From dealing with the assorted miscreants at the notorious Marine Court in Glasgow to presiding over one of Scotland's oldest and most venerable law firms, Donald Bremner Reid has had a remarkable life at the heart of the UK legal profession. The specialist consultant at, and former chairman of, Gla
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Alastair Hope, founding member of what is now BTO’s Helensburgh office, is to retire after 40 years in the law. Since joining forces with Raeburn Hope in 2019, BTO has broadened its service portfolio to include the full range of legal services for families, individuals and businesses.
Children’s charity Aberlour will receive a grant of more than £5.5 million over this parliamentary term to develop two Mother and Child Residential Recovery Houses. The houses will be designed to enable children of women with problematic substance use to stay with their mothers during th
Intellectual property protection business Murgitroyd has appointed John Gillies as its first global people director. He will lead Murgitroyd’s people strategy, provide support and strategic direction on HR issues and work alongside the company’s leadership team to underpin Murgitroyd&rsq
Yvonne Dunn, partner and financial services technology expert at Pinsent Masons, discusses the opportunities made available to businesses through open finance. A 10-year road map strategy published for Scotland’s fintech hub has highlighted “open finance” data as a key theme.
Pictured (L-R): Neil Patterson, Thomas Lillie, Diane Gundersen, Curtis Broadhead Aberdein Considine has appointed a new partner and two lawyers to its lender services practice group (LSPG).
Thorntons has announced the appointment of five new trainees, with a further 12 to join in September.
The latest quarterly report on the number of suspected drug deaths during 2021 shows a fall of eight per cent (116) on the previous year. The report from Police Scotland shows there were 1,295 deaths between January and December 2021. The equivalent number of suspected drug deaths for 2020 was 1,411
In October 2021 the Town and Country Planning (Local Place Plans) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 were laid before the Scottish Parliament. The background to these regulations is found in Section 14 of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019. This amended the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 to pe
Melanie Phillips may not be everyone’s favourite journalist or radio opinion former but who could fail to share her astonishment in The Times at the outcome of one of the greatest corporate injustices of our time? Inexplicably, no-one, it seems, was responsible for the relentless persecution a
Jones Whyte's Nick Hay and Ross Anderson have both been promoted to partner. Mr Hay started his traineeship with Jones Whyte in 2014, shortly after the firm’s inception. Since qualifying in 2016 he has developed a wealth of knowledge and expertise in dealing with all types of residential and c
Paul Bonner Hughes has become a full tenant of 3 Verulam Buildings (3VB). He brings a wealth of experience in litigation and arbitration to the bar, having previously practised as a litigation attorney with Davis Polk & Wardwell and Quinn Emanuel in New York and more recently as a solicitor with
Criminal barristers in Dublin briefly stopped work yesterday morning in protest of the low fees paid to defence lawyers in the District Court.
Strathclyde University's Calum Sanderson and Gabriel Kielty have won this year's Lord Jones Moot Competition. Held at the University of Dundee last month, the Strathclyde team beat the host university's Alex Anderson and Saul McGivney in the final.
In Scotland, as in England, claims must be brought to court before they prescribe. Until recently, the law in this area was believed to be reasonably well understood. An obligation to make reparation for loss or damage must be brought within five years of the obligation becoming enforceable. If a br
