The Procurement Reform Act 2014 was passed in summer 2014, at which point a small number of its provisions came into force.

With all the recent talk of economic recovery it has never been more important to protect your business.

In a United States copyright dispute it has been decided by a Federal Judge that Warner/Chappell Music does not own the copyright rights to the song "Happy Birthday to you". It just so happens that this is the most profitable song ever produced.

LucasFilm, the company behind the Star Wars movie series, has lost a copyright claim in the Court of Appeal against a prop designer who sells replica Stormtrooper helmets.

Consider the following scenario. You arrive at work early on Monday morning, to discover that the supplier with whom you have been having a long-running but relatively minor dispute over payment, has secured a winding up order against your company and appointment of a liquidator from the court.

Happy New Year? We are on the long road to economic recovery and cash flow is vital to every business.

In October 2011 we reported on the Scottish case of Farstad Supply v Enviroco concerning the 8% judicial rate of interest on financial claims.

Renfrew Golf Club has had their claim for damages against the manufacturer of an electronic golf trolley refused. Renfrew Golf Club claimed that defective wiring in a Motocaddy trolley caused a spark that started a fire...

In November 2011 we reported on the case of a golfer injured by a ball hit by another golfer. The player and club found liable for the accident appealed to the Inner House of the Court of Session.

In the current fragile economic climate, disputes, particularly payment disputes, are rife.

A recent Supreme Court case has considered whether insurance premiums in respect of cover taken out to protect against the liability for expenses in a court action can be recovered as an expense of litigation.

In the recent appeal court case of Linda Gordon and Others v Campbell Riddell Breeze Paterson LLP, the Court of Session has taken the opportunity to provide some further clarity on Morrison v ICL Plastics Ltd, the important time-bar decision by the Supreme Court in 2014.

An academic study has found that over half of the top 100 websites are retaining user information through Flash cookies without permission.

This week, the police have been informed of yet another data breach involving personal health information.

In a groundbreaking judgment delivered in Milan, a court has convicted three senior executives at Google of violating Italian privacy law, after a video was allowed to be posted on YouTube showing a boy with Down's Syndrome being bullied by classmates.

The widespread publicity attracted from the recent cyber-attack on Talk Talk will have many organisations considering whether their cyber security measures are sufficient enough to protect the data they hold.

This month, the ICO launched its new Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) handbook which is intended to be a practical guide for organisations to help them identify the risks to personal privacy before implementing new initiatives and technologies.

The phrases "use reasonable endeavours" or "use all reasonable endeavours" are firm favourites with those who draft contracts, whether relating to property or not.

The latest word is that changes to the Construction Act 1996 brought in by the Local Democracy, Economic Development & Construction Act 2009 (LDEDC Act) which received Royal Assent on 12 November 2009 will be in force in either spring or autumn of next year.

When passed, the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 contained a section headed "Development Management Scheme" which promised the ability to apply a pre-formulated scheme for managing commercial and residential developments.