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The Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023: some points from practice six months on

29 September 2025 / Author(s): Hamish Patrick , Neil Campbell
Issue: October 2025 / Categories: Feature

In this article the authors review the Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023 (the Act), which came into force on 1 April 2025, and consider some of the common trends, issues and nuances arising in practice in the Act’s first six months in operation, in particular:

  • Perfection of assignations by registration and/or notice (or both).
  • The boundaries of what is assignable under the Act.
  • Invalidation of statutory pledges by disposals outside consent regime.
  • Enforcement and voting rights in relation to share security.
  • Information requests to lenders.

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