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Austin Lafferty, solicitors and estate agents in Glasgow, East Kilbride and Hamilton, provide legal advice to the businesses and individuals of Glasgow, East Kilbride, Hamilton and beyond. Get legal advice you can trust from Austin Lafferty. Below are details of our latest posts.
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Austin Lafferty comments on Sir Fred Goodwin's Super Injunction
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Austin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineI was asked by the Herald to comment on the attempt by former Royal Bank of Scotland chief Sir Fred Goodwin to block any newspaper making certain references to him. Whether or not you are familiar with the term super-injunction or not, most people know that anyone wanting to prevent false and scurrilous stories appearing in newspapers or on TV can ...Mar 14 -
Austin on Radio Scotland commenting on the Tommy Sheridan trial: BBC iPlayer
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineAustin discusses the Sheridan trial on Radio Scotland http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00wmwzz/Call_Kaye_24_12_2010/Austin discusses the Sheridan trial on Radio Scotland http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00wmwzz/Call_Kaye_24_12_2010/ ...Dec 30 -
Austin's latest blog in the Firm Magazine after election as Law Society Vice-President
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineAustin blogs on the Firm Magazine following his election to the office of Vice-President of the Law Society of Scotland, the governing body for all Scottish solicitors. link: http://www.firmmagazine.com/features/847/Online_Exclusive%3A_Austin%27s_blog-_Past_the_post.htmlAustin blogs on the Firm Magazine following his election to the office of Vice- ...Dec 29 -
Hazards and Consequence of the Big Freeze
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineAustin advises the nation on some of the legal consequences and hazards of the big freeze, on Radio Scotland 9 Decemberhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00wck79/MacAulay_and_Co_09_12_2010/ ...Dec 15 -
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Ross Harper Solicitors Ceases Trading: Austin's Comments on STV News, BBC Radio & Radio Clyde
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineRoss Harper Solicitors, which was set up in the 1960s, ceased trading earlier this week after the decision was made by its interim Judicial Factor. Past employees of the firm include former First Minister Donald Dewar and our own Austin Lafferty. Austin's interviews on STV News, BBC Radio and Radio Clyde can be found below:- Austin on STV News "W ...May 03 -
Austin provides an online exclusive in The Firm Magazine
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offline"We need to be dynamic. Don’t assume current methodology is best. Don’t scorn commercialism. Don’t despair. Don’t just moan at the Law Society of Scotland..." Austin provides an online exclusive in the Firm Magazine: read more here."We need to be dynamic. Don’t assume current methodology is best. Don’t scorn commercialism. Don’t despair. Don’t j ...Apr 11 -
Austin sets out his stall for a positive approach to 2012
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineAustin sets out his stall for a positive approach to 2012 as President-elect of the Law Society of Scotland, in the Firm Magazine.Austin sets out his stall for a positive approach to 2012 as President-elect of the Law Society of Scotland, in the Firm Magazine. ...Dec 28 -
Austin comments in The Scotsman about the recent Big Man case
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineAustin comments in the Scotsman newspaper and the Scotsman online about the recent Big Man case in which a passenger who did not seem willing or able to pay his fare was thrown – literally – off a train by another passenger. Issues of citizen’s arrest, assault and the freedom of passengers not to be obstructed in getting to their destination all f ...Dec 22 -
Prospects for the legal profession in the high streets of Scotland
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineAustin blogs in the Firm magazine about the prospects for the legal profession in the high streets of Scotland. Austin blogs in the Firm magazine about the prospects for the legal profession in the high streets of Scotland. ...Oct 31 -
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New family legal business department at the Strathclyde Law School
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineMy old friend Professor Leo Martin and his team have created a new family legal business department at the Strathclyde Law School. The idea is to teach the range of legal services and issues that affect families that run businesses. Matters of employment, property owning, retirement and succession planning and lots more are all to be subjects for e ...Jan 20 -
Small businesses thrive
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineThe rate of new business start-ups north of the border is outstripping the rest of the UK, Royal Bank of Scotland has reported, as the banking sector prepares for a wave of criticism about its profit levels this week.The rate of new business start-ups north of the border is outstripping the rest of the UK, Royal Bank of Scotland has reported, as th ...Aug 04 -
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Laying Down the Law: Taking the law into your own hands
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineOne of my readers this week took the law into her own hands in a way, but then the department store she was in also tried to take unilateral action. Not quite a citizen’s arrest, but not far off it. The query demonstrates how lack of knowledge of the law can be a problem.One of my readers this week took the law into her own hands in a way, but ...Jun 30 -
Cameras at Work, Financial Maintenance & Pensions on Divorce
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineThis week's star letter to my Evening Times column is a rather insidious story of espionage in the place of employment. As you can see, the law allows companies to monitor their staff, subject to certain safeguards.This week's star letter to my Evening Times column is a rather insidious story of espionage in the place of employment. As you can s ...Jun 08 -
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Laying Down the Law: Property, Insurance Claims and Will Problems
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineThis week’s questions to my Evening Times page: Property, insurance claims and will problems - just a selection of the many enquiries we get at Austin Lafferty Solicitors. See the Austin Lafferty Evening Times page here.This week’s questions to my Evening Times page: Property, insurance claims and will problems - just a selection of the many e ...Jun 15 -
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The Complex World of House Conveyancing
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineAustin blogs on the GSPC website about the stressful and complex world of house conveyancing. Click here to read the full post.Austin blogs on the GSPC website about the stressful and complex world of house conveyancing. Click here to read the full post. ...May 03 -
Laying Down the Law: This Week's Compendium of Problems, Issues & Questions
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineThis week's compendium of problems, issues and questions from my Evening Times readers, including discussion of tax issues when selling a house which is not your home, consideration of personal injury claims arising out of work-place accidents and more.This week's compendium of problems, issues and questions from my Evening Times readers, inclu ...Jul 14 -
Scottish house prices. Time to buy?
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John RobertsJohn is a partner with Austin Lafferty Ltd and has been with the firm for over 1User is currently offlineHouse conveyancing is a substantial part of the business of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents in Glasgow and East Kilbride.House conveyancing is a substantial part of the business of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents in Glasgow and East Kilbride. ...May 27 -
Conveyancing Solicitors and the House Buying Revolution
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineWhen I began in the legal profession in 1979, my first job was as an apprentice conveyancer in Glasgow. It was the very start of a revolution. When I began in the legal profession in 1979, my first job was as an apprentice conveyancer in Glasgow. It was the very start of a revolution. ...Mar 21 -
Scottish Housing Market feel Bounce-back
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineScotland's flagging property market is bouncing back with average prices up in almost every part of the country and more sales recorded.Scotland's flagging property market is bouncing back with average prices up in almost every part of the country and more sales recorded. ...Aug 10 -
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Increase in women paying child support and alimony
Posted by John Roberts- 0 CommentsJohn RobertsJohn is a partner with Austin Lafferty Ltd and has been with the firm for over 1User is currently offlineA recent survey of divorce lawyers in America has found that 56% of respondents reported seeing an increase in the number of mothers paying child support during the past three years, while 47% also noted a rise in women being responsible for alimony throughout the same time period."The court system always ends up reflecting changes in our society a ...May 15 -
Child maintenance arrears revealed
Posted by John Roberts- 0 CommentsJohn RobertsJohn is a partner with Austin Lafferty Ltd and has been with the firm for over 1User is currently offlineSingle parent charity Gingerbread has commented on the release of new figures by the government that show there is at least £1 million of child maintenance arrears in each one of the 650 parliamentary constituencies. Gingerbread’s Chief Executive, Fiona Weir, said: “These arrears have accumulated over many years. Not all of it will be collectable, ...May 11 -
Baby boomers face being alone in old age
Posted by John Roberts- 0 CommentsJohn RobertsJohn is a partner with Austin Lafferty Ltd and has been with the firm for over 1User is currently offlineRecent research from America has found that there has been a 50% increase in the number of adults aged 45-63 who are unmarried, compared to the same age group in 1980. One third of this age group are divorced or never married, and only 10% of unmarried boomers are widowed. The research, from Bowling Green State University’s National Center fo ...May 09 -
Profile of American fathers
Posted by John Roberts- 0 CommentsJohn RobertsJohn is a partner with Austin Lafferty Ltd and has been with the firm for over 1User is currently offlineIn the run up to Father's Day in June, the US Census Bureau has published a series of facts about the estimated 70.1 million fathers in America.The data reveals that there were 24.7 million fathers who were part of married-couple families with children younger than 18 in 2011. It also reveals that there were 1.7 million single fathers, and around 1 ...May 04 -
Government makes pledge on child maintenance arrears
Posted by John Roberts- 0 CommentsJohn RobertsJohn is a partner with Austin Lafferty Ltd and has been with the firm for over 1User is currently offlineThe Minister in charge of the child maintenance system has promised intensive action against irresponsible parents who have failed to support their children after separation.It comes as new figures show sharp increases in the use of key enforcement powers against parents who refuse to pay. Deduction Orders - where money is removed directly from deb ...May 01 -
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Austin's views on the forthcoming televising of the Gilroy murder sentencing hearing.
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineAustin gives his views in the Scotsman on the forthcoming televising of the Gilroy murder sentencing hearing. Please click here to read the full article.Austin gives his views in the Scotsman on the forthcoming televising of the Gilroy murder sentencing hearing. Please click here to read the full article. ...Apr 11 -
Making A Will (and what happens if you don’t!)
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineAustin is often asked to contribute to legal, business and financial forums. Fergus Muirhead is a longstanding friend and colleague (going right back to university days), and is similarly a TV and radio pundit, and while Austin advises the public on all areas of law, Fergus does an equivalent job on money and finance. Here is some analysis and advi ...Dec 02 -
Austin Lafferty Solicitors & Estate Agents E-newsletter October 2011
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineWelcome to the first e-newsletter from Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents. Welcome to the first e-newsletter from Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents. ...Oct 12 -
Austin's Latest Evening Times Legal Q & A
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineThis week’s Evening Times Q & A has Austin dealing with various legal issues, including the thorny problem of neighbours falling out – over a gate. ...Oct 11 -
Response to the Scottish Legal Aid Board's Annual Report
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineLegal aid and its cuts are hugely important for our nation and its people.Legal aid and its cuts are hugely important for our nation and its people. ...Sep 19 -
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Austin represents the solicitors of Scotland for the formal beginning of the legal year
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineMy duties as Vice President of the Law Society of Scotland require attendance at all sorts of events and functions. Â This is the time when the court's year begins - not unlike a university term. Â To mark the opening the legal year in Edinburgh, where the Court of Session sits and the High Court of Justiciary sits, there are two main functions, both ...Sep 27 -
Austin Lafferty, Vice-President elect of the Law Society of Scotland, interviewed in Scotsman
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineAustin’s election as Vice-President of the Law Society of Scotland has attracted the interest of the Scotsman newspaper, and in a Major interview he sets out his vision for the future of the legal profession and his own contribution to the life and work of Scottish solicitors for the next couple of yearsAustin’s election as Vice-President of the La ...Jan 14 -
Austin Lafferty elected Vice-President of the Law Society of Scotland
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineAustin Lafferty has been elected Vice-President of the Law Society of Scotland, making him one of the office bearers for the professional body for all lawyers. To read more visit the links attached.Austin Lafferty has been elected Vice-President of the Law Society of Scotland, making him one of the office bearers for the professional body for all l ...Jan 14 -
Firm Magazine Blog: 24/11/2010
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineI am blogging, as sometime happens, in reaction and response to my esteemed co-blogger and pal Mike Dailly. I don’t know which of us is Celtic and which is Rangers, but God help the referee who tells a lie about which of us got to the ball first.I am blogging, as sometime happens, in reaction and response to my esteemed co-blogger and pal Mike Dail ...Jan 14 -
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Austin Lafferty Solicitors & Estate Agents Opens New Offices in Hamilton
Posted by Austin Lafferty- 0 CommentsAustin LaffertyAustin is the founding partner of Austin Lafferty Solicitors and Estate Agents,User is currently offlineAustin Lafferty is pleased to announce the opening of new offices in Hamilton as of this morning on 1 December 2011. To mark the opening, representatives from Austin Lafferty will be in The Regent Shopping Centre in Hamilton next to Marks & Spencer on Thursday 1 December, Friday 2 December and Saturday 3 December 2011 from 9am-5pm and will be h ...Dec 01 -
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Government announces better protection for bereaved
Posted by John Roberts- 0 CommentsJohn RobertsJohn is a partner with Austin Lafferty Ltd and has been with the firm for over 1User is currently offlineThe Scottish Government has recently announced changes to the law that will enable more people to stay in their homes if their husband, wife or civil partner has died without making a will. These changes follow a consultation on these areas of succession law that took place earlier this year. Currently, if a home-owner dies without making a will, ...Dec 16 -
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