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Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP has announced the appointment of Sarah-Jane Macdonald as a partner at its Edinburgh office.

Gibson Kerr has appointed Jamie Robertson to the firm’s property department to strengthen the company’s residential conveyancing team in Edinburgh. Having qualified in 2014, he brings with him an abundance of knowledge of the property sector.

Blackadders LLP has completed the purchase of 37 chemist shops for clients across Scotland from Lloyds Pharmacy in deals worth a total of more than £35 million. Lloyds has been carrying out a divestment programme in Scotland this year and 18 Blackadders’ clients have taken the opportunit

In recent days Colombian pop star Shakira has settled a long running dispute with the Spanish authorities on her tax residence between 2012 and 2014. The singer has paid over 7.5 million euros to bring the case to an end, writes Kevin Winters. The Spanish authorities reportedly argued that Shak

Bellwether Green and Addleshaw Goddard are the top legal advisers in the latest Experian United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland M&A Review. The YTD 2023 report details that both firms advised on 12 deals. Brodies followed with 10; DWF with nine and Pinsent Masons with eight.

Distinctive multicoloured briefs led to the arrest of a robbery suspect over a year after the crime. On September 14, 2022, three masked men robbed a tobacco shop in Queens, New York, with two brandishing guns and a third emptying the cash register.

The Inner House of the Court of Session has ruled that a Simple Procedure claim served on a debtor via next-day postal delivery without a confirmation of delivery being lodged with the sheriff court constituted valid service by post. Cabot Financial UK Ltd, which sought to recover an assigned debt f

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC has been awarded the degree of doctor of laws by her alma mater, the University of Aberdeen. Ms Bain began her legal career as an advocate in 1994 and took silk in 2007. She has extensive experience in both civil and criminal law, instructing in cases at all levels

Solicitor Pat Thom has been nominated as president-elect 2025/26 of the Law Society of Scotland. Ms Thom's career has spanned criminal and civil legal work in both Canada and Scotland and she has worked in-house and in private practice for several years. She has been a Law Society Council member sin

Holyrood's Criminal Justice Committee has said the funding situation facing the criminal justice sector is unsustainable and a new approach must be adopted. This should encompass a vision for the sector based on long-term wholesale reform rather than the current approach of small uplifts each year t

Govan Law Centre (GLC) has announced the appointment of Rachel Moon as a partner in the firm of Dailly, Moon & Co., Solicitors at Govan Law Centre. Mike Dailly, principal solicitor and solicitor advocate, said: “Rachel has been a senior solicitor at the law centre for a number of years hea

Stephen Goldie will succeed Nick Scott as Brodies' managing partner, commencing 1 May 2024. Louise Shiels and Marion MacInnes have also been promoted as new practice area leaders for the firm's disputes and banking and finance practices respectively.

A critical cross-party MSP report on the Scottish government’s new legislation on regulating legal services has shown why the bill needs to change, the Law Society of Scotland has said. The Scottish Parliament’s Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee has published its report on the Re

Plans to pardon those convicted of being witches in Scotland have been abandoned.

A cyber attack has potentially affected hundreds of UK law firms.