New positions and appointments at SYLA

SYLA has created a number of new positions on its committee, at both executive and non-executive level. It now has a social media manager, supporting roles for secretary and treasurer and three new non-executive committee spaces.

The following committee members were elected at the 2024 AGM:

• President: Patricia Taylor, commercial litigation associate, DLA Piper;
• Vice president: Amina Amin, commercial contracts solicitor, Morton Fraser MacRoberts – re-elected for second term;
• Treasurer: Caitlin Bell, senior solicitor – commercial litigation, Gilson Gray;
• Secretary: Aman Uppal, trainee solicitor, Anderson Strathern;
• Social media manager: Heather Gibson, associate, infrastructure, construction and energy disputes, CMS;
• Past-president: Laila Kennedy, solicitor (commercial and civil litigation), Ledingham Chalmers.

Non-Executive Committee:

• Arthur Bell: trainee solicitor, Jameson + Mackay;
• Kate Docherty: future trainee solicitor, COPFS;
• Eisa Mahmood: DPLP student at the University of Strathclyde / future trainee solicitor, Dentons;
• Kirsten Gallacher: associate, Pogust Goodhead;
• Jay Elder: trainee solicitor, Morton Fraser MacRoberts;
• Martha Hall: 4th Year LLB student, University of Aberdeen;
• Catriona Kemp: NQ solicitor, Thorntons;
• Xinhui Lai: trainee solicitor, Angelov Solicitors;
• Emma Brown: NQ solicitor, JHS LAW;
• Aryan Arora: University of Edinburgh LLM Graduate (Innovation, Technology and Law) and paralegal.
• Amy MacLeod: first year trainee, Innes and MacKay.