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Despite our prediction of an eventful few months, there has been little progress in the Brexit trade deal negotiations since our last bulletin.

The move will enable UK firms to continue to trade with EU member states after the UK leaves the EU.

Parties facing adverse decisions of ‘non-public' UK regulatory bodies may be able to obtain judicial review of those decisions in Scotland in circumstances...

"We’re getting a bit like America now, aren’t we?" This fairly typical dinner party question arises from a perception that the country is in the grip of a ‘compensation culture’ where damages can be claimed regardless of blame.

The Judgment in Gulf International Bank BSC v Sheik Badr Fahad Ibrahim Aldwood [2019] EWHC 1666 (QB) concerned a claim brought in the English Courts by a Bahrain bank ...

Should a local authority be held liable for the abuse suffered by a child it placed into foster care?

As anticipated in our article published on 19 February 2019, the Regulation on the import of cultural goods was formally adopted by the European Parliament and European Council on 17 April 2019.

Following the UK Conservatives Party's landslide victory in December 2019, there were immediate implications for the UK's Withdrawal from the European Union...

Last week the House of Lords debated the changes to the Construction Act at the key committee stage when they are supposed to be subjected to their greatest scrutiny.

The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 ("the Act") creates a modernising framework for the forestry industry in Scotland.

The Ministry for Housing Communities and Local Government has released a consultation on four standard planning agreements designed to streamline the section 106 process for medium-sized developments. Local planning authorities have until 20 October 2026 to contribute their perspectives on these template documents, which include bilateral agreements, unilateral undertakings, and affordable housing schedules for both full and outline planning permissions.

There has been some bewilderment amongst the property world as to the impact that the Disability Discrimination may have on both owners and occupiers. In particular, landlords have been concerned that they will inevitably have to alter premises to accommodate tenants with disabilities. A recent case has shown that the Act may not be as draconian as first feared.

Traditional policy levers employed to achieve desired outcomes – taxing or prohibiting "bad" choices, subsidising or requiring "good" ones - can work, but they are hard to target and costly to enforce.

The saga of state aid granted by the Greek Government to Olympic Airways over recent years continues unabated and becomes even more complex.

On October 10, 2018, the U.K. FCA published its first consultation on proposed changes to the FCA Handbook to ensure a functioning legal and regulatory framework for financial services in the event ...

Earlier this week Kemi Badenoch, the Minister responsible for retained EU law, announced a change of plan on the abolition of retained EU law and its replacement by purely domestic law...

Brexit will affect companies in so many different ways, it is sometimes hard to know what to focus on first. This has led the Government to criticise the business community for not being...