Avid readers of our e-updates (including our e-update of 16 March 2010) will recall the European Commission adopted earlier this year Directive 2009/33/EC to promote the purchase of clean and energy efficient vehicles through public procurement exercises.

The UK Government has announced that 192 UK quangos will be abolished, with a further 118 taxpayer-funded agencies to be merged.

The Procurement Reform (Scotland) Bill was passed by the Scottish Parliament on 13 May and is currently awaiting Royal Assent, before becoming the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014.

The creator of the BitTorrent tracking site Oink's Pink Palace (Oink), Alan Ellis, has been cleared of conspiracy to defraud the music industry by a jury at Teesside Crown Court.

As reported in our recent e-update on the case of Echelon Wealth Management Limited (in liquidation), Lord Glennie has determined that liquidators who are removed from office have no right to retain assets as security for remuneration and costs

Microsoft has failed in its appeal to overturn a ruling which bars it from selling its Word software.

The Ministry of Justice has today announced a new measure intended to help prosecutors tackle incidents of bribery and corruption, called Deferred Prosecution Agreements ("DPAs").

A Redbridge Magistrates' court clerk has become the first person to be convicted under the Bribery Act after abusing his position in exchange for bribes.

The Fitness to Practise Panel of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) handed down a judgment resulting in the medico-legal practitioner Mr Titus Odendun being erased from the Medical Register.

The Information Commissioner (ICO) has fined Cold Call Eliminations Ltd £75,000 for making unsolicited marketing calls in an attempt to sell cold call blocking devices in breach of direct marketing rules.

In our e-update entitled "Subject access procedures should not be made redundant" we commented on the rise of subject access requests being made by disgruntled employees and ex-employees as a result of an increase in employee/employer disputes in the current economic climate.

The sentencing of former MSP Tommy Sheridan last week for committing perjury has dominated much of the UK news. The sentencing hearing, however, was not only the culmination of one of the largest perjury trials in Scottish history, but it also saw an important development in live, text-based court reporting.

Further to our recent e-update "Information Commission Cracks Down on Sale of Confidential Data", Ian Kerr, the founder of the Consulting Association which illegally stored and sold employees confidential data, went on trial today for breaching the Data Protection Act.

A recent survey issued by PwC has highlighted the record level of fines issued by the ICO in 2016; however once the GDPR comes into force on 25 May 2018 – with fines of up to €20,000,000...

Today sees the launch of a new Code of Practice on Privacy Notices by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) yesterday issued a fine of £90,000 to Cumbernauld based DM Design for making nuisance marketing calls.

A commercial landlord should never assume that, if his tenant goes into administration or liquidation, he will not be able to obtain rent from the administrator or liquidator in respect of the period following appointment of the administrator or liquidator.

The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2014 were laid before the Scottish Parliament.

Cash flow has long been recognised as vital for the construction industry. Whilst some contentious outstanding debts are perhaps more difficult and time consuming to pursue, others may be simpler and can be lost sight of through the passage of time.

You may recall our e-update earlier this year on the case of T Clarke ( Scotland) Limited v. Mmaxx Underfloor Heating Limited ..