In raising a court action it is necessary to consider the appropriate jurisdiction in which to litigate. Sometimes this can be straightforward, but in other cases this is not so clear cut.

It was recently reported that Mr Villiers has filed an application to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court.

The new special administration regime for private registered providers introduced by the Housing and Planning Act 2016 was brought into force in England and Wales in July 2018. Should we be seeking to introduce an equivalent regime for Scotland?

The Department for Health has launched a consultation on the regulation of the healthcare professions across the UK. The objective is to make it "faster, simpler, better and less costly."

In March 2018, the Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW) published its sixth annual report evaluating the animal welfare practices of 110 food business operators...

September 2015 saw the greatest restructuring of the civil justice system in Scotland for a generation.

The Adults with Incapacity Act (Scotland) 2000 sets out the current statutory framework for safeguarding the welfare and managing the finances and property of adults lacking capacity to make those decisions themselves.

The European Commission has published a position paper today setting out the main principles (or wish list) of the European Union on European wide intellectual property rights post Brexit.

Imagine the following scenario. You run a small business, and your turnover is low enough that you don't need to be VAT registered.

The Sheriff Personal Injury Court has recently issued two decisions refusing sanction; Sheriff Mackie's in McKenzie v McCormack and now an unpublished decision issued by Sheriff McGowan ...

Since the introduction of Modern Limited Duration Tenancies on 30 November 2017, we have not heard any news on the next agricultural holdings reform in the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 to be implemented.

The planning application for development of a golf course at Coul Links, Embo has been called-in by the Scottish Ministers.

A recent Court of Session decision has rejected a contractor's claim for damages against a third party, where that third party had affected progress of the works.

On 1 December 2017, a number of important legislative provisions are being brought into force for those involved in the private residential rental sector.

A recent case in the TCC found that a contractor's percentage assessment of the overheads on a project could not then be applied to their damages claim and recovered as an additional loss.

On 12 July 2018 the UK Government published its long-awaited White Paper on "The Future Relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union"...

In November 2017 we blogged about the possibility that the IR35 rules introduced for the public sector last year would be extended to the private sector.

The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has recently published an online survey to gather information about people's views of inheritance tax.

On 12 July 2018, the UK Government published its long-awaited White Paper on "The Future Relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union", and a week later another White Paper on ...

In April 2018, two black men entered a Starbucks store in Philadelphia and asked to use the bathroom. An employee informed them that this was a customer only service ...