Legal News

20 June 2016James & George Collie
      The Succession (Scotland) Act 2016 was enacted earlier this year and when it comes into force it will introduce not only…

20 June 2016James & George Collie
With the Brexit debate dominating our news headlines for the past few months, you would be forgiven for thinking that this is the most important…

19 April 2016James & George Collie
The Assessment of Energy Performance of Non-Domestic Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2016 are due to come into force on 1st September 2016 and will mean that…

19 April 2016James & George Collie
What? Happy New Year? But that was months ago, even Easter has come and gone. Indeed, but 6th April is the start of the new…

19 April 2016James & George Collie
Adopting a child in Scotland is a formal legal process, whereby all the rights and responsibilities relating to a child are transferred to the adoptive…

19 April 2016James & George Collie
So here we are again!  Recession has hit the North-East once more as well as the global market due to the fall in oil…

02 February 2016James & George Collie
The Scottish Finance Secretary, John Swinney, announced in December, 2015, the introduction of a new 3% charge payable on the purchase of second homes in…

02 February 2016James & George Collie
  Have you recently, or are you about to, become a director of a Company? If so, you should expect to receive a letter…

02 February 2016James & George Collie
Buying property at public auction or “roup”, to use the Scottish term, was commonplace in Scotland many years ago. However, although auctions have always taken…