Opinion

Amanda Masson Reality needs to catch up with law when it comes to parental rights, says Amanda Masson.

David Gourlay David Gourlay gives SLN readers a rundown of the Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017.

Confusion reigned over last week’s ECJ ruling on the Ryanair jurisdiction case. We are pleased to clarify the issue with this analysis from Catherine O'Flynn and Jeffrey Greene of Dublin law firm William Fry. The ECJ has ruled on 14 September 2017, in a case relating to six Belgium-based Ryanair e

Eric Gilligan Eric Gilligan discusses a recent case on workplace monitoring and the Prime Minister's threats to withdraw from the ECHR.

Austin Flynn

Vikki Melville Vikki Melville takes a look at the problem of fraudulent conduct in civil cases and the shortcomings of the bill intended to remedy it.

David Flint David Flint looks at a case illustrating the fine line between necessary and unnecessary restrictions in the competition rules.

Amy McCalmont looks at a case reminding landlords and tenants to make their intentions explicit. In a recent Sheriff Court case, Brucefield Estate Trustee Company Limited and Others v Computacenter (UK) Limited it was found that a lease continued by tacit relocation for a period of one year, serving

Michelle Adam Michelle Adam contrasts punitive and compensatory PI regimes following an interesting case in the US involving huge sums in punitive damages.

Kate Wyatt Despite a partial reprieve, employers in the social care sector must take swift action to comply with rules on paying workers appropriately for sleep-in shifts, writes Kate Wyatt.

Andrew Paterson

Tobias Lock Tobias Lock, senior lecturer in European law and co-director of the Europa Institute at Edinburgh Law School thinks the two-court solution the best for regulating dealings between the UK and EU after Brexit.

Jamies Foulis Jamies Foulis looks at a judgment on summary divorce from India's Supreme Court and how Scots law would handle something similar.

Aretha Franklin I was 18 when I went to Auschwitz. My school chum Eamonn Kelly and I got a train to Warsaw and then down to Krakow. 1975 – height of the Cold War. Mad, I know. How we were allowed to go remains a mystery to me.

Professor Mark Elliott