Insight Hub

• 22 December 2023

Anderson Strathern celebrates record-breaking year with over £46m in investment deals

• Date: 30 January 2024

Scottish Referrals Network CPD: Essential private client tips for 2024

Tax planning expert Alasdair Johnstone and Caroline Pringle, specialist in estate planning, covered essential tips for private client practitioners. They discussed upcoming deadlines, planning for the year ahead and what you should be raising with their clients.

• Date: 16 January 2024

Club HR: Employment law update – what’s on the horizon for 2024?

Our experts, Dawn Dickson and Clare McDairmant, discussed the prospective changes to employment law in 2024.

• 24 November 2023
• | Victoria Groom

A Guide to the Community Right to Buy in Scotland

If you hadn’t previously heard of the Community Right to Buy, after STV’s recent series, Payback, it may well be on your radar. It’s a complex topic, so we’ve provided an overview of this right, its evolution, and the steps involved in exercising it.

• Date: 7 December 2023

Building your cyber-security toolkit: trends, threats and response strategy

Anderson Strathern’s Douglas McLachlan and Silver Cloud’s Kevin Robertson explored the steps to prevent and prepare for a cyber attack.

• 2 November 2023
• | Alison Pryde

Holiday lets can still bring tax advantage

Furnished holiday lets – short-term lets - are hitting the headlines right now due to the Scottish Government’s new, tougher licensing scheme which has just come into being. Ministers insist the new regulations are designed to combat unscrupulous owners, while owners say they are being forced out of business.

• 2 November 2023
• | Caroline Pringle

Is the current approach to inheritance tax fair?

It has always been the role of the law to define what is meant by ’fair.’ However, anyone scanning the news or social commentary will be unsurprised to hear that this topic is not without controversy.

• 2 November 2023
• | Gemma Nimmo

Don’t be fooled by common myths around separation and divorce

Family dramas, weddings, divorces and separations are the foundation of countless box-sets, books and films.

Considering most of us know someone who has been through a domestic upheaval, it’s little wonder so much of family law is misunderstood.

• 2 November 2023
• | Linsey Barclay-Smith

New landlord requirements could have big implications for tourism

When the pandemic put the kibosh on international travel, Scottish tourism got a welcome boost.

People who would normally have jetted off to Greece or Spain found themselves exploring the stunning wildernesses of the Highlands and Islands, or the rugged coastlines of the Borders, often for the first time.

• 31 October 2023
• | Jennifer Thom

Diversification and Agricultural Tenancies – proposals for change make environmental impact a factor to be considered

Opening their gates to the public for fruit picking or, more commonly at this time of year, pumpkin picking has become a popular choice of diversification activity for many farmers.

Diversification is the use of land and fixed equipment from an agricultural holding for non-agricultural purposes.

• 30 October 2023
• | Victoria Simpson
• | Gillian Harkness-McKinlay

Trustees’ Week – your quick guide to charity trustee duties

It’s a difficult and tumultuous time in the UK and many organisations will be facing the squeeze, particularly in the third sector. Many charitable organisations will still be dealing with the fallout from the pandemic while also grappling with increased operational costs. Some will also have seen a spike in demand due to the cost-of-living crisis, and the combination has led to strenuous financial pressures.

• 27 October 2023
• | Sheila Tulloch

Wills for Crofters – our six top tips

Making a Will is crucial to ensure your assets are passed on exactly how you wish when you are no longer around. Crofters aren’t exempt from this. In fact, there are multiple factors which mean that it could be argued that a well thought through Will is even more essential for crofters to put in place.