Insight Hub

• 1 June 2022
• | Gillian Harkness-McKinlay

Charity investment duties – cross-border and in Scotland

As a charity lawyer, it is not too often that we have the excitement of litigation, testing the principles of charity law, making it to court. In recent times we have seen some high profile and interesting cases doing just that - in Scotland, the New Lanark Case, whereas south of the border, the Kids Company case and now Butler-Sloss & Ors v The Charity Commission.

• Date: 9 June 2022

Scottish Referrals CPD – Why it’s important to know about mediation as a dispute resolution option?

• 26 May 2022
• | Victoria Simpson

Thinking about updating your charity’s legal structure?

We all know how important it is to keep our charity’s constitution and purposes up to date. Depending on how your charity is constituted however, it may also be appropriate for the trustees to consider taking one step further and asking whether or not the charity also needs to update its legal form.

• 11 May 2022
• | Katrina Lumsdaine

Seven top health and safety tips for teachers and lecturers

When deciding which health and safety policies should be introduced in an educational environment, an employer should carry out a risk management assessment to identify, analyse, review, and monitor risks.

• 10 May 2022
• | Tom Docherty

Basic Horse Box Guidance

One of the many areas of responsibility of the Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency is stated to be “carrying out roadside checks on commercial drivers and vehicles to make sure they follow safety rules and keep their vehicles safe to drive”.

• 9 May 2022
• | Martin Whiteford

Could you make your own clean energy? – Four things to understand

We have declared a climate emergency and net-zero is rarely out of the public conversation. There is renewed hope that we have reached a tipping point in the clean energy revolution.

Our students and school pupils have played a critical role in leading us here. They have generated a sense of urgency and made us all realise that we still have agency, and that action is possible.

• 6 May 2022
• | John Mitchell

Change in the Scottish rural land market and responsible investment in natural capital

A longstanding characteristic of the Scottish rural land market is high demand and low supply. Natural capital investment to tackle climate change has emerged as an additional factor. The factors of growing demand for rural lifestyle property, agricultural business expansion, demand for forestry planting land and charitable and institutional investment remain. The topic draws a broad spectrum of opinion from commentators.

• 4 May 2022
• | Kate Bond

Boundaries and Maintenance: What you need to know

Determining where a boundary lies and who is responsible for maintaining it can sometimes be a tricky issue, particularly in a rural context. While the title deeds may be explicit and you need to look no further, in many cases further investigation will be required.

• Date: 26 May 2022

Club HR – Workplace wellbeing: the commercial advantages and how to attain them

• 25 April 2022

Anderson Strathern announces SAMH as its new charity of the year

• 21 April 2022
• | Robin Turnbull

What’s changed and on the horizon for Employment Law

There have been a few changes in employment law in the last few weeks, as well as planned changes in the pipeline. In case you missed them, this article covers the main ones to be aware of.

• 21 April 2022

Pensions and independent schools

Many independent schools in Scotland are participating employers in schemes such as the Scottish Teachers Superannuation Scheme (STSS) and the Scottish Teachers Pension Scheme 2015 (STPS).