Knowledge

How many of you have read the book ‘Silent Messages’?
How many of you have even heard of it or its author, Professor Albert Mehrabian?
Probably not that many.
By contrast, most of you have probably heard the key thesis of the book, stripped of its nuance and justification.
For the book is the original source of the much quoted ‘fact’ that:

Holders of visa sponsor licences must be constantly mindful of the conditions placed upon them, particularly during a corporate transaction, where getting it wrong can lead to the licence, and with it the ability to sponsor key workers, being revoked.

When buying a rural property, it is important to consider various issues that may be taken for granted in the purchase of a property in an urban area.

Most of us know that it is important to understand our own motivations in any negotiation-type setting, but how many of you are aware of the natural cognitive biases that we are all prone to? And how these biases can influence both your decision-making processes and those of other people with whom you interact?

Hamish Lean discusses the finer details of the Agricultural Holdings Acts as it relates to letting out fields for the use of horses. 

George Frier writes on due diligence, and why having experts involved in the early stages of transactions will add significant value.

Are two adjudications “the same or substantially the same”? A recent decision by the Technology and Construction Court (TCC).

Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) has failed to persuade the Scottish Land Court that crofting rights relating to an area of land adjacent to Stornoway Airport had been extinguished in the 1940s. 

Planning law specialist Ewan MacLeod examines the amended Planning (Scotland) Bill, due to be debated in the Scottish Parliament in the coming months. 

Negotiating is a part of life.
Whether it’s a two year old toddler trying to ‘negotiate’ her way out of eating those vegetables at dinner, a tourist haggling in a bazaar, a salesperson trying to seal the deal or a business executive attending a mediation to resolve a dispute, it permeates every aspect of our lives.
Everyone needs to negotiate for something at some point, be it when asking for a salary raise or trying to clinch a multi-million pound buy-out contract.
But how effective a negotiator are you?

With the peak lambing season almost upon us, farmers across Scotland are calling for greater awareness of the ever-present threat of sheep worrying, and potential changes in the law carrying harsher penalties.

The recording of our latest webinar, the Top 5 adjudication cases of 2018, is now available. 

In the face of looming class actions and an ongoing debate on head injuries and concussions, sports clubs and governing bodies are under pressure to strike a balance between player safety and the viability of grass roots sport.

Read or watch our construction case law update, the Top 5 construction cases of 2018. 

Hamish Lean discusses the process known as ‘prescription’ and what is necessary to establish a public right of way.