Insight Hub

• 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.

• 4 October 2021
• | Caterina Capaldi

Secret Wills – Does your will get the Royal Treatment?

The High Court has ruled that the will of the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh shall remain a secret for 90 years. It was decided that it was both undesirable and inappropriate for the will to be open to public inspection. However, we do not all get the royal treatment and this recent decision leads to questions surrounding the privacy of our wills. Have you considered what happens to your will after death and who is able to see it?

• 30 September 2021
• | Tom Docherty

Finding a route out of the HGV driver crisis

The shortage in commercial goods drivers across the UK is now in plain sight; with empty shelves in the shops and closed petrol stations. How have we got into this mess and what can done about it – will there be a route out of the crisis any time soon?