The first in her extended family to go to university, intellectual property specialist Lesley Larg was appointed as Dundee-based solicitors Thorntons' first female managing partner in 2021, taking over from Craig Nicol who held the post for 10 years, seven of those years as joint managing partn
Search: Scots syndicate 1901 bought land in Glasgow for £5000
Westwater Advocates and its members receive top rankings from Chambers & Partners in the 2024 edition of the Chambers UK Bar Guide. The stable has received 26 individual rankings across eight categories and is also recognised as a Band 1 stable in the practice areas of Employment and Family law.
Three of six courtrooms in Airdrie Sheriff Court remain out of commission out of concerns about reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC). Although the presence of RAAC in the building has been known for some time, court proceedings were disrupted earlier this week after remedial works raised mo
The Scottish Land Commission has introduced fresh guidelines that emphasise the importance of community-centred land use decisions. As demand for rural land in Scotland continues to rise, driven in part by the emerging potential of natural capital, this new guidance provides a set of fundamental pri
The rules on placing transgender criminals in women's jails have been tightened. Transgender women will not be permitted to transfer to the female estate if they have been convicted of “any offences that perpetrate violence against a female that results in physical, sexual, or psychological ha
Pictured: Alasdair Cummings, centre, with, from left: Michael Higgins, Jennifer Philp, Scott Briggs, James Siwela and Dylan Ackerley Lindsays has recruited five new trainees.
New bans on parking on dropped footways, parking on pavements and double parking will be enforced from next week. From Monday 11 December, all local authority areas in Scotland will be able to start enforcing the new prohibitions under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 by issuing penalty charge noti
Police officers and staff are under-reporting misconduct because of a lack of confidence in Police Scotland processes, according to a new report. An inspection by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) found that misconduct and grievance processes are "perceived as lacking openness, tra
Burges Salmon has advised cancer therapeutics company Cumulus Oncology Limited on the £9 million funding package it secured from the Scottish National Investment Bank and Eos Advisory. An Edinburgh-based team from Burges Salmon’s corporate and M&A team advised Cumulus Oncology, led b
A sheriff has been removed from a fatal accident inquiry over extreme delays in publishing her findings. On June 29 2014, Warren Fenty, 20, suffered a drug overdose and died while in Kittybrewster jail.
A Perth sheriff has ruled that a clause in a will allowing one of a deceased’s four daughters to reside indefinitely in her home, ownership of which was split equally between all her daughters, was not ineffective after the clause was disputed by two of her sisters. Valerie Scott-May and Maure
Pursuer in group of actions allowed to continue case on limited basis despite dismissal of lead case
A lord ordinary has ruled that a case raised by a tenant of flats alleged in a group of actions to have contained harmful gases inhaled by their occupants was not an abuse of process, after it was ruled in the lead case that the defender was not in breach of duty, and allowed her to proceed with her
Members of the public are being asked to give their views on how climate change is currently impacting Scotland. A newly-launched public consultation is also seeking views on how to protect and restore nature, improve green spaces in local areas and help prepare businesses for both the risks and the
Burges Salmon has advised Santander on a deal to support the Management Buy-Out (MBO) of Scottish pensions firm @sipp. Based in Glasgow, @sipp specialises in self-invested personal pensions, small self-administered schemes as well as commercial property. Supported by funding provided by Santander UK
An appeal by a police officer who was arrested and charged with wilful neglect of duty after arresting someone without due cause and remanding him into custody for four days has been dismissed by the Sheriff Appeal Court after it found that the police had not acted unlawfully in detaining him. Appel