Andrew Blain has been re-elected by the partners of the firm to serve a second term as Managing Partner of Shepherd and Wedderburn from 1 May 2023.

Public bodies in the UK (government departments, regulators, local authorities etc.) are legally accountable for the decisions that they make.

Shepherd and Wedderburn's private wealth and tax team has been named Out-of-London Practice of the Year at the prestigious Chambers High Net Worth Awards 2022.

Shepherd and Wedderburn, the largest Scottish-headquartered UK law firm, has been awarded the highest attainable accreditations as an Investor in People (IIP) and Investor in Young People (IIYP).

The challenge of hate speech and illegal content has been written about here before. Give people the ability to express their view and they will often do exactly that, and unfiltered.

ADR is any alternative process used to resolve a dispute without involving the court. Court action can be incredibly expensive, time consuming and sometimes unpredictable.

Over the past 12 months, the UK hospitality sector has demonstrated its resilience and ability to withstand the challenges of months of lockdown, with many businesses experiencing a bounce back...

There seem to be two broad strands developing in the debate.

Starting June 19, UK data protection law introduces a mandatory requirement for organisations to establish internal complaint procedures before individuals can escalate issues to the Information Commissioner's Office. This procedural shift aims to reduce the ICO's complaint backlog while placing greater responsibility...

The Crown Commercial Service has published the Contract Notice for its new Construction Works and Associated Services Framework.

The National Council of Rural Advisers (NCRA) has released a consultation paper entitled A Rural Conversation: ‘Together We Can, Together We Will.

Breakshore Ltd (Breakshore) employed Red Key Concepts Ltd (Red Key) to construct a six-storey tower block in Kent under a JCT contract. The contractual completion was expected to take place...

Working closely with our commercial real estate and rural property teams, Shepherd and Wedderburn's Scottish and English property dispute specialists combine in-depth expertise...

I have recently been involved in two agricultural tenancy disputes, the circumstances of which were remarkably similar.

A cross-unit team at Shepherd & Wedderburn has been instrumental in assisting US inward investor Mangata Edge with concluding investment documentation for a significant manufacturing facility, announced by Scottish Enterprise.

Marcus Wright has joined Shepherd and Wedderburn as a Partner in the firm's English Real Estate team.

One of the recommendations made by the Agricultural Holdings Legislation Review Group in 2015 was that tenants of secure 1991 Act...

As the UK makes progress towards a ‘Green Industrial Revolution', Shepherd and Wedderburn is committed, through our Green Recovery Strategy and enhanced Sustainability Policy.

Trade tensions between the US and the EU appear to be intensifying, with Scotch whisky among the products that may be included in a new list of US tariffs

On 25 March 2022, the European Commission and the United States Government announced an "agreement in principle" on a new EU-US Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (the Framework).