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18.Mar.2019
Copyright concerns: MySpace loses more than 50 million songs
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Reports have confirmed that MySpace has lost over 50 million songs uploaded to the platform between 2003 and 2015. What does this mean for songwriters who relied on the platform as an evidential record of their copyright-protected works?
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18.Mar.2019
Compulsory Sales Orders – threat or opportunity for vacant or derelict land?
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Commercial property specialist Ann Stewart assesses the Scottish Government's proposal to introduce Compulsory Sales Orders for vacant land and derelict buildings deemed to be having a detrimental effect on local communities.
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14.Mar.2019
Counting the cost of imported goods in a no-deal Brexit
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Trade and commerce specialist Alison Rochester explores the UK government's no-deal Temporary Tariff Regime.
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13.Mar.2019
Victory for Lewis Crofters in Airport Land Dispute
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Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) has failed to persuade the Scottish Land Court that crofting rights relating to an area of land adjacent to Stornoway Airport had been extinguished in the 1940s.
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13.Mar.2019
Planning and housebuilding: we are simply not building enough
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Planning law specialist Ewan MacLeod examines the amended Planning (Scotland) Bill, due to be debated in the Scottish Parliament in the coming months.
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12.Mar.2019
Stockpiling for Brexit – understanding counterparty risk
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Restructuring and insolvency lawyer Fiona McKerrell explains how to understand and assess counter-party risk
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27.Feb.2019
Refresh of the Countryside Code
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With the peak lambing season almost upon us, farmers across Scotland are calling for greater awareness of the ever-present threat of sheep worrying, and potential changes in the law carrying harsher penalties.
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22.Feb.2019
Legal challenges to UK public bodies: a quick guide
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Public bodies in the UK (government departments, regulators, local authorities etc.) are legally accountable for the decisions that they make. But what does that mean in practical terms to someone looking to raise a legal challenge to a particular decision?
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19.Feb.2019
Construction case law update - Top 5 adjudication cases of 2018
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The recording of our latest webinar, the Top 5 adjudication cases of 2018, is now available.
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19.Feb.2019
How will Brexit affect my mother-in-law?
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Since the EU referendum, our Immigration Team has been advising EU nationals and their families impacted by the UK’s decision to leave the EU. In this blog post, our Director of Immigration, Jacqueline Moore, looks at another issue often raised: what does the future hold for the parents of adult EU nationals?
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02.Oct.2015
Learn how to resolve your construction dispute via mediation
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Watch our webinar for an overview of the mediation process used in resolving construction disputes and receive helpful tips from our experts. A recording can be viewed here.
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24.Sep.2015
How to react when a regulatory inspector calls
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Watch our webinar for practical guidance on how, in the face of an investigation, the best outcomes can be achieved and the damage limitation tactics which can be adopted should things go wrong. A recording of the webinar can be viewed here.
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28.Jul.2015
English Property Law Webinar Series
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Shepherd and Wedderburn hosted three webinars this summer looking at three aspects of English Property Law. Webinars by Partners Neil Rainey, Lynne Scott and Colin McKay and Solicitor Emma Carmichael cover a broad spectrum of topics that are often discussed in relation to Real Estate.
There are three in the series: