CHAPTER FIVE – THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CONFISCATION This chapter provides a brief outline of the fundamentals of confiscation. The eight questions to be addressed In essence the court, before finalising a confiscation order against a defendant, has to address and resolve eight questions: Does the court have power to make a […]
CHAPTER ONE – PRELIMINARY MATTERS It is a sad fact of life that to deal with the administration of an estate, there has to be a death. If my 17 years or so experience in law has taught me anything, grief will affect people in a variety of ways. Some […]
CHAPTER ONE – INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW The GDPR or the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), […]
CHAPTER TWO – THE FIRST MEETING – FACT FINDING AND INFORMATION GATHERING In all cases, the first meeting is particularly important in establishing a good working relationship between client and solicitor, and in setting the tone for moving forward. However, in farming divorce cases, it can be more difficult than usual […]
CHAPTER THREE – OVERVIEW OF THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL STANDARDS Introduction The independent school standards take concepts of education and human behaviours and anatomise them into artificially separate components, setting standards for each for the purpose of creating accountability measures. Many standards are principle-based to allow schools maximum discretion around how they […]
CHAPTER ONE – INTRODUCTION Many discussions about wills and inheritance should probably start by stating something that may not always appear that obvious: beneficiaries do not have a right to inherit material things; rather inheritance is a windfall. You cannot assume that you will inherit a parent’s skills and abilities – […]
CHAPTER ONE – REMINDER OF BASIC PRINCIPLES What are legal rights? Legal rights is a concept unique to Scots law. It is a form of “forced heirship” that applies in Scotland to prevent testators disinheriting certain parties from their estate and has been described as “a very important check on […]
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