Contractors and principals should ensure they have appropriate insurance coverage instead of relying on indemnity clauses.

The macro environment in the Pacific Rim continues to be shaped by geopolitical competition, though risks will likely oscillate in severity through cycles of cooperation and rivalry.

On 28th September the European Commission published its draft directive implementing a common financial transaction tax (‘FTT’) for EU member states.

Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings Ltd has lost an appeal against conviction for corporate manslaughter. The BBC reports that the Court also upheld the company’s £385,000 fine at the Court of Appeal in London last week.

Breach of confidentiality is one of those tricky areas which can be harder to prove than you might think.

The use of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) as part of the range of measures designed to reduce the UK’s CO2 emissions continues to draw closer.

There have been some reports in the property press of the recent case in England of Nationwide Building Society v Davisons.

Contracting parties will often try to limit or qualify the extent of their obligation by making it subject to "reasonable endeavours", "all reasonable endeavours" or "best endeavours".

Fraudsters' tactics are constantly evolving and they have developed a wide variety of different scams in order to try and defraud motor insurers into making payments.

Now more than ever it is important to protect the interests of your business and to make sure that these are not prejudiced by the acts of a competitor.

YouTube, who are owned by Google, has pulled hundreds, if not thousands, of videos from its YouTube website following failed negotiations with the Performing Rights Society to come to an agreement regarding copyright licence fees.

Many of us realise to use a cliché "we are not getting any younger".

One of the most significant pieces of legislation passed by the Scottish Parliament has been the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003.

A further draft is expected to be released in mid-2017, with the final version being published at the end of the year.

The Queensland Supreme Court provided guidance to local governments as to the permitted use of Crown land held on trust.

Unfortunately, rather than taking the simple approach of bringing the whole of the new Companies Act 2006 into force at once, the Government has instead done things piecemeal leaving companies struggling to work out how the new legislation impacts on their day to day operations.

The High Court in England has recently confirmed in the case of Re Frontsouth (Witham) Ltd and Another (2011) that it cannot remedy a defective administration appointment using its powers under Rule 7.55 of the Insolvency Rules 1986.

The definition of development is given in Section 26 of the Town & Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (as amended). Sub-Section 4 makes clear that "building operations" (which do constitute development) include "demolition of buildings".

As has been the case in previous years, recent action by inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) shows that construction sites are once again a particular enforcement target at the moment.

The definition of development is given in Section 26 of the Town & Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (as amended). Sub-Section 4 makes clear that "building operations" (which do constitute development) include "demolition of buildings".