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Resolution is the Key (click to view/download)
Steven Walker
05 Mar 2010
In this article, Steven Walker discusses the impending Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 and its impact on Scottish domestic and international dispute resolution. This article originally appeared in the Journal of the Law Society of Scotland and is reproduced here with their kind permission.

De Facto Directors, Corporate Directors and Lifting the Veil (click to view/download)
Andrew Bowen
10 Feb 2010
In this article, Andrew Bowen looks at an attempt by the Revenue and Customs Commissioners to use the de facto director argument to establish the liability of natural directors of a corporate director in respect of the subject company. This article originally appeared in issue 104 of W. Greens Business Law Bulletin and is reproduced here with their kind permission.

Renaissance of Scottish International Arbitration (click to view/download)
Steven Walker
04 Feb 2010
In this article, Steven Walker discusses the Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 and how this could create a renaissance of domestic and international Scottish Arbitration. This article originally appeared in the Scots Law Times (29th January, 2010) and is reproduced here with their kind permission.

Challenger To The Trump Development Fails To Obtain Interim Orders (click to view/download)
Maurice O'Carroll
25 Jan 2010
In this article, Maurice O'Carroll looks at the first piece of litigation to arise following the granting of conditional outline planning permission for the Trump development in Aberdeenshire. This article originally appeared in SPEL Magazine (February 2010) and is reproduced here with their kind permission.

Inheritance Tax - Share and Share Alike (click to view/download)
Philip J.D. Simpson
25 Jan 2010
In this article, Philip Simpson examines the case of Executors of MacArthur (dec'd) v HMRC [2008] which clarifies various issues relating to the valuation on death of shares and other securities. This article originally appeared in Issue 112 of the Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal and is reproduced here with their kind permission.

Case Law Spotlight - Forbo-Nairn Ltd v Murrayfield Properties Ltd 2009 CSIH 94 (click to view/download)
Maurice O'Carroll
22 Jan 2010
Maurice O'Carroll looks at the decision of the Civil Appeal Court of the Court of Session in the case of Forbo-Nairn Ltd v Murrayfield Properties Ltd which clarifies the issue of how commercial contracts ought to be construed. This article originally appeared in Issue 11 (Volume 2) of the Scottish Property Federation Newsletter (published December 2009) and is reproduced here with their kind permission.

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Terra Firma members course nominated for the EUSA Teaching Award
15 Feb 2010
The LLM course on International Commercial Arbitration at the University of Edinburgh has been nominated for the EUSA Teaching Award 2009-10. Terra Firma member, Steven Walker, is an Honorary Fellow at the University and Principal Lecturer on course.
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