In this article, Roddy Macleod considers potential legal issues arising from termination of a power of attorney under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000. This article was first published in the May edition of Scots Law Times (S.L.T. 2020, 15, 87-89) and is reproduced here with the kind permission of Thomson Reuters. more...
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In this article, Jon Kiddie looks at the Coronavirus Act 2020 and the wealth of attendant regulations and statutory instruments and their effect on the legal landscape. more...
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All Bets Are (Off)Shore
In this article, Gordon Watt considers recent cases on the transfer of assets abroad legislation and the defences that may apply. This article first appeared in Taxation Magazine (May, 2020) and is reproduced here with the kind permission of Lexis Nexis. more...
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'A Practical Guide to Public Law Litigation in Scotland' by Drummond, McCartney & Poole - Book Review
Jon Kiddie reviews A Practical Guide to Public Law Litigation in Scotland by Drummond, McCartney & Poole. Published in late 2019, Jon finds this to be a very useful and informative book for legal practitioners and scholars alike...
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Why COVID-19 Jeopardises the EU Settlement Scheme (and what the Home Office can do about it)
In this article, Terra Firma Chambers Mark Lazarowicz and Dorota Peszkowska (Feniks) consider the possible effect of the coronavirus pandemic on some EU nationals ability to fulfil the requirements of the EU Settlement Scheme. This is an updated version of an article first published on the London School of Economics & Political Science Brexit 2020 website on 13th May 2020 and it is reproduced here with their kind permission. more...