Board minutes are needed for both legal and practical reasons.

A recent Court of Appeal decision illustrates how keen courts are to give effect and meaning to contractual clauses if possible, even where there's a lot of detail missing.

Although perhaps overshadowed by the US President's visit to Britain, the UK Government last week published its long-awaited White Paper...

With the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill currently making its journey through the House of Commons, Brodies' Public Law team have issued a legal update on the Bill...

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.

Thank you for the opportunity to respond to the UK Government's consultation on the proposed amendments to the CfD scheme including the proposal to include remote island wind projects ...

As Brexit negotiations between the EU and the UK continue after the publication of the UK's proposals for the future UK-EU relationship, the UK Government is making preparations for Brexit.

Ecolog concerned a tender exercise carried out by the Ministry of Defence (“MOD”) under the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (the “2011 Regulations”).

For a long time the playing field for professional negligence claims has been reasonably well defined and understood.

From January next year, anyone who carries out letting agency work will have to comply with a new Code of Practice.

An exchange like this between solicitors dealing with a property transaction is fairly typical. The due diligence process needs to cover all sorts of things ...

On 6 April 2018, Scottish taxpayers became subject to new income tax rates and bands.

We have recently seen Oxfam hitting the headlines, with stories circulating about abuses in the international aid sector and reports of lower public confidence in the sector.

Update: The new regime came into effect on 26 April 2018 when The Companies (Disclosure of Address) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 came into force.

Pets will no longer be able to indulge in a drink product which calls to mind the popular human treat Prosecco as a result of an unsuccessful trade mark application this week

As heatwaves and wildfires become more common, parties may need to revisit whether traditional weather provisions are allocating risk in the way they intended. As another summer of heatwaves and wildfires draws to a close, many in the construction industry will be hoping for cooler temperatures ahead. The events of recent months also provide an opportunity to reflect on wider questions. Construction contracts have long dealt with weather risk.

Starting your own business can be a daunting step to take, but more people than ever before are taking the big step into their own brave new world.

The most recent webinar in our Employment Rights Act 2025 series was on 'Trade unions – key changes and actions for employers' in which we discussed the new right for trade unions to access workplaces and the new duty on employers to provide workers with a statement of trade union rights.

The interpretation of planning policy is a key issue in the determination of planning applications.

The entitlement of a client to keep confidential its communications with legal advisors is often considered sacrosanct