12 May 2026
Contributors:
Colin Innes, Emma Reid
11 May 2026
Contributor: John MacKenzie
8 May 2026
Contributor: Sarah Holmes
Browse our articles, insights and guides.
18 October 2019
Litigation Funding and Access to Justice
Contributor: Ben Pilbrow
Statistics from the Ministry of Justice demonstrate that between 2005 and 2018, government expenditure on legal aid, corrected for inflation, fell from approximately £2.6 billion to approximately £1.6 billion.
8 October 2019
Construction law webinar series – Autumn 2019
Contributor: Iain Drummond
Watch our 2019 autumn construction law webinar series.
4 October 2019
Contributor: Alison Rochester
US proposing 25% tariffs on a wide variety of goods including some dairy products, sweaters and certain alcoholic beverages.
11 September 2019
VAR: is technology in football changing the very fabric of the sport?
Contributor: Alison Rochester
The rapid advancement of technology in sport, and its impact on rule interpretation and sports governance.
6 September 2019
Viagogo finally complies with court order to escape further CMA legal action
Contributor: Alison Rochester
Secondary ticket platform changes its website to comply with consumer protection law.
2 September 2019
Gift or loan: helping offspring onto the housing ladder
Private client solicitor Kirsten McKinnon updates on estate planning pitfalls for the Bank of Mum and Dad.
31 August 2019
Succession and Assignation of Agricultural Tenancies
Contributor: Hamish Lean
Hamish Lean shines the spotlight on what can be a complex area of law.
30 August 2019
US sanctions force Major League Baseball to suspend involvement in Venezuela
Contributor: Alison Rochester
Major League Baseball suspends its involvement in Venezuela, demonstrating the pervasive nature of sanctions.
28 August 2019
Courts decide arbitrator test for “obviously wrong” same north and south of border
Contributor: Leigh Herd
Decision by the Scottish Courts points to commonalities north and south of the border.
26 August 2019
Face-Off: Live Facial Recognition Technology & the GDPR
Contributor: Ruairidh Leishman
The Information Commissioner’s Office has announced that it has launched an investigation into the use of live facial recognition technology in King’s Cross, London by the Police. This follows investigations the Information Commissioner’s Office has been carrying out into use of the same technology by South Wales Police force.
1 August 2019
Can community bodies enforce a title condition?
Contributor: Stephanie Hepburn
A decision by the Lands Tribunal in the case of Scottish Ministers v Brechin Healthcare Group and others.
26 July 2019
Power of Attorney: empower your loved ones
Contributor: Gillian Campbell
The complications of later life planning and decision-making when there is no Power of Attorney in place.
16 July 2019
What is the correct forum for enforcement proceedings?
Contributor: Iain Drummond
Do English Courts have jurisdiction in Scottish cases in respect of adjudication enforcement?
3 July 2019
Scotch whisky included in threatened US tariffs
Contributor: Alison Rochester
Scotch whisky is one of the products likely to be hit by new tariffs imposed by the US administration in retaliation to what it sees as unfair EU subsidies to aircraft manufacturers.
1 July 2019
Are professional athletes employees?
The relationship between Sports Governing Bodies and athletes: should they be treated as employees?
1 July 2019
Is UEFA’s Financial Fair Play compromise with AC Milan an own goal?
Contributor: Matt Phillip
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28 June 2019
Alternative Dispute Resolution: a quick guide
Contributor: Elaine Brailsford
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) has been around for a good while now but what is it and when should it be used?
20 June 2019
The Labour Party’s ‘Land for the Many’ report – what might it mean for you?
Contributor: Douglas Sinclair
A brief summary of the proposals set out in the Labour Party’s recently commissioned proposal paper.
18 June 2019
Disposing of agricultural waste – a burning issue
Contributor: Emma De Sailly
Scottish Environment Protection Agency closes exemptions on burning farm plastics and most types of agricultural waste.
14 June 2019
What type of defect can prevent “practical completion”?
Contributor: Iain Drummond
The Court of Appeal provides its first guidance on the meaning of “Practical Completion” in 50 years.
4 June 2019
The Succession Reformation? Perhaps not yet!
Contributor: Gillian Campbell
Reform to succession law in Scotland moves slowly, writes private client partner Gillian Campbell.
3 June 2019
Adjudicator’s decision enforced despite failure to consider all evidence at adjudication
Contributor: Iain Drummond
J J Rhatigan & Co (UK) Ltd v Rosemary Lodge Developments Ltd.
23 May 2019
The perils of dying without a will
Contributor: Gillian Campbell
Making a will is very important, and there is much to be said for taking proper legal advice.
22 May 2019
Successful persuasion: the missing 93%
Contributor: Ben Pilbrow
How many of you have read the book ‘Silent Messages’?
How many of you have even heard of it or its author, Professor Albert Mehrabian?
Probably not that many.
By contrast, most of you have probably heard the key thesis of the book, stripped of its nuance and justification.
For the book is the original source of the much quoted ‘fact’ that:
