The law never stands still, and the way it applies to you and your organisation is constantly evolving. Our people are on top of these developments and can keep you up to date with some of the most interestings aspects of these changes. Check out our articles and updates for our perspective on issues that might affect you.
The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 dictates that copyright subsists in photographs. It is well known that direct copying of a photograph without permission infringes the copyright in that photograph.
In the latest of her articles on Land Registration in Scotland, Frances Rooney, head of Harper Macleod's Land Registration team, tackles the reasons why deeds are commonly rejected by Registers of Scotland. She also outlines the new pre-registration checking service that should help reduce the risk.
If you employ workers who have no fixed workplace and are required to travel to service clients, are they working when they travel to the first client or return home from the last client? And do you have to pay them for that time? This article aims to demystify the European court's recent 'Tyco' ruling by laying out exactly what it means (and doesn’t mean) for employers.
It almost goes without saying that, for food manufacturers, different rules in different parts of the UK could cause immense problems. Suggestions that the Scottish Government is considering whether to require food manufacturers to add folic acid to flour have highlighted that food safety and regulation is a devolved matter and may therefore be regulated differently in Scotland from the rest of the UK.
When your working life is detrimentally affected by an injury there can be other knock-on effects that may not immediately spring to mind. Harper Macleod has successfully negotiated a six-figure sum for a man who was significantly injured in a road traffic accident.