 in favour of passing the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill, first brought before the Scottish Parliament by Justice Secretary, Michael Matheson MSP, on 17 March 2017. The Bill, creates a specific criminal offence where a person “engages in a course of behaviour which [...]
Employment Tribunal fees – are you entitled to a refund? Applications for the refund of Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal fees that were paid between 29th July 2013 and 26th July 2017 are currently open. Employment Tribunal fees Prior to a decision of the Supreme Court, claimants, respondents and third party representatives may have paid fees [...]
We’re Moving! We are pleased to announce that our Kirkcaldy office will be relocating on Monday, 22 January 2018. Our move is well underway, as you'll see from our progress pics! Our Kirkcaldy office will be closed from 1:00 pm on Friday, 19 January 2018 and we will re-open at 9:00 am on Tuesday, 23 January 2018, [...]
Family Law/Civil Litigation Assistant Innes Johnston LLP have an exciting opportunity for a Solicitor in their court department. The role will involve advising on all aspects of family law, including child contact and divorce, as well as other areas of civil litigation. Candidates should be motivated, able to work as part of a team and [...]
Tom Macaskill, Member, Innes Johnston LLP We all make New Year’s resolutions most of which we fail to keep and sad to say one of these which I myself make every year is to put an updated Will and Continuing/Welfare Power of Attorney in place unfortunately to no avail so far – the Cobbler’s bairns are indeed the last [...]
Are you a Landlord? Are you aware of the new changes being introduced on the 1st December 2017? A new tenancy is coming into effect! After 1st December no longer will a new tenant sign a Scottish Short Assured Tenancy they will now be signing a Private Residential Tenancy. What does this mean in lay [...]
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