Real Estate Law and Construction Law

A packed audience gathered in the Lowland Hall at the Royal Highland Showground on Friday 20th June for the annual rural business breakfast briefing hosted by Shepherd and Wedderburn and Bidwells.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has been around for more than 150 years, stressing the importance of American agriculture to a bountiful food production system since Abraham Lincoln first signed it into being in 1862

But today, large-scale agricultural operations aren't just production-focused—they're complex businesses...

The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cyprus has issued a new order under the Rent Control Law of 1983 (Law 23/1983) (the "Law"), setting a maximum rent increase cap of 6%...

On June 4, 2025, the Competition Bureau (the Bureau) published its finalized guidance, Competitor Property Controls and the Competition Act (the CPC Guidance), regarding the application of the Competition Act (the Act) to competitor property controls.

Following its first consultation on the future of security of tenure for business tenants under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, the Law Commission published an interim statement on the direction of reform on 4 June 2025.

Making a gift to a loved one shortly before death may seem like a generous or meaningful gesture. However, in Québec, some of these "last-minute" gifts – known in legal terms as gifts mortis causa...

Making a gift to a loved one shortly before death may seem like a generous or meaningful gesture. However, in Québec, some of these "last-minute" gifts – known in legal...

In today's housing market, making an offer can feel as nerve-wracking as standing before the Supreme Court. No wonder more and more parents are stepping...

Some caveats registered on the title can create obstacles to the conveyancing process in a mortgagee power of sale,.

Part 31 of the Civil Procedure Rules concerns the disclosure and inspection of documents in civil litigation. In summary, a party discloses a document by stating that the document exists or has existed. A party to whom a document has been disclosed has a right to inspect that document except where, amongst other things, the party disclosing the document has a right or a duty to withhold inspection of it.

A judgment delivered on 23 April 2012 stated that in a Settlement Agreement, inclusion of the phrase "full and final settlement in respect of any and all outstanding matters" was, on the facts, sufficient to exclude liability for defects.