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Highly valued migrants: overview 
of the categories | Magrath Sheldrick LLP
Legal Briefing

The UK government has recently 
split up the UK Border Agency into two entities, namely the Immigration and Visa Directorate and the Immigration Law Enforcement Directorate, both of which 
will report directly to the Home Office. The Tier 1 category of the points-based system1 was designed to allow highly talented migrants from outside Europe, and …

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Driverless vehicles: liability and new automotive technologies | Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Legal Briefing

The advance of GPS mapping, radar 
and wireless systems are making the ‘driverless car’ a possibility, sooner than many may have anticipated. The widely reported trials of an automated vehicle fleet utilising Google technology has raised the profile of automated vehicles significantly. Following these successful trials, the US states of Nevada, California and Florida have …

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Termination and disclaimer of 
contracts under 
Scots insolvency law | Brodies
Legal Briefing

In the current economic climate, it is vital for in-house counsel to have a good understanding of both the powers that an organisation has to terminate contracts in the event that the other party to the contract enters insolvency, and the powers the insolvency practitioner (IP) enjoys in 
this regard. Does insolvency have any automatic …

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Product liability and dietary supplements | Shook, Hardy & Bacon
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The market for dietary supplements in 2012 was estimated to be worth approximately £385m in the UK alone and is worth billions of dollars globally.1 Sarah Croft, of Shook Hardy & Bacon International, assesses the regulatory environment for these products in Europe and the UK and considers the product liability issues for 
this sector.


Getting the breaks | Falcon Chambers
Legal Briefing

In the context of any company restructuring or reorganisation, the presence of a break clause in one of the company’s leases is a valuable thing indeed. This will enable the tenant to move out of unwanted or over rented space. At the very least, if the premises are over rented, the presence of a break …

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Scottish employment law: small but significant differences can be a trap for the unwary | Brodies
Legal Briefing

Scotland has always prided itself on having its own legal system, distinct from the rest of the UK and based on a unique combination of influences and precedents. In employment law specifically the differences are fewer – largely because 
so many of the rules are statutory in nature – but key differences still exist. It …

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Court of Appeal provides useful guidance on the 
test for remoteness 
of damages for 
breach of contract | Edwards Wildman Palmer UK LLP
Legal Briefing

Generally speaking, a two-step procedure will be adopted in determining what damages will arise from a breach of contract. First, the courts will need to consider what loss has been suffered. Secondly, they will consider whether 
any of those losses suffered are too 
remote to be recoverable. It is this second test of ‘remoteness’ that …

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