The Elgin Gift Card, is the perfect gift or treat. While a normal gift card can be used only at one business, the Elgin Gift Card can be used at any one of more than 80 participating city centre businesses.Simply look on the Gift Card Map to see the businesses involved and decide what you want to do: have your lunch or dinner,put it towards a holiday,indulge yourself in a bit of luxury,get something for the house,get your hair done, orbuy clothes – it’s that simple and the choice is yours. You can buy your gift cards atiFix Phone Repairs- Batchen Street, Gordon & MacPhail – South Street or online. Soon, you can also have the chance to win a £10 Elgin Gift Card every week through Moray Claims on Facebook. This weekly competition will post a short excerpt of song lyrics which mention the word “lawyer” in them and all you have to do is be the first to correctly identify the name of the song in order to win. The first person to post the Continue Reading
General News Articles
Below are listed all of our articles dealing with General News in the field of Personal Injury Law and about Moray Claims / Grigor & Young, in particular.
Restarting Personal Injury Claims in the Sheriff Court
Personal injury claims in the Sheriff Court are more or less at a standstill. Though the lockdown was quite sudden when it came, in some ways, it had been predicted. Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service (SCTS) had been making positive noises about how it might be possible to keep the litigation process going by means of telephone conferencing or written submissions. However, the guidance issued for Sheriff Courts on 25 March 2020 indicated that only essential court business would proceed. For most types of civil court business – including personal injury and family law cases – the litigation process was frozen. Civil court hearings for personal injury actions scheduled for final hearings with witnesses between March and June 2020 were postponed. This applies across all Sheriff Courts, including our own local Elgin Sheriff Court. There has been criticism of the apparent slowness of the courts to adapt. Here's a report from the website of the Law Society of Continue Reading
Plans to rename Elgin street not fine and dandy for everyone
Controversial plans to change the name of one of Elgin’s oldest streets have also stirred up an argument surrounding one of the town’s recently-erected statues. If implemented, the plans will see North Street renamed “Dandy Lane”. This is in tribute to the Dandy Lion statue which stands at the west end of the pedestrianised part of Elgin High Street, close to its junction with North Street. Of course, the 10-foot-tall, half-fish / half-big cat monument is no stranger to controversy itself, having been dubbed “cultural vomit” at the time of its unveiling in 2016 as part of Elgin’s Castle to Cathedral to Cashmere Heritage Trail. Local solicitor, Peter Brash, who works at Grigor & Young LLP expressed his firm’s concerns over the proposed change and said they would not take it lying down: "G&Y has been in existence since 1828 and in North Street – we believe – since the 1830s. “No 1 North Street” has been a marketing phrase we’ve used over many years and we’re not sure Continue Reading
Moray Claims becomes a trading name of Grigor & Young LLP
In the time since Moray Claims started up - in 2012 - it has been a trading name of Grigor & Young, Solicitors and Estate Agents. During that period, we have been able to help a lot of people in Moray and beyond to claim fair and full compensation for personal injury. In the recent past, we have moved past the 200 mark in terms of number of articles on our blog. Accordingly, there is a lot of information about personal injury claims in Scotland on the website - a resource you can search using the Search Form in the right-hand sidebar of each page (or, if you are using a mobile device, by scrolling further down this page). We have also produced some audio content in starting our Moray Claims podcast. The initial episodes reflect the written content on the site which has proven to be most popular. This is another area of knowledge distribution we hope to continue and expand. From 01 April 2018, Grigor & Young becomes a limited liability partnership. From that date, its Continue Reading
All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court
From 22 September 2015, Scotland has a new personal injury court available for compensation claims by victims of accidents. Scotland is divided into 6 Sheriffdoms: Tayside, Central and Fife; South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway; North Strathclyde; Lothian and Borders; Grampian, Highland and Islands; and Glasgow and Strathkelvin Within each Sheriffdom, there are several Sheriff Courts. Scotland has 49 such courts, each covering a defined geographical area. A remarkable Sheriff Court The unusual feature of the Sheriff Personal Injury Court is that it sits only in Edinburgh but has jurisdiction extending across the whole of Scotland. So, for example, if you are injured in an accident in Moray, before these changes, your Sheriff Court for a damages action would only have been Elgin Sheriff Court. Now, you can choose between the local Sheriff court and the national all-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court. The increased importance of Sheriff Courts Continue Reading
Increased Benefit To Moray From Accredited Personal Injury Claim Specialists in Elgin
Marie Morrison of Grigor & Young / Moray Claims has gained a further Personal Injury Accreditation Do you live in Moray or the surrounding area? If you live in Elgin or Forres (or anywhere else in Moray) and have to make a claim for compensation for personal injuries suffered as the result of an accident – on the roads, at work or elsewhere - you need a specialist, accredited solicitor to handle your case. You need to know that the person you are trusting to get the best outcome possible for you has the necessary experience and expertise. In the jungle of claims companies and solicitors firms which promote their personal injury services online and via other media, it is not always to know at first glance whether a particular organisation or person has the credentials to deal with your claim properly. Why accreditations are important Along with things like testimonials from previous satisfied clients, specialist accreditations can help you, as the consumer, gain Continue Reading
Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law: Marie Morrison
Well done, Marie! Marie Morrison of Grigor & Young, Solicitors, Elgin and Forres, and of Moray Claims has been accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a Specialist in Personal Injury for a period of 5 years to 18 February 2019. The road to accreditation Marie has been a solicitor since 1992. She lives in Macduff, Banffshire, which is her home town. She returned there around 10 years ago, having worked as a Personal Injury solicitor with a number of firms in the Glasgow area following her qualification. Marie joined in Grigor & Young in 2006 and has dealt almost exclusively with personal injury claims throughout her time with the firm. She is an Associate with Grigor & Young and is also a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). Marie joins Peter Brash of Grigor & Young in having the same "PI" accreditation, which gives the firm - and Moray Claims - clear recognition of its expertise in relation to the law on accident and Continue Reading
Costly Failure Scottish Landlords Must Avoid
A Tenancy Deposit Must Be Lodged With An Approved Third Party [EDITOR'S NOTE: Please note that, while the article which follows is still relevant in terms of the way the value of claims under the Tenancy Deposit regime are calculated, the procedure for making such claims are to be made in Scotland has altered from 01 December 2017. Most private domestic tenancy issues (i.e. tenancies without a local authority or social landlord) have been removed from the jurisdiction of the Sheriff Court. Now, these are now under the control of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber). This change means that it is not going to be financially viable in most cases to employ the services of a solicitor to make such claims. You can find further information on the mygov.scot website). Whether you are a landlord or a tenant of residential property in Scotland, you need to be aware of the new tenancy deposit landscape as it can have significant financial implications Continue Reading
Moray Library Closures, Judicial Review and Legal Costs
In the wake of the Press Call in Elgin on 11 November 2013 which announced Vivien Hendry as the Moray resident who seeks to challenge the validity of Moray Council’s decision to close 7 out of 15 public libraries in the area, questions have been asked about the legal costs which might be involved (see the comments below the Northern Scot article here). Peter Brash of Grigor & Young is Ms Hendry’s solicitor. Getting counsel’s opinion on the prospects of success The first contact was when a group of people from “Save Our Libraries (Moray)” got in touch with Grigor & Young, seeking legal advice about the proposed closures. It was apparent that any challenge would have to be by way of Judicial Review - which is not an area of law that comes up often for most solicitors in private practice. Judicial Review proceedings can only be raised in the Court of Session, the highest civil court in Scotland. The Court of Session sits only in Edinburgh. The way forward was Continue Reading
Work Accidents: All Change, But Not For Public Sector Employees
A significant change in the law affecting personal injury claims for accidents at work becomes effective from 01 October 2013. A review of health and safety legislation over the last two years by the Westminster Government culminates in the enactment of section 69 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (“the 2013 Act”), which is in force from 01 October. Background to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 The Government considered that there was too much red tape for businesses trying to comply with their health and safety obligations and this resulted in unnecessary cost. The Government also took the view that the present law was unfair because employers’ liability insurers sometimes had to pay out on claims even though the employer they insured had done everything they could to safeguard their employees in the circumstances. There was, for example, such “strict liability” if an employee was injured due to a failure of a piece of work equipment even if it could Continue Reading
Residential Landlords at Risk from Tenancy Deposit Claims
[EDITOR'S NOTE: Please note that the article which follows is still relevant in terms of the way the value of claims under the Tenancy Deposit regime are calculated. However, how such claims are to be made in Scotland has changed from 01 December 2017, with the removal of most private domestic tenancy issues (i.e. tenancies without a local authority or social landlord) from the jurisdiction of the Sheriff Court. Instead, these are now under the supervision of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber). This change means that it is not going to be financially viable in most cases to employ the services of a solicitor to make such claims. You can find further information on the mygov.scot website). If you own a house or flat in Scotland which you have let to tenants then you need to be aware of recent regulations which could put you at risk of financial penalties if you have not dealt properly with any deposit you have received from the tenants. The Continue Reading
Accidents at Work: Now More Difficult to Win (But Still Winnable)
I have blogged previously about the proposed changes in the law relating to Employers’ Liability and it has now come to pass in the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013. In broad terms, this is good news for employers and, especially, their insurers and bad news for employees. It was the law that breach of regulations under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 could give rise to civil liability. Goodbye to Strict Liability In some cases, this meant that there could be strict liability of employers – in other words, liability without needing to show any fault or lack of care on the part of the employer. The case that came to be the classic modern example of this involved a postman who was injured when the front forks of the bicycle he was riding – and which his employers provided to him - collapsed without warning. It was established that the cause of the equipment failure was a hidden defect. The employers had not been negligent. There was probably nothing they could Continue Reading