Opinion

Taste there is none, notes David J Black in part two of his look at films in Scotland. See part one here. Soppy romantic books and films of the Jackie variety are not for your scrivener, the reader may have gathered, yet one isn’t unsentimental. A dear aunt about 10 years older than onese

Defence solicitor Matthew McGovern reflects on the Summary Case Management Pilot. Proponents of summary justice reform always end up sounding a bit like proponents of communism or Brexit: the idea itself is never flawed, it just hasn’t been properly implemented (yet). However the Summary Case

David J Black tells the tale of his encounter with Hollywood, whose prestige is, happily, diminishing rapidly. See part two in tomorrow's SLN. News comes that the $238 billion Netflix Corporation of Los Gatos, California, has developed an interest in Edinburgh’s Grassmarket to the extent that

In the UK, there has been a dynamic shift in the relationship between auditors and clients who are preparing annual accounts or readying a business for fundraising or potential exit, writes David Lister. Increasingly more fulsome investigations where compliance issues arise are required before signi

Robert Holland takes a look at the UK government's new Employment Bill. The bill unveiled yesterday is undoubtedly the biggest employment rights shake-up since the 1999 Employment Relations Act 25 years ago, and in legislative length only matched by the 1975 Employment Protection Bill. However, it i

When setting up a limited company or agreeing to be appointed as a director, being aware of your duties to company creditors should the company fail is unlikely to be at the front of your mind, writes Seonaid Sandham. Yet, at a time when Scotland’s corporate insolvencies are 17 per cent higher

Among holders of disposable high-value assets there are concerns that HMG’s Budget on 30 October may see a significant increase in the rate of capital gains tax. For those currently contemplating asset sales there is consequent interest in whether concluding contracts before 30 October could e

The First Division of the Inner House of the Court of Session has issued welcome guidance on the assessment of “additional charges” payable on solicitors’ fees in judicial accounts, writes Claire White. This is a percentage uplift on solicitors’ fees which is allowed where th

It was reported recently that representatives of French footballer Kylian Mbappe had rejected a proposal that he participate in mediation to try and resolve a dispute with his former club, Paris St Germain, over claims amounting to £46.5 million in unpaid bonuses and wages. They said that &ldq

Pictures of fighting and bombed buildings are a familiar sight from historic photographs. It is unlikely that anyone has paused to consider the effects of war in relation to records. Government Records Offices are not themselves immune from destruction. What then do documentary records have to do wi

In July 2024, the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (a division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales) delivered its judgment in Aga Rangemaster Group v UK Innovations Group Ltd and Michael Patrick McGinley. Lauren McFarlane explains the case. The case raised interesting questions a

The rule of law is inevitably one of the first victims of war, and that is particularly the case when the aggressor nation chooses to pursue its objectives regardless of the impact on a civilian population, targeting hospitals, schools, public buildings and residential homes in a bid to undermine th

Andrew Stevenson comments on the right of a country to exist. When I studied jurisprudence at Glasgow University, a lot of attention was devoted to the concept of rights.

Dr Erin Ferguson explores how SLAPPs threaten the right to know and why legal reform is needed. 28 September was the International Day for Universal Access to Information (aka International Right to Know Day). This is a day to commemorate the development of freedom of information (FOI) laws and

Restrictions in UK Russian sanctions law on firms providing legal and regulatory advice have been relaxed, providing clarity for advisors and clients, writes Stacy Keen. The previous Conservative government legislated to introduce a restriction relating to the provision of legal advisory services to