Insight Hub

• 25 November 2021
• | Adèle Nicol

Improving conditions for rural let properties

Holyrood has consistently placed importance on improving the quality of houses (and indeed landlords!) in the private rented sector; for example by introducing requirements for private landlords to register as fit and proper persons to be a landlord; the introduction of the Tenancy Deposit Scheme and, perhaps most importantly, the introduction of the “Repairing Standard” in 2007.

• 25 November 2021
• | Linsey Barclay-Smith

Outcomes from COP26 That Affect Us All

No-one can escape climate change news. Just switch on the radio or television, read a newspaper, or look out the window to see the effect that climate change is having on our planet and, closer to home, our urban and rural spaces and our families. We have to face it and we have to change.

• 19 November 2021
• | Chris Devlin

Scotland 2045 – the NPF4 vision

On 10 November 2021, the Scottish Government published the long-awaited consultation draft of its Fourth National Planning Framework (“NPF4”). The ministerial forward makes it clear that the overall approach is to assist in achieving “net zero sustainable development by 2045”. This is therefore one of the most significant publications in national planning policy terms.

• 17 November 2021
• | Sarah Phillips

Ventilation advice for returning to the workplace

As many of us return to the workplace, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Scottish Government are emphasising the importance of good ventilation to minimise the risk of coronavirus. The guidance specifies planning should be based around appropriate risk assessments and providing a safe working environment.

• 11 November 2021
• | Rohini Shah

Let’s talk mediation

This week, Anderson Strathern is proud to support International Mediation Awareness Week #IMAW. IMAW is week of conferences with keynote speakers that aim to bring greater awareness to mediation as an alternative form of dispute resolution.

• 9 November 2021

Mediators keeping it cool at COP26

Further to being the second week of COP26, 8th – 14th November is also International Mediation Awareness Week, and events across the world are taking place in an effort to raise awareness of the power of mediation to resolve conflict.

• 2 November 2021

Anderson Strathern appoints Willie Shannon in Shetland

• 20 October 2021
• | Stuart Orr

Rural tax – know your property!

You might think the difference between a residential and a non-residential property would be obvious. By its nature, the farmhouse is different from the field and the cottage different from the cowshed.

• 18 October 2021
• | Douglas McLachlan

How cyber-secure are you?

In case you missed it, October is Cyber Security Awareness Month. It seems like just about every day brings another news story about an ever increasing list of businesses and other organisations who have fallen victim to a cyber-attack or a data breach, but just who is behind these?

• 15 October 2021
• | Linsey Barclay-Smith

Grand Designs – what makes a rural development plot a dream home?

For many, finding and buying your dream home is a matter of browsing online property pages until the right one comes along and everything falls into place. For others, the opportunity to build from the ground up is far more appealing and that journey usually starts with securing a development plot.

• Date: 28 October 2021

Universities Conference

We held our Universities Conference on 28th October, where you heard from our legal experts Andrew Brown, Paul Brown and Douglas McLachlan on the key employment, immigration and data protection concerns for universities. 

• Date: 30 October 2021

Property services pop up clinic

The Coronavirus pandemic has changed the property requirements of many, both personally and in business. Now that we can meet in person again, we have arranged a free pop up clinic at our Haddington office on Saturday 30th October.