Knowledge

Major League Baseball suspends its involvement in Venezuela, demonstrating the pervasive nature of sanctions. 

Decision by the Scottish Courts points to commonalities north and south of the border.

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.

A decision by the Lands Tribunal in the case of Scottish Ministers v Brechin Healthcare Group and others.

Do English Courts have jurisdiction in Scottish cases in respect of adjudication enforcement? 

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. 

The relationship between Sports Governing Bodies and athletes: should they be treated as employees? 

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Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) has been around for a good while now but what is it and when should it be used?

A brief summary of the proposals set out in the Labour Party’s recently commissioned proposal paper.

Scottish Environment Protection Agency closes exemptions on burning farm plastics and most types of agricultural waste. 

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:

Holders of visa sponsor licences must be constantly mindful of the conditions placed upon them, particularly during a corporate transaction, where getting it wrong can lead to the licence, and with it the ability to sponsor key workers, being revoked.

When buying a rural property, it is important to consider various issues that may be taken for granted in the purchase of a property in an urban area.

Most of us know that it is important to understand our own motivations in any negotiation-type setting, but how many of you are aware of the natural cognitive biases that we are all prone to? And how these biases can influence both your decision-making processes and those of other people with whom you interact?

Hamish Lean discusses the finer details of the Agricultural Holdings Acts as it relates to letting out fields for the use of horses. 

George Frier writes on due diligence, and why having experts involved in the early stages of transactions will add significant value.