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If you have been injured as a result of an accident, you should get advice about whether you can claim compensation for the losses you have suffered. The law relating to accidents – whether at work, on the roads, or elsewhere – can be complex. This is highlighted by the fact that the Law Society …
Imagine returning a library book 50 years late. Paisley Central Library received a letter enclosing the borrowed book and payment of £20 as a contribution towards the fine. The letter was anonymous but the honesty of the person was impressive. They could simply not have bothered to return it. No one would have known. The …
You need a Guardianship where an adult has become legally incapacitated and they did not have a continuing Power of Attorney in place. Here’s one way to go about finding an appropriate solicitor to help you apply for appointment as guardian to another. Typically, this will be where the incapacitated person is a close relative, …
We are delighted to welcome Richard Miller as a partner/member of Grigor & Young LLP from 01 April 2021. With Janet Taylor’s retiral from the partnership with effect from 04 March 2021, that means the partners are now (in alphabetical order) Peter Brash, Ann Cruickshank, Richard Miller, Greg Robertson and Donna Skelly. Richard has worked …
Trusts have a broad range of applications to modern families. Before we look at what a trust actually is, in broad terms, trusts may have practical relevance for you where you have a need: to protect vulnerable persons; to protect assets; to plan how the succession to your estate following your death can best be …
You know a bird squawks if it makes a loud, harsh noise. As in, ‘the squawking of the flock of geese overhead was deafening’. You might know that a quark is a type of elementary particle and a fundamental constituent of matter. Quark is also a fresh dairy product a bit like yoghurt. But have …
(NOTE: This article applies to Scotland only; it does not, for example, apply to England and Wales. We are solicitors in Forres and Elgin, Moray.) For a Scottish power of attorney to be capable of being operated by the attorney or attorneys on behalf of the adult who has granted the power of attorney, the …
No one wants to be described as “Britain’s unluckiest Olympian”. Imagine being a world-record holder and triple world champion. Then imagine taking part in 2 consecutive Olympics (3 events each time), getting disqualified in 5 events and crashing out of the sixth. That’s what happened to Scottish short-track speed skater, Elise Christie, from Livingston over …
