Brandon Malone The Scottish Arbitration Centre has supported the London Centre for International Law Practice 2nd Annual Conference on Energy Arbitration and Dispute Resolution in the Middle East and Africa, held in London last week. Brandon Malone, chairman of the board of the centre, devised and d
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Lord Neuberger In an address delivered at the Northern Ireland Personal Injury Bar’s Inaugural Conference in County Down earlier this month, President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger reflects on shifts in the underlying principles in the law of negligence and the role of policy in deciding su
Whatever type of ‘Brexit’ is eventually agreed between the UK and the EU, legislation made by the EU and the case law of the European Court of Justice is likely to be important for Scottish courts for many years in the future. The way that EU law influences UK courts is likely to change however.
The fund-freezing measures imposed on Rami Makhlouf, cousin of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, must be maintained for the period 2016-2017, the General Court of the European Union has confirmed. Since 2011, the Council has included Mr Rami Makhlouf on the list of persons covered by the restrictiv
David Gourlay MacRoberts has advised the shareholders of CLCB Holdings Limited, which includes CORGI HomePlan, in the sale of their business to the OVO Group.
A full bench is to review the procedure for challenging the validity of a police search warrant granted by a sheriff and the admissibility of evidence obtained from the search. Three judges of the High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court observed that there was “confusion” among the legal professio
Margrethe Vestager Facebook has been hit with a €110 million fine by the European Commission over information it provided ahead of its merger with WhatsApp.
David Smith Legal firms with five or more partners have had a third year of growth across the sector and experienced significant income growth rates of between eight per cent and 20 per cent, fuelled by mergers and the volume of corporate transactions, according to Scottish accountants Henderson Log
Hamish Patrick The winners of the IFLR European Awards have been announced, and a deal on which Shepherd and Wedderburn’s banking and finance team acted has come out on top.
Murray McCall Anderson Strathern experienced a small decrease in turnover in the financial year to 31st August 2016, partly impacted by Brexit, with the top line off by three per cent at £21 million against the previous year. In spite of a marginal slowdown in the corporate and commercial property
Professor Alison Britton Health Secretary Shona Robison has commissioned Glasgow Caledonian University’s (GCU) Professor Alison Britton to examine and report on the Scottish government’s Independent Review into Transvaginal mesh implants.
Pictured (L-R): Brandon Malone, Martin Šolc and Andrew Mackenzie
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Sally Nash Sally Nash discusses how the latest record-breaking divorce case in England would be treated north of the border.