Blogs & opinions
Company barred from defending should have been heard on award
Court of Appeal also limits costs payable by respondent
What amounts to an actionable injury?
Sensitisation to particular type of substance can: Supreme Court
What is relevant to granting a reponing note?
Should the court test the quality of the failure to appear?
Defective bridge parapet gave rise to duty of care
Scope of duty explained, but driver contributorily negligent
Risky act in jumping balconies was novus actus
Judge properly weighed up level of risk and threat
Third parties' rights against insurers: limiting an exclusion
Liability only excluded if harmful outcome was intended
Letter: customise, don’t commoditise
Taking a little more time can often give you an advantage, and justify a higher fee
Letter: praise for ScotLIS
Give Registers of Scotland credit for an excellent service
No deal, no say?
The arguments for a second EU referendum apply with greater force in a "no deal" scenario
Letter: dumped by Lloyds
Was law firm ownership, not employee experience, key to panel rejection?
Letter: SLAB – a chance to respond
How one civil practitioner replied to a customer satisfaction survey
Letter: no discharge – what remedy?
What can a solicitor do if a lender fails without cause to deliver a discharge? An amendment to the standard clauses might be an answer
Letter: proper requirements?
Job ads should not stipulate experience with "top level" or "reputable" firm
System under threat
Items in this month's issue illustrate increasing threats to the rule of law and the integrity of the legal system
HMRC revises inheritance tax procedures
Process changes regarding the IHT400 set out in newsletter
Office of the Public Guardian updates
Professional guardian applications invited; new EPOAR declaration
OSCR issues guidance to reduce risk of fraud
Trustees advised to take precautions or face sanctions
PVG disclosure scheme to be streamlined
Consultation on simplified system closes shortly
HMRC revises residential property CGT payment scheme
Rules for UK residents and non-residents to be aligned
“No order” ruling justified for contact failure contempt
Sheriff entitled to give opportunity to reflect and change
Service on a four year old? The purpose of form F9
Appeal Court appoints reporter to take child's views instead
Unravelling a decree granted in ignorance but not error
Application for recall, rather than appeal, is correct procedure
No permanence order where kinship not fully considered
Sheriff attacks reliance on expert evidence on proposed carer
Children held to have new habitual residence in Germany
Order granted for return following removal to Scotland