Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website. On Wednesday 18th january the Court will hear the case of Moulsdale t/a Moulsdale Properties v Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Scotland), on appeal from [2021] CSHI 29. The appeal concerns whether the taxpayer’s sale of certain property was a […]
On August 4, 2022, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as the Chair of the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF), formally published the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List. The Entity list is a consolidated register of the four lists required to be developed and maintained pursuant to Section 2(d)(2)(B) of […]
On June 23, 2022, the American Bankers Association and 51 state bankers associations released a letter to the federal financial regulators1 that describes the principles the regulators should use when developing guidance and regulations on environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) issues (“Industry Letter”).2 These principles reflect the industry’s view on how the government can maintain […]
Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website. On Wednesday 11 January the Court will hand-down judgment in McCue (as guardian for Andrew McCue) (AP) v Glasgow City Council (Scotland) [2023] UKSC 1, on appeal from [2020] CSHI 51. The key issue concerns whether the Respondent’s charging policy for community […]
On Wednesday 14th December the Supreme Court will hand down two judgments. The hand-downs will take place at 9:45 a.m. in Courtroom One: Stanford International Bank Ltd (In Liquidation) v HSBC Bank PLC, on appeal from [2021] EWCA Civ 535. The Court was asked to consider whether an insolvent company suffers any loss if payments […]
This case is concerned with the extent to which a doctor is required, under the duty of care owed to a patient, to inform the patient about alternative possible treatments to the one that is being recommended. In Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11 (“Montgomery”), the Supreme Court held that a doctor is […]
In this post, Anna Walsh (Partner) and Nicole Ellerby (Associate) in CMS’ medical malpractice team considered the awaited decision from the Supreme Court in the Scottish case of McCulloch and Ors v Forth Valley Health Board [2021] CSHI 21. Overview The appeal of the decision in McCulloch and Ors v Forth Valley Health Board [2021] […]
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Mike Pence confirmed that he called former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey at Donald Trump’s request to discuss the 2020 election results, but insisted that Trump never pressured him to find evidence to back up his unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud. “I did check in, with not only Gov. Ducey, but […]