December 2012

The Catch-22 of Offering Severance Terms

December 5, 2012

Terminating an unsatisfactory employee is always an affair wrought with emotion and unhappiness. Even if there is just cause to let the employee go, or if there is reason to believe the employee is just as eager to part ways as the employer, there is natural suspicion and hard feelings immediately – and often long […]

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Lords debate the criminal liability of Scottish partnerships

December 4, 2012

A Bill to reform the criminal liability of Scottish partnerships took a step closer to becoming law earlier this month, when it began its Second Reading in the House of Lords. The Partnerships (Prosecution) (Scotland) Bill is designed to close a legal loophole that allows partnerships to evade prosecution by the simple process of dissolving […]

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