BTO Solicitors LLP has announced the appointment of Will Cole as a partner in its commercial litigation team in Edinburgh. A highly regarded litigator, Mr Cole specialises in assisting individuals, companies and public and third sector organisations with sensitive, business-critical matters.
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A Robert Gordon University law graduate who first joined Ledingham Chalmers as a legal secretary 27 years ago with the corporate team will walk through the firm’s doors next year as a trainee solicitor. Wendy Harris originally joined the full-service firm in 1992 and has been a paralegal with
Ben Wilson details Scotland's legislative efforts to tame its carbon emissions amid a growing sense of urgency over climate change. While good progress has been made on improving the Climate Change Bill, especially on the target to reach net-zero by 2045, more still needs to be done to fully enshrin
The Queen should be kept out of the Brexit controversy with the establishment of an inner privy council to advise her on proroguing Parliament, Lord Sumption has said. Writing for The Times, the retired Supreme Court justice said that the legal challenge to stop Boris Johnson from suspending Parliam
According to figures released by Registry Trust, the number of decrees against Scottish businesses dropped by 28 per cent in the first six months of 2019 (compared to HY1 2018 figures) - totalling 1,140, the lowest of any first half-year on record. The total value of decrees against businesses in th
Artwork created by Glasgow-based solicitor Graham Mitchell, partner at Clyde & Co, has been selected as one of two commemorative covers for the July edition of the Journal magazine which marks the Law Society of Scotland's platinum anniversary. Mr Mitchell's design interpreted what the law in Sc
TLT posted a seven per cent rise in turnover from £82 million in 2017/18 to £87.6m this year, representing a near 50 per cent increase in revenue over the last five years. In response to client demand, TLT has made significant investments in Scotland with the acquisition of specialist re
Specialist personal injury law firm Road Traffic Accident Law (Scotland) LLP (RTALS), which offers legal services to road users under Motorcycle Law Scotland, Cycle Law Scotland and Pedestrian Law Scotland, has announced that its trainee solicitors Thomas Mitchell and Zara Jones have qualified and w
Anyone who has purchased property knows just how stressful an experience it can be. In one particular case however, it turned into a nightmare, not only for the purchaser, but for their solicitors and ultimately their solicitors’ insurers, writes Karen Stachura. In the English case of Dreamvar
A recent success in the All Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court in a slip and trip case where the pursuer failed to prove how her accident happened has raised two issues of perhaps more general application given the looming introduction of qualified one way cost shifting (QOCS), writes Eoin Quinn
Law is not universally enforceable in the way we believe it is in theory – but “does it always have to be that way?”, Edward Snowden has asked. The American whistleblower, whose revelations in 2013 exposed Britain and America’s mass spying programmes, was addressing the ORGCo
The Faculty of Advocates’ non-practising member, Joanna Cherry QC MP, has been elected as an Honorary Bencher of Middle Temple in London, one of the four Inns of Court. Ms Cherry was sponsored by Lord Anderson of Ipswich QC (former Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation in the United Ki
The Scottish Council of Law Reporting (SCLR) has a new team at the top, and for the first time both senior positions are held by women. Jackie McRae has moved up to chair, and her place as vice-chair has been taken by Angela Grahame QC.
IP attorney firm Murigtroyd is among the top Scottish performers listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), with its shares up +35.33 per cent as other companies endure "growing pains" in 2019. Analysis by wealth management firm Brewin Dolphin showed that shares in Scottish companies listed
A reception has been held at the Scottish Land Court to mark the donation by Lord Gill of his agricultural law library to the court. Even in retirement, Lord Gill remains the foremost authority on agricultural law in Scotland, with his magisterial work on the subject now in its fourth edition.
