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ADS is an additional amount of Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) payable on the purchase of a second residence in Scotland, e.g. a second home or a buy-to-let property.

Cyber security threats can cripple those businesses we rely on for our everyday necessities, with recent figures showing that 90% of the world's largest energy companies suffered breaches in 2023.

Alec Fair and Evie Dransfield from our Commercial Disputes team discuss some of the unusual ways that the courts in England and Wales have allowed court proceedings to be served...

Changes to the rules relating to the use of red diesel will come into effect from April 1 2022 as a result of amendments to the Hydro Carbon Oil Duties Act 1979.

In this second article for the ports review, Jamie Grant, Partner in our property and infrastructure team, expresses his optimism over the ongoing investment towards Scottish ports.

The turbulent nature of recent years, not least the impact of the global pandemic, stock market volatility, the rising cost of living and rising inflation, has left no sector of the economy untouched, and so it is for wealth management.

With statistics showing that around 15% of the hospitality workforce is made up of EU nationals, it is unsurprising that the immigration implications of Brexit are a real hot topic for the sector.

Unsurprisingly, most businesses do not normally look forward to an inspection or an investigation by inspectors of the Health & Safety Executive. Hopefully, the visit (whether planned or not) will go smoothly...

Last year, the UK Government published its green paper and consultation on Transforming Public Procurement. The government response to the consultation was published in...

Since its inception the Subsidy Control Regime has been continuously evolving under the Subsidy Control Act 2022.

In the second article in our four-part series on Artificial Intelligence (AI). In this instalment, we explore how to manage the data protection legal risks that arise when developing or deploying AI solutions.

Iain Drummond, Partner, and Alejandro Coghill, Trainee Solicitor, in our Construction, Engineering and Infrastructure Disputes team analyse the recent Technology and Construction Court ("TCC")...

The growth of the metaverse presents organisations with endless opportunities to engage with their customers, grow their brand and improve communication within the workplace.

On 4 October 2022, the CMA published its final recommendation to the Secretary of State on the retained EU Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation (MVBER). The retained MVBER...

The fast fashion industry has boomed over the last decade. With that growth, however, the scrutiny to which the industry has been subjected has increased significantly. Against that backdrop...

One of the few things that is becoming clearer amidst the Brexit fog is that a ‘no-deal' is no longer a fanciful possibility. The UK Government, in its White Paper on Immigration Reform published

On 31 May 2023 the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement and UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement came into force.

The EU Digital Services Act (DSA) came into force on 16 November 2022 and aims to create a safer and more transparent online environment...