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Emergency coronavirus legislation will include a six-month ban on evictions from social and private rented sector accommodation, the Scottish government has announced. The move, which forms part of a set of measures brought in to protect people from the fallout of the COVID-19 crisis, was confirmed

Kate Dowdalls QC discusses the Scottish Law Commission's Cohabitation Discussion Paper in a new video. The commission welcomes responses to the paper.

The independent regulator of social housing in Scotland has been taken to task by a Holyrood committee following allegations of bullying and improper governance reported by our sister publication, Scottish Housing News. MSPs have given the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) one month to respond t

Neil Mackenzie QC, director of training at the Faculty of Advocates, has offered to hold a Zoom chat with anyone interested in finding out more about the Scottish bar. He tweeted: "A question for school pupils, students, trainees and solicitors curious about what the Scottish Bar is and does, would

Leading players in Scotland’s property industry have joined forces to demand government action to protect jobs and ensure the nation’s housing market can recover strongly from the coronavirus crisis. Representing a cross-section of the industry supporting the buying and selling of proper

A consortium of Scottish businesses is to seek judicial review of the Scottish government’s COVID-19 Business Grant Scheme amid increasing concerns that a failure to match Westminster’s economic support will lead to the demise of a string of retail and hospitality chains.

COVID-19 is presenting challenges for the construction sector in many areas, but the marked differences between the approach in Scotland and England is causing significant confusion amongst UK businesses, write Angela Grahame QC and Murdo MacLeod QC. Businesses are already struggling to comply

Balfour and Manson has been appointed as one of the suppliers in a new framework to provide legal advice in a range of areas to the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) and Police Scotland. The firm submitted a successful tender to the SPA/Police Scotland in three different areas of its framework: genera

Karen Dance looks at certain law reforms in the context of the latest personal injury court statistics. From 27 April 2020, Scottish solicitors have been able to enter into agreements with their clients in all personal injury claims to take a percentage share of damages as a fee for success. The leg

The collection rate for Scotland's new victim surcharge penalty stands at 66 per cent, according to figures from the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS). The 44th quarterly fines report is the first to include information about the collection of the penalty, which was introduced by the

Bill Gates famously said “intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana”. If this suggests he is not a huge fan of intellectual property rights that is certainly not reflected by Microsoft, the company in which he made his fortune. Microsoft has an enormous patent portfolio in exc

ESPC has highlighted how the Scottish property market might move forward after the coronavirus lockdown measures have been eased.

Levy & McRae has warned that Scottish businesses must act immediately to check whether they can successfully claim on their insurance for coronavirus disruption. The firm believes there are hundreds of businesses – especially small and medium enterprises – who need to seek expert adv

In its recent judgment in Gladman v Scottish Ministers, the Court of Session set out its interpretation of how Scottish planning policy applies a tilted balance to planning decision making in Scotland. Terra Firma Chambers’ James Findlay QC and Craig Whelton of Burges Salmon acted for Gladman

After more than 200 years, Thomas Muir of Huntershill has been restored to the roll of the Faculty of Advocates following a successful plea by Ross Macfarlane QC. Muir was an advocate and political reformer in late eighteenth-century Scotland who, during an age of revolution, promoted democratic ide