Clyde & Co's Aberdeen office raised an incredible £2,700 at their recent race night in aid of Diabetes UK! The team were raising money and awareness for Diabetes UK. The race night was a brilliant success, with attendees from a range of sectors getting involved.
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Results from Gillespie Macandrew confirm the business has achieved a seventh consecutive year of growth for the year ended 28 February 2019. The firm saw an increase in revenue of 8.3 per cent to £13m and its year-end cash position rose to £1.3m, against £1m in 2018.
Digby Brown Solicitors has shown further growth with the appointment of five new associates. The promotions conclude a successful end to the 2018/19 financial year for the personal injury firm after it was also crowned Law Firm of the Year at the Scottish Legal Awards in March.
The Scottish government has published legislation to extend the right to vote in Scottish elections to citizens of all nationalities legally resident in Scotland. The Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Bill aims to benefit around 55,000 people and reaffirms the existing voting rights
Clive Phillips, head of the land & rural business team at Brodies LLP, gives an insight into the rural sector and the challenges it faces. Q) You are a lawyer and farmer – tell us about it?
Senior leaders from Deloitte LLP and Morton Fraser LLP have combined forces to call on corporate teams to pitch their brightest business ideas to them, as part of the Children 1st Dragons’ Glen charity challenge. Graeme Carmichael, senior manager, advisory, at Deloitte LLP and Austin Flynn, a
Graham Simpson MSP has successfully lodged an amendment to the Planning (Scotland) Bill which would introduce mediation int the planning system. Throughout the passage of the bill, there has been discussion around how there can be more community engagement within the planning process.
Michelle Macleod has been appointed as the new Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC). Mrs Macleod, who is currently Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector for the Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland, will take up her new role on 17 August 2019.
LendingCrowd, a fintech lending platform, has appointed Robbie McKenzie to the newly created post of general counsel and chief risk & compliance officer. A dual-qualified lawyer holding practising certificates in both Scotland and England, Mr McKenzie will lead LendingCrowd’s legal, risk a
The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) have awarded the Wildy BIALL Law Librarian of the Year 2019 accolade to Roddy Waldhelm. The award was collected by Mr Waldhelm, head of the Solicitors Legal Information Centre (SLIC) in the Scottish Government Legal Directorate, at the BIAL
Turcan Connell has announced the appointment of its current head of tax and succession, Alexander Garden, as its new chairman. He joined the firm as its first trainee only weeks after it opened its doors in 1997. He will take over the role from the firm’s first chairman, Simon Mackintosh, on 1
Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP has expanded to new premises in Inverness and taken on seven new recruits. Angus MacLeod, lead partner at WJM’s Inverness office, said the move marked a significant step in developing the firm’s services.
The Scottish Law Commission has today published a discussion paper seeking views on proposals for the reform of securities granted over land and buildings in Scotland. Standard securities are big business: 127,306 transactions were registered in Scotland in 2017/2018.
The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) is to undertake research into the Scottish legal services market to support the Scottish government’s response to the Roberton Review. Led by Esther Roberton, that review made a number of recommendations, including that there should be a single ind
Wealth management company Thorntons Investments has strengthened its Edinburgh team with the appointment of Gail Craig as portfolio manager. Ms Craig has over 25 years' investment management experience and takes up the position from Brown Shipley where she managed discretionary and advisory portfoli
