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Neil Campbell

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Neil Campbell is a Director in the Banking and Finance team at Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP. Neil worked at the Scottish Law Commission in the early days of the project that led to the Act and was on the Commission’s Advisory Group on the project and has been heavily involved in the implementation of the legislation. Email: neil.campbell@shepwedd.com

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

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.

29 SEP 2025

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The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA 2023) received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. Provisions are being introduced gradually, but 4 March 2024 was a key date when a number of important measures came into force through the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Commencement No.2 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2024, SI 2024/269.

30 APR 2024