Insight Hub

• Date: 22 May 2025

WorkWise 2025: Essential insights for senior HR professionals

Don't miss WorkWise on May 22, 2025. Discover the latest changes in employment law shaping the future of the workplace from our experts.

• 1 April 2025
• | Sonia Cheema

Financial crime – A brief overview of the differences between Scots law and English law

Financial crime covers a wide range of offences such as fraud, dishonesty, misconduct or misuse of information relating to financial markets, the handling of proceeds of crime and the financing of terrorism.

• 27 March 2025
• | Mark Templeton

Changes of ownership and acquisitions: Is your skilled worker sponsor licence up to date?

Businesses with sponsor licences focus on complying with skilled worker regulations, including meeting skill and salary requirements, conducting right-to-work checks, reporting events to UKVI, and maintaining records.

• 27 March 2025
• | Craig McCracken

The Employment Rights Bill

2025 is already looking likely to be another busy year on the employment law front, with the Government pushing ahead with its plan to overhaul workers’ rights and reshape workplace protections in the UK.

• 27 March 2025
• | Musab Hemsi

Why UK businesses must prioritise inclusion ahead of upcoming legal reforms

Inclusion is now a must for UK businesses, with key legislative changes like the Worker Protection Act 2023, European Accessibility Act 2025, and the Employment Rights Bill.

• 26 March 2025
• | Sonia Cheema

The new ‘failure to prevent fraud offence’ – what you need to know

A new corporate criminal offence called ‘failure to prevent fraud’ comes into force on 1 September 2025 and is set out in section 199 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) 2023.

• 26 March 2025
• | Douglas McLachlan

Is your business ready for AI?

Whether you choose to embrace it or not, we have truly entered the age of artificial intelligence (AI).

• 26 March 2025
• | Tom Docherty

Recent Upper Tribunal Decisions

The Upper Tribunal (UT) is the appeal court from Traffic Commissioner decisions at Public Inquiries and the following are summaries of recent decisions from the UT, which must be taken into account by the Traffic Commissioner.

• 26 March 2025
• | Graham Ronald

Edinburgh Visitor Levy Scheme: an overview

In January this year Councillors formally voted in favour of the introduction of Edinburgh’s Visitor Levy Scheme.

• 12 March 2025

Anderson Strathern signs up as Lawscot Foundation sponsor

• 6 March 2025
• | Chris McDowall

Changes to ‘fire and rehire’ must not be dismissed by employers

Maybe missed among more headline-grabbing elements of the Employment Rights Bill, there could be unintended consequences from this change.

• 5 March 2025
• | Kate Bond

Who owns carbon in Scotland?

The Scottish Government has committed to delivering a net zero society by 2045 – five years earlier than the rest of the UK.