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In light of the police-enforced lockdown and other social distancing measures, employers face a new challenge in ensuring they comply with their responsibilities whilst trying to maintain business continuity, writes Gurjit Pall. New measures are now detailed in the Home Office’s guidance to ma

A sports lawyer has insisted that Uefa's £50 million warning to the SPFL is an empty threat. European governing body president Aleksander Ceferin insisted that league seasons be resumed as soon as possible but solicitor David Winnie believes Uefa has made a mistake.

Following the introduction of emergency measures under the newly passed Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020, including those which affect both landlords and tenants and the management of their business premises during lockdown, Anderson Strathern’s Business Hub is giving a practical explanation of

Volkswagen installed illegal "defeat devices" in its vehicles, the High Court in London has ruled in a significant victory for litigants suing the car manufacturer over the emissions scandal. The ruling on preliminary issues overcomes a significant hurdle in establishing liability to the group of ar

Several students of Edinburgh Law School have been accepted to the 2020 cohort of the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U), which supports “students who are committed to take action and address the world’s most pressing challenges”.

A man has been charged after hosting a Pink Floyd tribute concert outside his home in violation of a ban on social gatherings. John Maldjian, 54, was charged with various offences after police in Rumson, New Jersey, received a call about a group of 30 people, aged from around 40 to 50 – possib

Jim Bauld outlines what the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act means for antisocial tenants. The Scottish Parliament has moved to pass emergency legislation to deal with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 is now on the statute books.

Alison Grandison has joined Edinburgh-based solicitors Urquharts as a partner. Ms Grandison has spent the last five years as a senior associate with Simpson & Marwick Property. She qualified as a solicitor in 2006 while at Archibald Campbell & Harley W.S., which later merged with Shoosmiths,

International legal consensus on the nature of cryptoassets as property rights will be required if they become widely used, Lord Hodge has said. The Deputy President of the Supreme Court said this was "the most pressing" property law issue in relation to cryptoassets.

The winning team in last week's landmark Morrisons case is delivering a webinar on what it means for business. DWF's employment, data protection and commercial litigation specialists will be answering questions live at the event, which streams on April 21 from 1100 to 1200.

In the second of his jurisprudential primers, Benjamin Bestgen invokes Greek wisdom in thinking about the merits of democracy. See part one here. Likening statecraft to captaining a ship goes back to the Greek poet Alcaeus of Mytilene but was made famous in Plato’s Republic.

Professor Peter Watson of PBW Law has been appointed to a panel studying the coronavirus threat for police in Scotland. Professor Watson is the legal member of the panel tasked with giving specialist advice on the safeguards police require.

EU member states cannot unilaterally rely on alleged fraud to set aside certificates for social security coverage validly issued by another member state, the European Court of Justice has ruled in a landmark judgment on the posting of workers. Although member states can disregard certificates which

A woman running a dog walking business in the Edinburgh area has succeeded in an action for defamation against another woman who operated a similar business. Heather Hiram, trading as Safe & Sound Hound, claimed that a video uploaded to Facebook by Alana Mullen, trading as Pi

Civil cases brought in Scotland's courts have declined by 11 per cent in the past year, according to new figures. Scottish government data show that in 2018-19, 72,100 civil cases were brought before the Court of Session or sheriff courts.