Reforming Scotland’s civil courts – Bill published
In a recent development that will be of interest to anyone contemplating taking a legal dispute to one of Scotland’s civil courts, the Scottish Government has published further details of new legislation that it says will bring about the biggest modernisation of Scotland’s courts in a generation. Civil Courts Review The reforms follow on from […]
Cross-border business disputes to be simplified
New measures to strengthen the position of consumers and businesses in low-value cross-border disputes have been proposed by the European Commission. There has been a procedure in place in Europe to resolve small civil and commercial cross-border disputes since 2007 – the European Small Claims Procedure. Six years down the line, the Commission is drawing […]