Opinion

Jamie Watt looks at the business risks associated with cryptocurrency projects, and the potential for it to be a gamechanger. The concept of exchanging items of value for trade or payment has been with us for thousands of years. Evidence has been found dating back to 7000BC. Sumerian cuneiform table

Rebecca Barrass

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined (for the first time ever) a merging party for a failure to provide information during a merger investigation, write David Flint and Rebecca Ferguson.

Beverley Addison

Craig Bradshaw Craig Bradshaw gives his top 10 tips for reviewing design responsibility in construction contracts.

Gavin McEwan

David Hoey

Jamie Meechan There can be little doubt that Brexit, Donald Trump and Love Island stole the headlines in 2017 but it was also a busy year for employers. So as the year draws to a close, and we all look forward to Christmas, now is a good time to reflect on what we learnt in 2017, writes Jamie Meecha

Leon Breakey (pictured right) and Graham Horn look at recently issued shrieval guidance on the role of the court reporter in a liquidation.

Hazel Coutts Hazel Coutts looks at a case in which the Court of Session refused a motion for interim interdict, leaving an employee free to pursue business in competition with his former employer despite the existence of restrictive covenants.

Paul Motion

Sally Nash

Mike Dailly Solicitor advocate Mike Dailly suggests a solution to the problem of competing governing clauses.

Nicola Edgar Nicola Edgar looks at a recent case on the damages regime for wrongful death.

Earlier this year, David Flint (pictured right) and Rebecca Ferguson discussed the ECJ overturning the General Court and Commission decision in Intel that clarified how rebates are to be treated in competition law. In another setback for the Commission, the EU General Court has annulled, in part, a