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Jackson Boyd’s Edinburgh and Glasgow offices are always busy and at any one time there are many newsworthy things going on. Check in here to find out what we are up to and who we have helped, along with the latest insight and industry news.

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Jennifer Rowlinson

Advice for Future Lawyers- a trainee’s perspective

February 16, 2023November 6, 2017 by Jennifer Rowlinson

Cleveden Secondary School Career Fair Last month Olivia and I took a trip down memory lane and went back to high school for an evening. We attended Cleveden Secondary School’s career fair. Our role was … Read more

Alan Macdonald

Lock Up Your…… Data

February 16, 2023November 6, 2017 by Alan Macdonald

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been in the making for the last five years and its implementation is now slowly creeping up on us. When incorporated into UK law it will be the … Read more

Jackson Boyd

Court of Appeal Rules Gender Segregation is Unlawful

June 10, 2019October 26, 2017 by Jackson Boyd

In the recent case of HM Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills v Interim Executive Board of Al-Hijrah School [2017], the Court of Appeal considered whether a faith school’s policy of segregating boys … Read more

Alan Cameron

Scotland’s Next Top Model…..Tenancy Agreement

May 1, 2018October 25, 2017 by Alan Cameron

The long awaited model private residential tenancy agreement was published by the Scottish Government last week. The Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 due to come into force on 1 December 2017 replaces the current … Read more

Alan Cameron

Expertly instructing experts

August 15, 2019October 16, 2017 by Alan Cameron

Expert evidence is commonplace in many types of cases ranging from boundary disputes, professional negligence, and personal injury all the way through to custody and divorce actions and obtaining expert evidence is an important part … Read more

Jackson Boyd

Employment Tribunal Hearings – What happens?

August 15, 2019October 11, 2017 by Jackson Boyd

My first seat within my Traineeship at Jackson Boyd was in Employment law. Clients who were due to attend an Employment Tribunal hearing would often, understandably, feel anxious about being in in front of an … Read more

Alan Macdonald

What to Expect at Court – A Beginner’s Guide

December 13, 2017October 5, 2017 by Alan Macdonald

One of the partners at Jackson Boyd can often be heard telling more junior members of staff that “It pays to raise”. This is in reference to raising a court action in order to secure … Read more

Jackson Boyd

Reinstatement of Employment Tribunal cases which were struck out for non-payment of fees

December 13, 2017September 27, 2017 by Jackson Boyd

Following our update on 26 July 2017, containing the breaking news that the Supreme Court had deemed Employment Tribunal fees as unlawful as preventing access to justice, it is now emerging that the Employment Tribunals … Read more

Jackson Boyd

Employee Monitoring and Human Rights

December 13, 2017September 22, 2017 by Jackson Boyd

The European Court of Human Rights has recently given its judgment in a long-running case concerning the decision of a company to dismiss an employee after monitoring his electronic communications and accessing their contents, and … Read more

Dave Berry

Psychiatric Injury: The Background

November 13, 2019September 21, 2017 by Dave Berry

In the unfortunate event that an individual suffers from a psychiatric injury following an accident that was caused by the fault of another party, there may be a claim to be made against the responsible … Read more

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