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The Flexible Working Bill will likely see more employees become aware of the right to make flexible working requests and the volume of these requests will increase, Laura Salmond suggests. On 29 July 2023, the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill received Royal Assent. These amendments

BTO Solicitors LLP is sponsoring Helensburgh Art Club's 70th annual exhibition, which begins this weekend. Helensburgh Art Club has the largest membership of any art group in the West of Scotland and currently has a waiting list for future members.

In the case of Kirkwood v Thelem Insurance, 2023, the Inner House of the Court of Session shone a light on the recoverability of English solicitors’ costs for a litigation conducted in Scotland before the Court of Session, write Mark Hastings and Gavin Aitken.

BTO has announced that as part of its “Working with You” initiative for trainees, the firm will be running a webinar to take the legal traineeship ‘experience’ to law students virtually.

Practitioners and medical professionals alike will be interested to note the recent judgment of the Sheriff Appeal Court in McCallum v Morrison, 2023 in which the pursuer’s appeal against the dismissal of a psychiatric injury claim following a dentist’s failure to follow adequate infecti

BTO trainee Emelia Conner is running the London Marathon this weekend to raise funds for the RNLI. She said: "This is a charity close to my heart as my grandpa was an avid supporter of the RNLI, my brother Scott currently volunteers with the Tighnabruaich Lifeboat and I've enjoyed many family holida

BTO Solicitors LLP is marking the start of its new financial year with three internal senior promotions, including a new partner and senior associate within its personal injury defender team. New partner Mark Hastings, who has been with BTO for almost eight years, is now a member of a 13-partner-str

BTO’s fertility law experts have formed an exclusive sponsorship alliance in Scotland with Fertility Network UK. This announcement is hot on the heels of the publication of the Law Commission’s Final Report and draft Surrogacy Bill.

Phoebe Crane considers two cases which shed light on how the court may treat defenders’ attempts to claim expenses following successful defence of a claim. Typically, the award of judicial expenses follows success. However, this all changed in the context of personal injury and clinical neglig

Jeremy Glen and Erin Findlay take a look at the state of the UK fintech sector and discuss its future potential. The UK fintech sector is the largest in Europe, second only to the United States globally. As the UK government aims to strike a balance between innovation and the maintenance of a secure

Lawyers from BTO are taking part in the LandAid SleepOut tonight in Glasgow to raise money to help support young people who are homeless. The team – Mark Colquhoun, Peter Graham, Carly Mills, Charlie Eadie and Lucy Ferguson – are raising funds for these young homeless people so that they

Ahead of a major ruling of the Supreme Court next month, Cat MacLean takes a look at the jurisprudence of online fraud. Part two follows tomorrow. Online fraud has been on the rise for many years. The pace of attacks has quickened with the pandemic and the advent of working from home. In most cases,

Paul Motion considers a recent advocate general's opinion from the Court of Justice of the European Union. Is a person who makes a subject access request entitled to copies of all documents such as emails?

BTO’s corporate team acted in the sale of Dunfermline-based family business Scott Group (Scott Pallets) to BSW Group, part of the Binderholz Group, a global sawmilling group with operations in Austria, Germany, Finland and the USA, and headquartered in Earlston, Scotland. BSW Timber is the lar

In a five part series for Scottish Legal News this week, BTO partner Cat MacLean tells the story of an epic legal battle with the Clydesdale Bank. She explains the reality of litigating against a huge opponent with bottomless pockets, the cost and funding of litigation and the need to find leve