Opinion

Planning lawyer Ewan MacLeod provides detail on the Scottish Government’s consultation on the future of Scottish Planning Policy and the removal of the current presumption in favour of sustainable development. In 2014, the Scottish Government introduced a significant change to Scottish Plannin

Scott MacPhail on the importance of sewage systems in new housing developments. We have a lot to thank the Victorians for in Scotland… rail networks, clean water supply and beautiful buildings. But perhaps the legacy these industrious people left which is of most importance to us is a functio

Furloughed development assistant Seumas Thomson hopes to reap the benefits of being put back to work as a site labourer. From an early age, I was always interested in the world of property and construction. I loved playing with Meccano and initially thought I would follow a career in architecture. A

Lockdown has shown the particular importance of community green spaces, says Andrew Duncan.

Guy Marsden discusses the future of offices, sustainability features that we need to think of, the indoor and outdoor environment and why COVID is likely to accelerate its rebirth. With so many people making the transition to working from home, there is a school of thought that the coronavirus pande

Lauren Hazlie, property solicitor at Jones Whyte, details the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the housing market by discussing the extension to the Additional Dwelling Supplement Tax reclaim period. In Scotland, Additional Dwelling Supplement (ADS) Tax must be paid by a buyer on the purchase o

Scotland's tenements have a rich past, and their story can continue long into the future if cared for properly, says Lila Angelaka.

Dr John Macleod of Edinburgh Law School examines inaccuracy and the offside goals rule in light of a recent case in the Outer House. BAM TCP Atlantic Square Limited v BT plc [2020] CSOH 57 presents something approaching a full house of recent hot topics in conveyancing: interpretation of a deed of c

Construction lawyer Lisa Dromgoole considers the parallels between Hearts and Partick Thistle’s ongoing legal battle with the SPFL and alternative dispute resolution in the building sector. It's not often that a construction lawyer has cause to consider the world of football, or not this const

In response to Historic Environment Scotland's proposal to list the M8 Kingston Bridge, John Gilbert Architects has published its thoughts.

Simon Lewis, Vicky McCombe and Sarah Wales take a look at the latest case in the ongoing share of disputes on the subject of energy from waste (EfW) plant construction contracts. Energy from waste plants have been the subject of their fair share of disputes, one of the most recent being in relation

Social distancing has turned our lives upside down and at short notice businesses adapted to remote working, moving office life into the home. Some are beginning to speculate that this could spell the end of offices, but many people are still hopeful of a return to normality. Home working has benefi

A poor understanding of the updated Euroclass fire rating standard is bringing additional cost, confusion and quality issues to a sector faced with recladding up to 700 high rise building in Scotland alone, says Gillian Thomson. Replacing BS476, the European rating system EN13501-1 was updated in 20

In the first in a series of blogs about how planning can respond to new and old challenges, planning minister Kevin Stewart offers some thoughts about recent events and what the future might bring for our places and people. The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has made many of us ref

Cruden Group’s Kevin Reid outlines likely changes to the ways that we will build and what we will build now as a result of the pandemic. As the construction industry begins its journey through the restart plan, we consider how lockdown has afforded us the opportunity to rebuild the future of t