Ken Gerber has joined Mitchells Roberton from Anderson Strathern as a director and partner today. Mr Gerber is a specialist in commercial property, landlord and tenant law and offers strategic advice to family businesses.
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Andrew Linehan has joined Murray Beith Murray as a rural partner, the firm has announced. Mr Linehan is a specialist in agricultural law and rural property matters with extensive private client experience.
Families Need Fathers Scotland has produced a manifesto to coincide with the publication this week of the Scottish government's plans to reform the Children (Scotland) Act 1995. The Way Forward for Scotland calls for changes in the law and legal procedures to "promote the positive value to children
Macnabs has drafted more than a hundred wills for clients and raised over £7,000 for charity this year after taking part in a will-writing campaign in which lawyers give up their time for free to write wills for local people, in exchange for a donation to the charity. The firm has taken part i
Ahead of the new parliamentary year, MSPs from the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee are spending a day with police officers, legal professionals and others working in the wider justice system in the Scottish Borders. The committee's role is to consider, scrutinise and investigate justice and
Belfast solicitor Laura Banks has warned that the UK government could be brought to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) over its failure to legislate following a landmark ruling on Widowed Parent's Allowance. Ms Banks acted for Siobhan McLaughlin in the case, which was heard by the UK Supreme
Digby Brown Solicitors has marked its year-on-year growth with the appointment of three new partners. Simon Richards, Mairi Day and Gavin Brogan assumed their new positions this month following a successful 2018/19 for the firm.
Five newly qualified solicitors have been welcomed by Clyde & Co. Bronagh Finlay, Campbell Swinley, Katie Love and Laura Williams will commence their legal careers at the firm today having successfully completed their traineeships.
A court in Thailand has upheld two death sentences which the UK’s National Crime Agency has admitted it helped secure. The two defendants, Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo, are now at risk of imminent execution. Reprieve is calling on the UK government to seek a stay of execution for the two Burmese men,
Macdonald Henderson has announced a number of promotions and appointments. Michael Hankinson has been promoted to director in the commercial dispute team; Fraser Morrison has been appointed commercial director and in-house legal counsel of HALO Urban Regeneration; Hilary Malone has been appoint
Yvonne Brady, head of restructuring and business advisory at Shepherd and Wedderburn, has been named best professional in business at the Scottish Women’s Awards 2019. Ms Brady, who earlier this year was also appointed as the firm’s head of diversity, development and inclusion, was recog
An emergency legal bid to stop Prime Minister Boris Johnson from suspending Parliament has begun at the Court of Session. Seventy-five parliamentarians are supporting the action which seeks an interim interdict to prevent the suspension of Parliament pending a full hearing, to begin on 6 September.
Northern Ireland's Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, will hear victims' rights campaigner Raymond McCord's legal challenge to the prorogation of Parliament tomorrow at the High Court in Belfast. Mr McCord launched the challenge two weeks ago in a bid to prevent the Prime Minister from
BTO has announced the appointment of senior associate Morven Douglas and solicitor Brittany Thomas to its family law team. Ms Douglas, an accredited specialist in family law and a trained collaborative lawyer, has practised exclusively in the field of family law for 16 years.
A judge has questioned why the courts require facts to be "squeezed into a Moorov straitjacket" instead of recognising a more general principle admitting similar fact evidence where relevance is established. Lord Glennie made the obiter comments in a judgment allowing the appeal against conviction o
