TLT has appointed Damien Bechelli as corporate partner in Glasgow, who joins from DWF. Mr Bechelli specialises in providing corporate and commercial advice to a range of local, national and international clients including PLCs, investment funds, financial intermediaries and owner-managed businesses.
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Balfour and Manson has announced the appointment of medical negligence lawyer Kiera Dargie as senior associate. Ms Dargie joins the firm from the Medical Protection Society where she was medical negligence litigator within its Pathway 4B team. As part of this, she represented doctors in So
The Scotsman has published an obituary for Professor Alan Watson, the renowned legal scholar who passed away last month at the age of 85. "One of the outstanding legal scholars of the last hundred years, Alan Watson was recognised around the world. With his death we lose yet another link that took u
Murdo MacLeod QC has been shortlisted by Legal 500 in the category of Scottish Silk of the year. He has been recognized following appearances in the Queensferry Crossing FAI, the Edinburgh Tram Inquiry and FAIs into the deaths of a prisoner and a care provider.
Today, Advocate General Manuel Campos Sánchez-Bordona released his 26-page Opinion on the question whether the UK can revoke the notification of its intention to withdraw from the EU. His view is that the CJEU should decide that it can and that it should declare that Article 50 of the Treaty
A revision of the law governing motorsports events has been proposed in an attempt to bring them back to Scotland's roads. Organisers have been unable to secure insurance since three spectators died at the Jim Clark Rally in the Borders three years ago.
Advocate Laurence Kennedy has been appointed to the IMPRESS Arbitration Panel. Mr Kennedy, who is also an experienced tribunal judge, is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He started his career as a solicitor in 1995 and called to the bar in 2000.
The number of English and Welsh solicitors applying to join the Irish roll of solicitors has "surged again" in 2018, according to new figures from the Law Society of Ireland. A total of 601 solicitors from England and Wales joined the Irish roll in 2018, and 156 more applications are currently being
A woman whose husband was killed in Kenya has called for the role of the UK government in the "unfair" prosecution and trial of the "innocent" man convicted of killing him to be investigated. Judith Tebbutt, a British tourist kidnapped in Kenya in 2011 with her husband David, who was kille
Brodies LLP enjoyed a double success at the Law Awards of Scotland, scooping the awards for Outstanding Contribution and Innovation. Bill Drummond, managing partner of Brodies for 20 years, received the Outstanding Contribution award in recognition of his services and commitment to the legal industr
Healthcare services for rape and sexual assault complainers and victims will be improved through £8.5 million of investment. The Scottish government will provide the money over the next three years to help health boards deliver better services for victims. In this financial year, £2.5m w
Harper Macleod has announced it is extending its support for Scottish EDGE, the funding competition for entrepreneurs which will hold its latest final this week, for another year. Harper Macleod has also become the first organisation outwith past EDGE winners to sign the EDGE Pledge – a commit
The Law Society of Scotland has welcomed the Scottish government's announcement of a three per cent uplift in the legal aid rates but said simplifying the legal aid system and implementing evidence-based review system for fees remain major priorities. The Scottish government’s response to the
In 1987 mobile ‘phones were the preserve of stockbrokers, laptop computers an idea on Tomorrow’s World, video conferencing a Star Trek fantasy, and fax machines a modern mystery. In those primitive times, advocates depended on a Filofax, phone cards, and their clerk. And so it was on 1 J
The litigation and recoveries team in the Edinburgh office of UK law firm Shoosmiths last night celebrated being named Debt Recovery Team of the Year for the third consecutive year at the Law Awards of Scotland 2018. Rod Macphail, partner and head of the litigation and recoveries team in Scotland, s
