Insight Hub

• 14 June 2021
• | Victoria Simpson
• | Gillian Harkness-McKinlay

Top ten health and safety tips for charities returning to work

Charity trustees and senior managers will benefit from refreshing their understanding of their health and safety duties in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. In this article, we detail what you need to know about these complex regulations and share some of the practical questions that third sector leaders should consider as workplaces begin to reopen.

• Date: 10 June 2021

Online CPD – Brexit: implications for business, trade, employment and immigration

In our latest series of online CPD seminars on 10th June 2021 for our Scottish referrals network, Neil Amner, our Brexit and business resilience group lead, discussed the key updates for the most common types of trade, while Paul Brown, our head of immigration, detailed the main changes to immigration and employment law as a result of Brexit.

• 7 June 2021
• | Martin Whiteford

Be the hero of your own net-zero story

Stories often begin with a moment of unexpected change. We follow the consequences as they ripple out in a pattern of causes and effects. The climate crisis hasn’t been like that.

• 4 June 2021

Anderson Strathern appoints trio of directors

• 4 June 2021

Health and safety challenges – failing to prepare is preparing to fail

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) estimates that the total annual cost of injuries (in farming, forestry and horticulture) to society is approximately £190 million with around two-thirds of that being due to reportable injuries (£130 million), and fatalities accounting for one third (£55 million).

• Date: 26 May 2021

Club HR – Employment law: what you need to know for life beyond lockdown

Our Club HR webinar on 26 May looked at Employment law: what you need to know for life beyond lockdown.

• 7 May 2021
• | John Mitchell

Adapting visitor attractions in the new normal

Hospitality, recreation, retail and local food supply play a major part in farm and estate diversification across Scotland. The ongoing Coronavirus pandemic has significantly disrupted such businesses. 

• 30 April 2021
• | Linsey Barclay-Smith

Relinquishment and Assignation in Agricultural Tenancies

Relinquishment and Assignation (R and A) was introduced by the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (the Act). Now effective, this means that secure agricultural tenants who want to leave farming or retire have the option to offer to relinquish their tenancy to their landlord in exchange for a compensatory payment made by the landlord in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Act.

• 29 April 2021

Anderson Strathern hires Rural partner from Morton Fraser

• 27 April 2021
• | Andrew Brown

The Job Retention Scheme

As the nation continues to respond and deal with the ongoing impact of the Coronavirus, the UK Government has announced in the Spring Budget 2021 that the Job Retention Scheme will be extended to the end of September 2021. In this insight article, we answer some of the key questions from employers and employees alike concerning the Job Retention Scheme and take account of the most recent developments.

• Date: 27 April 2021

Online CPD – Medical Negligence and Personal Injury Trusts

We've relaunched our CPD seminar series for solicitors, where we share insight into a different specialist practice area each quarter. In the first informative session on 27 April 2021, our specialists discussed the main issues to be aware of in Medical Negligence and Personal Injury Trusts

• 16 April 2021
• | Victoria Simpson

Kids Company – lessons for charity trustees

Charity trustees should take great comfort from the recent dismissal of the High Court case against the trustees of Kids Company and the former CEO Camila Batmanghelidjh.