Retirement
A recent case in the High Court in England has confirmed that the UK default retirement age of 65 is lawful. Under the current legislation, an employer can force an employee to retire at 65 even if the employee does not wish to.
Optimise Your Pensions
Optimise your Pensions Concerned about retirement? Fed up at having seen the value of your pension funds plummet over the last 2 years? Or simply disillusioned with anything financial?
Social Committee 2009
SOCIAL COMMITTEE 2009 From left to right in the picture is Louise Sutherland, Joanne Finn, Steven Gauld, Eleanor Smith and Vivienne Bruce
New Partner in the Firm
We are delighted to announce that Miss Anne-Maryse Churchill has been assumed as a partner in the firm with effect from 1st November 2009.
PROPERTY REVIEW 2009 and OUTLOOK FOR 2010
The last year has been one of dramatic change in both the local and national housing market. At the end of 2008 a significant number of mortgage products were removed from the market as bank liquidity became a major issue. Lending was significantly reduced and, combined with the onset of an economic recession, both prices […]
IRRESPONSIBLE DRINKS PROMOTIONS
The introduction of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 on the 1 October 2009 heralded a new dawn for liquor licensing in Scotland. One part of the Act that has not yet attracted much publicity, but will most certainly in the future, is the ban on irresponsible drinks promotions.
THE LIFE OF A TRAINEE SOLICITOR
I remember very clearly my first day at Collie’s: waking up feeling terrified and excited, arriving half an hour too early then spending all day trying to memorise names and faces. It took me at least a week to figure out where all the staircases led to, and how to get back to my office […]
Cohabitation and Separation
The law in relation to cohabitation and separation changed in May 2006. “Cohabitant” is described in the legislation as either a man and a woman who have lived together as if they were husband and wife or two persons of the same sex who have lived together as if they were civil partners.
New Year at James & George Collie
James & George Collie are pleased to announce the appointment of Brian Sutton as a partner in the firm.
E-mail Communication
Legal Firms in general have a reputation for living in the dark ages – certainly in some cases we still require to deal with Title Deeds which are hundreds of years old. At James and George Collie we do, however, try to look to the future. A Firm of our size generates huge amounts of […]