Great client communications can help strengthen solicitor-client relationships and minimise complaints. That’s the idea behind this year’s Innovation Cup winning entry. The winner of this year’s competition is Emily Campbell, a trainee solicitor at BTO Solicitors. Ms Campbell impre
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The UK government should act immediately to deal with a "pandemic of misinformation" that poses an existential threat to our democracy and way of life, according to a report of the Lords' Committee on Democracy and Digital Technologies. The committee said online platforms are not "inherently ungover
The Scottish housing market is set to open today as the country enters phase two of the Scottish government’s route map out of the coronavirus crisis. Cameron Ewer, head of Savills Residential in Scotland said it was important to note that "sales activity hasn’t stood still during lockdo
Addleshaw Goddard has announced a new leadership role for David Kirchin who has been appointed head of Scotland for the firm, combining that additional responsibility with his advisory role as a corporate partner. Mr Kirchin succeeds Malcolm McPherson who has retired from the partnership, but remain
Burness Paull has completed a multimillion-pound fundraising round which saw the firm's top equity partners double their capital stakes to £300,000, The Lawyer reports. Partners chose to inject the cash into the business instead of raise bank borrowings. The firm has also reduced its monthly d
Charities may have to merge to survive the cash crisis caused by the pandemic, a lawyer has said. Alastair Keatinge, partner and head of charities at Lindsays, said the Scottish government must play a key role in reforming the third sector.
A pair of property paralegals who have worked together for 15 years have both joined Gilson Gray in its recently-opened Dundee office. Senior paralegals Fiona Nicoll and Louise Duguid have joined the firm from Blackadders.
A petition has been launched calling on the Scottish government to formally adopt the Fair Rents (Scotland) Members Bill after the proposed legislation was dropped by the Scottish Parliament’s local government committee. Scottish Labour housing spokesperson Pauline McNeill worked closely with
The expected cut to stamp duty land tax (SDLT) being announced today by the Chancellor must be matched in Scotland to avoid a housing market collapse, according to property firm apropos. The firm believes that cutting the SDLT in England and Northern Ireland without a comparable reduction in land an
When the Supreme Court gave its decision in long-running matrimonial dispute Villiers v Villiers this month it handed a significant victory to Edinburgh law firm SKO Family Law. Led by partner Rachael Kelsey – the K in SKO – the firm represented Mrs Villiers in a matter that had sought t
A man convicted of murdering a man in Turiff, Aberdeenshire, has had the punishment part of his sentence reduced on appeal to the High Court of Justiciary. Liam Hay, who was 20 years old at the time of the murder and at the time of sentencing, argued that the sentence was excessive o
Donald Trump sank to new depths last week, if that is possible, with the pardoning of his long-time pal and master of the black arts Roger Stone. It is an act which has nauseated even some leading members of the Republican Party. In its editorial on Saturday, which we reprint below, The Washington P
Headhunters are calling on Scotland's legal sector to avoid repeating poor HR decisions made during the financial crisis in order to survive and thrive in a post-COVID-19 economy. In its eighth and latest annual salary guide, written prior to the pandemic, Core-Asset Consulting were already hig
Benjamin Bestgen considers 'mind-reading' technology and the law in his latest jurisprudential primer. Read the last one here. Imagine your annual review comes up and your supervisor presents you with a chart, depicting data collected by a little electroencephalogram (EEG) device built into the head
Sarah Stewart, a senior solicitor in the private client team at Harper Macleod, has received a clean sweep of top awards from the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). Ms Stewart was recently awarded the Worldwide Excellence Award in the STEP Advanced Certificate in Taxation of Tru