Leanne Gordon has rejoined Lindsays' rural services department as farmers, crofters and landowners respond to a string of major changes and challenges. Mrs Gordon previously spent six years at Lindsays – rising from solicitor to senior associate – until June last year. She has since had
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Dr Mitchell Lennan and Dr Constantinos Yiallourides, lecturer and honorary lecturer at Aberdeen University's School of Law, have contributed chapters to an edited collection on the rule of law for oceans. The Environmental Rule of Law for Oceans – Designing Legal Solutions, edited by Dr Froukj
Scottish Legal News is inviting readers to answer the question: should lawyers work a four-day week? The four-day workweek came to the fore in the wake of the pandemic, with companies around the world trialling the model and finding it to be a success.
A fund that helps to tackle inequality and discrimination has supported more than 115,000 people in its first year. The Scottish government’s Equality and Human Rights Fund is providing £21 million in grants over three years to 48 organisations to "further equality" and protect human rig
The MiniTrials Steering Group has geared up a level with two new appointments. Solicitor Stephanie Watson has been appointed to the newly-created post of secretary, to co-ordinate the annual Edinburgh schools event and the development of inter-schools events in cities and towns across Scotland.Ms Wa
Foreign lawyers and law firms will be allowed to practise in India following a historic decision by the Bar Council of India (BCI). New rules will allow foreign law firms to set up offices in India to practise transactional and corporate work on a reciprocal basis.
SNP leadership election? What’s that? Oakeshott v Hancock? Forget it. Boris’s bung for his dad – a knighthood was it? Do we care? The Macron-Sunak alliance? Missed that one. Some Stirling girl’s war movie up for an Oscar? Nope. A missile attack on a nuclear power station in U
Burness Paull has appointed media, entertainment and sports specialist Fraser MacKinven as a partner in its technology and commercial division. Mr MacKinven, who worked in Burness Paull’s corporate finance team earlier in his career, re-joins from Abu Dhabi-based Flash Entertainment, where he
A legal job can be stressful in many ways at the best of times. Allan Ker WS, however, had a very difficult time that is unlikely to have been matched by many others in the profession although some of his contemporaries would doubtless understand the difficulties. Allan Ebenezer Ker was born in Edin
The management and processing of data remains at the forefront of consideration for all businesses and organisations, a well-publicised example of which was the cyber-attack on Arnold Clark to steal customer data in December last year, which highlighted the impact such matters can have on a strong b
Gibson Kerr has appointed Sara Albizzati as associate and notary public and Susie Alexander as senior solicitor and notary public. Ms Albizzati has become an expert in all aspects of the personal law discipline with almost 10 years’ industry experience.
Westwater Advocates' Greg Sanders' new book has been published. A Practical Guide To The Right to Roam in Scotland comes after he "identified a gap in the market for a comprehensive, practical guide looking at the competing interests of landowners and ramblers".
A woman who claimed refunds on shoplifted items more than a thousand times between 2015 and 2019 has been convicted of fraud.
Retired solicitor David Baird Reid has passed away at the age of 85. "David Baird Reid, the only son of Eveline and David Reid, a Dundee solicitor, was born on July 14 1937. Raised in Monifieth he was educated at Dundee High School.
Addleshaw Goddard has appointed Ross Nicol as a partner to its commercial team in Scotland. Mr Nicol, formerly of Dentons, specialises in advising clients on intellectual property, information technology, data privacy and broader commercial contracts matters.
