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  • 'Endeavours' and 'Good Faith'

    Schottland 01.01.2011
    The case of CPC Group Ltd v Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company offered some guidance on how to interpret an "endeavours clause". The Scottish Court of Session has recently been faced again with...

  • Accessing Local Authority Information: The Audit Commission Act: A Wider Right than FOI?

    Schottland 01.01.2011
    Local authorities are bracing themselves for an influx of requests after a recent case held that confidential and commercially sensitive information, which would normally be exempt from disclosure under...

  • How to deal with requests for information under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

    Schottland 01.01.2011
    The provisions of the Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation have been well documented since their coming into force but there is another, until now little known, means by which members of the public...

  • Infrastructure Cost Review sets out plan to save £2 billion to £3 billion a year

    Schottland 01.12.2010
    The Government has published a report by Infrastructure UK (IUK) which illustrates plans to save 15% (between £20 billion and £30 billion over a decade) on planned infrastructure projects as...

  • The Scotland Bill

    Schottland 01.12.2010
    Introduction In December 2007, the Scottish Parliament with the support of the UK Government established the Commission on Scottish Devolution (the Commission) to review the Scotland Act 1998, recommend...

  • Courting Confidentiality

    Schottland 01.12.2010
    In the UK the past 12 months have seen legal professional privilege and without prejudice protection stand strong, even where the case for divulging communications has been apparently compelling. In Europe,...

  • Exporting Waste? Some Key Points to Remember

    Schottland 01.12.2010
    Employees have been given another avenue under which to pursue equal pay claims. But the chances of the avenue becoming a well worn path are less than employers might fear. In Birmingham City Council...

  • A False Sense of Fixed-Term Security

    Schottland 01.11.2010
    Lancaster University v The University and College Union UKEAT/0278/10/JOJ The EAT has upheld a protective award of 60 days’ gross pay per affected employee for a failure to consult collectively...

  • Supreme Court Allows "Hope Value" in Land Valuation

    Schottland 01.11.2010
    In a Supreme Court decision (Multi-Link Leisure Developments Limited v North Lanarkshire Council) in November 2010, North Lanarkshire Council (advised by the Dundas & Wilson Real Estate and Property...

  • E-disclosure Top Tips

    Schottland 01.11.2010
    What is e-disclosure? Disclosure is the legal process in disputes which requires parties to hand over documents supporting or undermining their cases to their opponents. The aim is to ensure that the...

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