David Pester David Pester has been re-elected as managing partner of TLT Solicitors for a further three year term from April 2017 by a unanimous all partner vote. This will be Mr Pester’s sixth term as managing partner.
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James McMillan Maclay Murray & Spens LLP (MMS) has recruited business and white collar crime specialist James McMillan as an associate in its commercial dispute resolution department. He will join the firm’s well established fraud, investigations and business crimes team led by accredited coun
Professor Richard Susskind Professor Richard Susskind has called for a slow and modest introduction of an online court, Legal Futures reports.
Stephen McGowan The Institute of Licensing, the UK’s professional membership body for licensing practitioners, has for the first time launched a Scottish region and appointed Stephen McGowan, partner and head of licensing (Scotland) at TLT LLP as chair.
Liam McArthur The Scottish Liberal Democrats have called the Scottish government's declaration that it is meeting its police officer headcount target a “routine pretence”.
Lord Matthews At the High Court in Glasgow today Lord Matthews sentenced Ronnie Coulter to life imprisonment for the murder of Surjit Singh Chhokar with a punishment part of 19 years and eight months.
David Liddell A plan to establish “fix rooms” in Glasgow for drug addicts to inject safely under supervision is likely to get the green light.
Stephen Donnelly Arnot Manderson Advocates has announced that stable member Stephen Donnelly has gained a dual qualification, becoming a member of the bar of England and Wales. This brings added depth to the stable’s existing cross-border expertise, with Iain Mitchell QC, Kenneth Campbell QC and A
David Morgan David Morgan looks at the question of employment status in the gig economy.
Juliet Harris The annual prize for the best dissertation by a student on the taught masters programme in human rights law at the University of Strathclyde has this year been awarded to Juliet Harris. The dissertation, entitled The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in Scots Law: A
James Kelly In a response to moves to repeal the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012, Celtic has criticised strict liability rules that would see clubs held liable for the behaviour of fans, saying this could actually encourage “unacceptable conduct i
Iain McDougall Over the past two weeks there have been a number of revelations regarding the conduct of the Royal Bank of Scotland’s Global Restructuring Group. Iain McDougall looks at what's next for bank customers who have had their businesses affected by the conduct of the department.
Patrick McGuire Scots who own Volkswagens are moving ahead with their legal battle for damages from the car manufacturer in the wake of a $15 billion settlement in the US.
Stephen Gibb Following a three-month fit-out period, Shepherd and Wedderburn has today relocated its Glasgow teams to new city centre premises.
Sian Aitken Sian Aitken and Graeme MacLeod look at a case confirming the precedence of domestic administration proceedings in a multi-jurisdictional winding-up, marking the first time “modified universalism” has been recognised in Scots law.
