This decision of the UK Supreme Court, handed down in October 2017, should be carefully considered by organisations which facilitate contact between individuals.

The decision in Shell Chemicals UK Ltd and Shell UK Limited against Scottish Ministers is an important planning law decision which explores the relationship between planning controls, private property rights and other regulations.

Community engagement takes many forms. As part of a legal career involvement with pro bono work or initiatives that improve access to justice are obvious ways to support local communities.

Are on-call or sleep-in workers entitled to the national minimum wage (NMW) for their whole shift, or just the time they are awake and carrying out duties?

Having rejoined the Personal and Family department in June to strengthen Brodies' outstanding personal injury trust offering, Jessica Flowerdew provides an update on personal injury trusts ...

Community ownership has been a significant feature of Scotland’s land reform agenda since the introduction of the first community rights to buy under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act of 2003.

The biggest shake-up of the private residential letting sector in almost 30 years is about to go live.

The Scottish Government has given Registers of Scotland until 2019 to map and register all publicly owned land in Scotland and until 2024 to register all land in Scotland.

The European Commission announced on 18 July that it had fined Google a record £3.9 billion for abuse of a dominant market position in connection with Android phones.

Secondary ticket websites enable individuals or businesses to re-sell tickets that they have bought for any events such as concerts, football matches or other sporting events.

Sometimes, the parties to a contract intend that a third party (for example, another company or an individual) will be entitled to certain rights under that contract, even though they are not a party to the contract itself.

Entrepreneurs' Relief ("ER") is so well known it is often taken for granted by those disposing of their business.

You want to buy a business, but do you want to buy the business and assets or do you want to buy the shares of the company which owns the business/assets? It is an important distinction.

As negotiations between the EU and the UK continue after the publication of the UK's White Paper containing proposals for the future UK-EU relationship, the UK Government is preparing for Brexit.

In March 2018, the UK and the EU reached an in principle agreement on the terms for an ‘implementation' period intended to operate from the date of the UK's exit from the EU...

It is well recognised that the Irish border is "one of the trickiest issues in the Brexit process" and could potentially lead to a "no-deal" Brexit: the EU's Chief negotiator Michel Barnier...

The UK government opened a consultation on 22 July regarding potential amendments to the National Security and Investment Act 2021 ("NSIA") and the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (Notifiable Acquisition) (Specification of Qualifying Entities) Regulations 2021 ("NARs").

All too commonly courts hear cases in which the claimant alleges, through exaggeration or lies, that they suffered severe injuries as a result of a harmless accident.

A makes a careless misrepresentation which causes economic loss to B. There was no contract between them. But did A owe a duty of care to B? No, said the trial judge. Yes, said the appellate court.

When a party is found liable to pay the costs (known as ‘expenses’ in Scotland) of another party in Scottish court proceedings, those costs are usually quantified through a process known as taxation. Taxation is the formal legal process conducted by an Auditor of Court, who assesses, verifies, and quantifies the reasonable amount of legal costs, fees, and outlays owed to the receiving party after a case concludes. In preparation for taxation, the receiving party prepares a ‘judicial account’. Taxation is not required in every case.