Financial Services

Employee or Office-holder. Contract or not. Police Pension reform…

April 21, 2013

Police officers, that is the rank and file, do not have contracts of employment as they hold ‘office’. Employees as I understand it, must have contracts of employment to protect both parties. Recent proposed changes to the Police Pension Scheme and the intention of government to repeal Section 2 of their Pension Regulations is causing […]

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How the Banks Contracted Out of their Regulatory Obligations

January 6, 2013

There has been much publicity regarding the recent agreement between the banks and the Financial Services Authority (FSA) regarding the mis-selling of interest rate swap agreements to SMEs. In an effort to protect their image and avoid another claims management company boom, the banks allegedly admitted their failings in the selling of these agreements to […]

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ScotsLawBlog one of the Top 25 International & Foreign Law Blogs of 2011

November 17, 2011

I am delighted to announce that ScotsLawBlog has been named as one of LexisNexis’  Top 25 International & Foreign Law Blogs of 2011. For those other keen bloggers or for those considering blogging for the first time, it may be surprising to learn that ScotsLawBlog has only recently marked its 1 year anniversary. Such is […]

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