Support Staff – Experienced Legal Secretary. We are hiring – Are you the Legal Secretary we’re looking for?
Complete Clarity Solicitors are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced legal Secretary. To be considered for this opportunity, you will be a Secretary with experience primarily in Litigation and Court Work. Essential skills for the successful candidate are: excellent written, communication and organisational capabilities; ability to multi-task; a team player; have a strong Client focus have […]
“Bedroom Tax” Legal Challenge
Liberty Granted Permission to Challenge “Bedroom Tax” Over Impact on Separated Families Human rights organisation Liberty has been granted permission to bring a Judicial Review against the Government’s controversial “bedroom tax”, arguing that the policy unfairly affects separated parents with shared custody of their children. The scheme reduces Housing Benefit for claimants deemed to have […]
British Title chance for Complete Clarity’s Harry Peacock
Complete Clarity Solicitors are delighted to announce that Scotland’s most promising young boxing prospect Harry Peacock will in May 2014 fight for the British Boxing Title. Harry will travel with his family to Manchester where he will face some of Britain’s best boxing prospects. Harry recently told Complete Clarity Solicitors “I have been training very […]
Are rental rungs replacing the ‘property ladder’?
A recent report from Halifax has revealed a change in attitudes towards renting. In 2011, the first Halifax Generation Rent Report described a generation who wanted to buy but couldn’t afford to or didn’t dare try for fear of rejection. Three years and 32,000 survey respondents later, the opinions of 20-45 year olds are changing, […]
Housing Bill continues progress through Parliament
The Scottish Government’s Housing (Scotland) Bill has recently been through its Stage 1 debate at the Scottish Parliament. During the debate, Housing Minister Margaret Burgess confirmed that the Government will amend the notice period for Right to Buy from three to two years after the date the Bill receives Royal Assent. The Bill, which was […]
Damages claims by victims of antitrust violations
A proposed Directive that will help individuals and companies claim damages if they are victims of infringements of EU antitrust rules, such as cartels and abuses of dominant market positions, has recently received the backing of the European Parliament. The Directive is based on a proposal by the European Commission and aims to remove a […]
Paving the way for cross-border debt recovery
An initiative by the European Commission to help businesses recover millions of euros that are currently lost each year in cross-border debts has now received the backing of the European Parliament. The proposed European Account Preservation Order will help ensure that businesses recover these cross-border debts by allowing creditors to preserve the amount owed in […]
The Court Reform (Scotland) Bill Defended by the Lord President
At the Law Society of Scotland’s annual general meeting, the Lord President has strongly defended the Courts Reform (Scotland) Bill in his speech entitled ‘Looking over the horizon – life after the Courts Reform Bill’ It is no secret that the Bill has been widely criticised – perhaps most of all by Scotland’s personal injury […]
Complete Clarity Solicitors supporting Armed Forces Legal Action Initiative
Complete Clarity Solicitors are proud to announce that we have signed up to offer discounted legal services to serving and former members of the UK’s military. The Armed Forces Legal Action Initiative (AFLA) offers reduced-price legal services to soldiers, sailors, airmen and veterans of the UK’s armed forces. The initiative’s tagline ‘For Services Rendered’ reflects […]
Lease dispute goes initially in favour of M & S
The Court of Session has recently ruled against plans by the Gyle Shopping Centre in Edinburgh to build a Primark Store partly on an existing car park, because Marks & Spencer (M & S), one of the centre’s tenants, has a share in rights to the car park. It is merely the first stage in […]
