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Dec

2010

Talking about the Social Housing Charter

The Housing (Scotland) Bill has recently been passed by the Scottish Parliament and while the scrapping of the right to buy policy has made all the headlines, there are other significant new proposals which will have an impact on the social housing sector. The Scottish Government has indicated that it expects the Housing (Scotland) Bill… Read more »

Posted by Daniel Barter

On December 10, 2010

Dec

2010

Public Law

Fixing the unfixable – the sun never sets on non-existent legislation

I posted recently about the Alcohol etc. (Scotland) Bill, passed by the Scottish Parliament on 10 November. The 21-day ‘standstill’ period that applies to all Scottish Parliament legislation has now expired, so the Bill should be receiving Royal Assent any day now. When that happens, it will be interesting to see if and how an… Read more »

Posted by Charles Livingstone

On December 8, 2010

Dec

2010

Public Law

Casting the competition net over Google’s search for top ranking

No business is safe from the scrutiny of competition authorities, not even the world’s largest search engine Google – indeed, it is the term “world’s largest” that’s now causing Google problems. One might say that with success must come caution in the competition law world, as companies with real strength in the market can be accused of abusing… Read more »

Posted by Daniel Barter

On December 7, 2010

Dec

2010

Public Law

Not too taxing – the other things in the Scotland Bill

There was a bit of suspense about the Scotland Bill right up til the last minute yesterday – lots of media coverage of what was going to be in it but we only managed to find the Bill itself on the UK Parliament’s website at 5pm. That presented a bit of a challenge for the launch… Read more »

Posted by Christine O'Neill

On December 1, 2010

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