Opinion

Professors James Chalmers and Fiona Leverick set the record straight on Scotland's much misunderstood third verdict. The Scottish government’s announcement of a two year programme of jury research, which we are delighted to be carrying out along with Ipsos MORI Scotland and Vanessa Munro of th

David Gourlay David Gourlay gives SLN readers the latest GDPR update ahead of its introduction next year.

September and October are great months for getting round Faculties. CPD deadlines loom and there is usually still some decent golfing weather left (though not this year), so a few trips away are no chore at all. Banff has been a staple for, I think the last nine years now. Banff Springs Hotel is the

John Scott QC

Karen Manning

Fraser Geddes

Daradjeet Jagpal Daradjeet Jagpal gives a comprehensive overview of new data protection legislation.

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