A new assisted purchase scheme to help first-time buyers has been launched by the Scottish Government.  It is called the First Home Fund and is designed to help first-time buyers get on to the property ladder.  It is a shared equity scheme and provides up to £25,000 towards the purchase price of new builds or existing homes.  Available to first-time buyers only, it runs up to March 2021 alongside other shared equity schemes.  It does not replace the current Help To Buy Scheme which will run until March 2021.   

Dallas McMillan Solicitors are delighted to announce two promotions effective as of 1st December 2019.

Dallas McMillan held a charity race night at Glasgow’s Òran Mór on Thursday 5th September which raised more than £17,500 for Glasgow charities.

Dallas McMillan are delighted to have written an article featuring on the Scottish Legal News site, discussing their services for the Polish community.

Can innocent victims of disasters such as the recent Glasgow Bin Lorry and Clutha Helicopter tragedies claim compensation (from the negligent party causing the disaster) for psychological injuries caused by involvement in such tragedies?

There are various types of loss for which an accident victim can claim compensation, including:-

Dismissal from employment will normally be carried out by the employer. However, can an employee potentially treat the actions of an employer as amounting to a dismissal, resign and claim unfair dismissal?

It is crucial that you seek legal advice as soon as you decide you sell your home. In addition to instructing a Solicitor, you will also have to instruct an Estate Agent to market your property. To ensure the sale proceeds as smoothly and as efficiently as possible, it is sensible to instruct a Solicitor whose firm also has an Estate Agency practice. There are several key advantages to you in doing so:

We have been asked to explain what members of the public should do if they are unfortunately injured in an accident. There are three common types of accident that result in people making claims for compensation – road traffic accidents, accidents at work and slipping or tripping accidents. In each case there are three things you can do to maximise your chances of successfully recovering compensation.

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A Power of Attorney (“PoA”) is a formal document in which you give authority to someone such as a family member or close friend to make decisions for you (typically financial matters and ‘welfare’ matters such as medical treatment and long-term care during your lifetime), if you become incapable of looking after your own affairs.

There is a common belief that owners of private land cannot charge the public for parking on their property.

Flowers v East of England Ambulance Trust is a recent English Court of Appeal case, concerning voluntary overtime and holiday pay and how this affects ambulance crews.

There has been much litigation in recent years regarding what pay is properly payable by employers to their workers when on holiday.  The current position is:-

Following a surge of sale transactions in the northeast and East Lothian, the Scottish housing market had collective sales of £3.4 billion during January-March 2019; the highest figure recorded since the credit crunch in 2008, according to Aberdein Considine’s Property Monitor report.

According to the latest data from the Landbay rental index, Scotland recorded the highest annual rental growth across the UK at 1.78 per cent of the yer to end April 2019, and the best monthly increase of 0.15 per cent to £750. This compares with the national average, which grew just 0.96 per cent in the year, and 0.07 per cent month on month to £1,218.

In a recent landmark case, the Court of Appeal unanimously held that the Royal Opera House (ROH) Covent Garden failed to take reasonable steps to prevent injury to viola player, Christopher Goldscheider. 

Dallas McMillan Senior Partner, Forbes Leslie, along with Partners Gordon Bell, Terence Doherty and David McElroy feature in The Herald to discuss the firm's future and growth. Read the article here.

In the case of Gateway Assets Limited v CV Panels Limited, a letter was sent by the tenant to exercise a break option. The lease commenced on 3rd December 2012 and under the terms of the lease, the tenant was entitled to terminate on the fifth anniversary, upon giving 6 months’ notice.

2019 sees Dallas McMillan fundraising for two charities, The Good Morning Service and The Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity.