Although Scotland and England have many laws in common, one of the areas where we are apart is the law regulating maintenance awards between spouses.

A recent decision from the Supreme Court has sparked debate on the practice of English Courts awarding indefinite maintenance to spouses on divorce.

The initial drafts of the Directive and accompanying Regulation on the cross border distribution of investment funds provoked a number of concerns particular in the context of the pre -marketing...

I am delighted to be asked to write for Brodies' Personal blog as part of Dementia Awareness Week.

Yesterday afternoon saw the Prime Minister and eleven senior ministers decamp to Chequers in what has been described as a ministerial "away day".

The Home Office and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have unveiled a new scheme that will allow fruit and vegetable farmers to recruit non-EU migrant workers for seasonal labour.

It is fair to say that the insolvency of Carillion has sent shockwaves through the construction industry. While this may be the catalyst for change ...

"You should go to mediation" is a sentence which makes a lot of sense for those who deal regularly with family conflict. But if you haven't done it before what does it mean and how does it work?

The investigation is a reminder that consumer protection law is far-reaching, and can crop up in what might seem to be unlikely places.

Europe's most historic cavalry (immortalized in thread) may soon return to England for the first time in nearly a millennium. Last month, French President Emmanuel Macron ...

A common complaint from employers and main contractors alike is a failure by their design team to work to budget.

What do pandas and offshore wind farms have in common? Each have been involved in the exercise of call-in and notification powers by the Scottish Ministers.

In the wake of Carillion's collapse - which was underscored by significant retention losses - a draft Bill proposing amendments to the current rules on protecting retention deposits in construction contracts was published on 23 April 2018.

The recent Scottish Government Report identified legal agreements (section 75s) as the second most common reason for delays in securing planning permission for housing.

As such, Grove's Payless Notice was held to be valid, meaning S&T had no default right to payment.

The Crofting Register is a public map-based register of crofts and common grazings. Land can be voluntarily registered by the owner (who may be an owner occupier or a landlord) or registration ...

Registers of Scotland ("RoS") has launched ScotLIS, an online service providing public access to land and property information, some of which is available free of charge.

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

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

Earlier this year, AG Barr took the brave step of reducing the sugar content of its most iconic drink.