Motorcycle Law

5/20/2019

Dumfries and Galloway has some of most spectacular roads in Scotland, popular with both motorcyclists and the growing number of recreational cyclists. Compared to other regions across Scotland, our road traffic casualty statistics are relatively low but with 314 reported casualties in 2017 including 14 fatalities, we recognise the need to further service our local community and have had positive experiences working with specialist firm, Road Traffic Accident Law (Scotland) LLP (RTALS).... read more

Dilapidations in Commercial Leases

5/20/2019

Beware! Dilapidations, the hidden expense in a commercial lease When a tenant enters into a commercial lease, the last thing they it think about is the cost of dilapidations when the lease comes to an end. It is very important that the condition of the premises is carefully considered at the outset and how the wording of the lease treats this as these aspects can have considerable financial implications on termination of the lease.... read more

Seperation & Divorce

5/20/2019

Getting married might seem pretty straight forward. Not so the situation where couples decide to separate or divorce. This can be a very difficult time and can be fraught with hurt or anger and these must be held in check when trying to resolve issues between the parties. Whist is it very difficult to remove the emotion from the situation, perhaps one of the most sensible things to do is to consider putting a Minute of Agreement into place. A Minute of Agreement will set down clearly that is to happen in the future and will deal with the practical things such as the what should happen with the children, money, assets and debts.... read more

Alterations to property give rise to Council Tax increase for new owners...

5/13/2019

Most people don’t know that Regional Assessors monitor the Building Control Register. They do that to find out what alterations requiring a Building Warrant have been carried out to which property. They will then decide whether the alterations give rise to an increase in the value of the property which, in turn, causes an increase in Council Tax when it’s sold.... read more

Baa Baa Black Sheep, have you any rights?

9/27/2018

How the law in Scotland can allow unwanted beneficiaries the chance to receive an inheritance.... read more