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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 […]
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 […]
Read Dallas McMillan’s blog for Gryffe Advertizer below: Dallas McMillan is a long-established Glasgow City Centre firm of solicitors which provides a high quality and personalised legal service to individuals and businesses across Scotland. Our services include House Purchase and Sale, Estate Agency, No-win No-fee Personal Injury Claims, Succession Planning and Executries. We also regularly […]
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. This belief is however misguided. Consider commercial carparks on private land: Owners of these carparks have for decades charged drivers for parking in their carparks. It is a matter of contract: The display signs make a […]
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. As you will, I suspect, continue to have ongoing holiday pay issues ‘in the field’ (both in the Ucatt -construction- sector and elsewhere) and as this Flowers decision was […]
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:- Due to strict Employment Tribunal time limits, any worker suspecting underpayment of wages whilst on holiday should seek urgent legal advice.
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. Property sales were up by £80 million; 2.3 per cent above last year, […]
Recent analysis from Sustrans Scotland discovered that children in the 20 per cent most deprived areas are more than three times as likely to be involved in a road traffic accident when travelling on foot or by bike than those in the 20 per cent least deprived areas in Scotland. Though it is well-established that […]
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 […]
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. At a September 2012 rehearsal of the Wagner opera, Die Walkure, Mr Goldscheider had been seated directly in front of the brass section […]
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.
With the introduction of Qualified One-Way Costs Shifting (QOCS) in Scottish Personal Injury claims, injured individuals will have the right to lawfully pursue their claim for damages without the threat of incurring considerable costs from the other side if their claim is unsuccessful. In doing this, the Scottish legal system comes into line with the […]
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. The tenant wrote […]
2019 sees Dallas McMillan fundraising for two charities, The Good Morning Service and The Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity. On Sunday 28th April two Dallas McMillan teams took part in the Kiltwalk with one team taking part in The Big Stroll and the other team taking part in The Wee Wander. Thanks to the generosity […]
During 2018, there were 34,519 first-time buyers in Scotland; a rise of 56 per cent from the 22,100 recorded ten years ago, according to recent research. Up from 37 per cent in 2008, first-time buyers now make up 50 per cent of all house purchases with a mortgage in Scotland, the Bank of Scotland data […]
For those who follow the blogs of myself and my colleagues at Dallas McMillan, you will be aware that back in 2017 a new Inheritance Tax Nil Rate Band, called the Residential Nil Rate Band (RNRB), was introduced to offset against the Inheritance Tax (IHT) bill being incurred by a rising number of estates on […]
Dallas McMillan are delighted to announce the launch of their revolutionary new App – Dallas McMillan RTA Assistance. We have developed the App to provide immediate assistance for all road users involved in road traffic accidents. Whether you are a commercial driver, a private driver, a cyclist, a pedestrian or even a passenger involved in […]
In the recent case of Mannas v Chief Constable of the Police Service for Scotland [2018] CSOH 126, the Court of Session required to consider whether a delay of 13 years in progressing the action constituted unfairness and whether the case should be dismissed as a result. The case concerned a road traffic collision which […]
What is Constructive Dismissal? An employee is entitled to pursue a claim for constructive dismissal if they resign from their employment as a direct result of a fundamental breach of contract by their employer. Such a breach of contract can occur in two main ways. The first is a one off, fundamental and substantive breach. […]