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When commercial disputes first arise, the natural inclination for the parties is often to attempt to resolve matters between them, without involving lawyers at an early stage. Instructing lawyers is often seen as a last resort.

The organisers of The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games are hoping that this summer's games will be just as successful and celebrated as those of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

A Commencement Order has been published which will bring into force on 1 November 2011 sections 139 to 145 of the Local Democracy Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.

Most businesses are affected by outstanding debts in these difficult times, none more so than those within the construction industry.

As highlighted in our recent newsletter the Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 was passed by the Scottish Parliament on 18 November 2009, received Royal Assent on 5 January 2010 and is expected to come into force in the next few weeks.

The Scottish Government has published its first draft land use strategy for Scotland. "Getting the Best from our Land" is a draft consultation document, in which the Scottish Government has set out its vision for the use of the 96% of Scotland's land mass which is not urban.

Among the wide variety of construction related news over the last two weeks, some of it positive and much of it interesting, the topic of construction insolvency was a feature through the insolvencies of Dunne Group and HOC (UK) Limited and the Court of Session decision in the case of Albyn Housing Society Limited v Active Air Conditioning Limited.

There are many questions following upon the Brexit Referendum – not just political and economic, but legal. The Referendum has no immediate legal effect.

Following recent action taken by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) marketing firms are advised to remain vigilant in relation to unwanted marketing phone calls.

The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has recently issued updated guidance on the use of an address for service (AfS) for intellectual property rights in the UK.

As our series of Brexit [blogs] has illustrated, the EU Referendum result in June 2016 spawned a host of consequences, and many a discussion about the impact and implications of Brexit.

The third in our mini-series on the ICO guidance on Consent, published on 2 March 2017, focuses on the alternatives to consent when data processing.

The Supreme Court has given its judgment in the UK constitutional case of R (on the application of Miller and another) (Respondents) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Appellant).

The EU Data Retention Directive, formally known as "Directive 2006/24/EC” came into force on 15 March 2006.

A Belgian court has decided that a Facebook practice of tracking and registering the internet usage of members and non-members is unlawful and in breach of Belgian privacy law.

Tesco has won a key victory against the Competition Commission and its proposals to make store planning applications subject to a competition test.

The Consumer Protection Act 1987 sections 2(2)(b) and (c) contains provisions relating to liability for defective products.