Given the current difficulties with the housing market, it is salutary to think that the current Government identified within the last 18 months a target of 35,000 housing completions a year (an increase of 10,000 units per year from the figure then achieved).

The Scottish Government has a declared objective to move towards challenging but realistic targets for energy performance with a view to matching, or least making a significant move towards, the most vigorous energy performance levels in Europe (which are in Scandinavia).

Further moves to simplify the planning system and make it more accessible to people in communities were set out today by Planning Minister Greg Clark.

Legislation is to be introduced in Finance Bill 2011 to increase the rate of income tax relief given under the Enterprise Investment Scheme ("EIS") from 20% to 30% with effect from 6 April 2011.

The UK’s commercial property sector will soon be subject to the full rigours of UK competition law for the first time.

The unified tribunal system, implemented through the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, came into being on 1 April 2009.

Alternative medicine is big business. From Acupuncture to Yoga (I couldn't think of an example for "Z", but I wouldn't be surprised if there is one) there are all sorts of remedies, treatments, techniques, practices, devices and indeed entire medical and philosophical systems available in the UK that claim to cure disease, rebalance the body's energy fields and generally heal the sick.

The much publicised Bribery Act 2010 (the "Act") came into force on 1 July 2011.

The deadline for registration as participants and information declarers in the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme passed on 30 September 2010.

What happens if someone you are dealing with - a contractor or another party you have an ongoing business relationship with - looks like they are heading towards insolvency, or suddenly tells you that they are now in administration or liquidation?

2009 is beginning with more and more retailers closing their doors and the press is full of stories about companies teetering on the brink of collapse, they are going under, calling in the receivers, going into liquidation.

A team tasked by the DTI to review dispute resolution in the workplace has recommended the abolition of the Statutory Dispute Resolution Procedures. How did this come about and what can we expect to replace them?

Over the past 5 years the Scottish planning system has gone through significant change all intended to make that system more effective and fit for purpose.

For a number of years now objectors to development have been wise to the fact that registration of land as a Town and Village Green (TVG) will stop development and applications to register land have been on the increase.

On 1 December 2008 stamp duty land tax ("SDLT") is five years old. This anniversary brings with it potentially greater reporting burdens and additional tax payments for tenants.

An ill employee who altered a medical certificate to facilitate a return to work was found to be guilty of misconduct.

This decision rejected the idea that a system of work involving lifting and twisting creates a foregone risk of injury.

While project bank accounts are proposed, local governments should assess the appropriateness of PBAs for their projects.

We discuss Dick Smith Investments Pty Ltd v Ramsey [2016].

ShapingSEQ is a framework to manage the region's growth over the next 25 years and sets a vison for the next 50 years.