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Cat MacLean, partner and head of dispute resolution at MBM Commercial, explores the judgment issued this morning in Sekers v Clydesdale [2021] CSOH 89. Online fraud has been on the rise for many years. The advent of lockdown and working from home has seen the volume of attacks increase by one third

Alan Meek, partner and head of Morton Fraser's restructuring and insolvency team, discusses the intricacies of limited liability. Limited liability is one of the fundamental concepts in our understanding of company law.

A petition for judicial review by a hospice challenging the decision of Healthcare Improvement Scotland to publish a report containing details of a complaint made against it has been refused by a judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session.  The anonymous petitioner, Y, argued that it had

A piece in the FT yesterday on the Lugano Convention was one of the first that has looked at the family law consequences of the UK no longer being a party to the Convention (which provides agreed jurisdictional rules in cross border cases for civil and commercial matters, and provides for recogniti

A Trump-era policy forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their claims are processed in the US must be reinstated following a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). The top court refused to grant the Biden administration a stay on a district court injunction pending app

The estate of the sculptor of Copenhagen's famous Little Mermaid statue is suing a small Danish town to demand it removes its own statue of a mermaid. The heirs of Edvard Eriksen, who sculpted the character from the Hans Christian Anderson story that inspired the Disney classic, argue the statue in

The Sheriff Appeal Court has reduced the sentence of a man convicted of sexually touching a teenager after he appealed against his sentence and lodged a bill of suspension seeking to suspend the sentence imposed by the trial sheriff. William Hepburn, aged 79 at sentencing, was originally s

A judge-led public inquiry into the Scottish government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic will be established by the end of the year, ministers announced today. A consultation has been launched on the draft aims and principles of the inquiry, and the government said discussions are "underway with

Police have been "fair and proportionate" in their enforcement of Covid-19 restrictions, according to new research published by the Scottish Police Authority (SPA). The independent advisory group chaired by John Scott QC has published a major 141-page report into police use of Covid-19 powers ahead

Pinsent Masons partner Alastair Morrison has been appointed as chair of the Centre for the Moving Image (CMI), the parent charity of Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh's Filmhouse and Aberdeen's Belmont Filmhouse. Mr Morrison, who will take up the role from 30 August 2021, is partner a

Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon – or Johnny Rotten – has lost a High Court battle with his former bandmates over a new TV show about their career. He pulled out of the six-part miniseries to be directed by Oscar winner Danny Boyle and refused to allow the band's music to be used in the s

Shepherd and Wedderburn reported 4.1 per cent turnover growth to £59.3 million in the year to 30 April 2021, with profits before partner distributions rising 13 per cent to £25.3 million. In recognition of the resilience shown by staff over the past year, they have received a bonus of fi

A Court of Session decision continues the trend of high awards of damages being made by the Scottish courts in fatal claims, writes Robyn Keay. The relatives of a young man who was fatally injured whilst operating a cherry picker have been awarded a total of £315,000 in damages in the Cou

James Findlay QC, Denis Garrity and Fergus Colquhoun successfully represented the petitioners in two related cases seeking judicial review of decisions of the Scottish ministers to make changes to planning policy following a consultation process. The petitions by Graham’s the Family Dairy (pro