NCAT was not relevantly satisfied that Mr Fryar was a fit and proper person to be re-registered as a pharmacist.

If a hotel owner decides to bring in a management or operating company to run its hotel business then its main concern will be to find one that has the correct "fit" for its own hotel.

The way that taxable termination payments (i.e. those not covered by the £30,000 exemption) are treated for PAYE purposes is to change with effect from 6 April 2011.

With new EU rules, companies are becoming keener to challenge the way public bodies choose suppliers.

The Bankruptcy & Diligence etc (Scotland) Act 2007 (the BAD Act) will radically reform the law of bankruptcy and diligence as it is implemented in phases over the course of 2008 and 2009.

The Court of Appeal was asked to consider the preliminary issue of whether a property insurer was entitled to recover from a motor insurer where the damage to the Claimant’s premises was a result of a deliberate act by the driver.

The Digital Economy Act is now law. It covers a wide range of areas including measures to address web piracy and provision for public-service broadcasting and content and network infrastructure.

The Scottish Government has for some time stressed the importance of community engagement in all aspects of the planning system.

Compulsory purchase in Scotland is hardly new.

The new planning system brought about in Scotland by the Planning Etc (Scotland) Act 2006 is now in the course of practical implementation.

Historically Glasgow has been a significant centre of commerce and industry within the United Kingdom but trading throughout much of the western world.

Ian McCann explores the benefits for developers who look beyond the safe option of the design and build procurement route.

It is something of an irony that at the time the Scottish housing market is facing its most significant downturn for possibly 30 years, the Scottish Government has issued up to date guidance (a revised version of SPP3) on the identification of housing land and the delivery of homes through the planning system.

The Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 received Royal Descent on 12 November 2009 ("the 2009 Act"). The provisions of Part 8 of the 2009 Act contain various amendments to Part II of the Housing Grants, Construction & Regeneration Act 1996 ("the Construction Act") and upon the date they come into force will apply to "construction contracts" that are entered into by parties from that date.

When dealing with planning situations it is all too easy to concentrate upon the grant of the planning permission itself, almost ignoring other aspects of the development process, often because these will be dealt with by way of conditions.

One area of the economy that appears to have remained relatively buoyant during the downturn is the development of new supermarket facilities in Scotland.

On 9 October Lady Clark issued her decision in an application for judicial review by Sainsbury's in relation to a decision of Perth & Kinross Council.

Scottish Widows Services Ltd v Harmon/CRM Facades Ltd (in liquidation), Building Design Partnership, W.S.A. Inc and Scottish Widows Services Ltd v Kershaw Mechanical Services Ltd, Building Design Partnership Outer House, Court of Session.

The news last month that volcanic ash from Iceland was disrupting air travel brings back memories of the eruption of the Icelandic Volcano, Eyjafjallajokul, a year ago, which led to worldwide chaos.

There has been considerable controversy in Scotland over the last few weeks in relation to the impact of European Law with trenchant (and somewhat rude) comments emerging from at least one Minister in the Scottish Government.