Murray Soutar has rejoined Turcan Connell as a partner having established a career as a specialist advisor in rural property. He first began his career with Turcan Connell as an assistant solicitor in 2007 and returns to play a key role in supporting the growth and extending the knowledge of the fir
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Dallas McMillan has announced that Richard Andrew has been made a partner. He heads the firm’s residential property team and has been with Dallas McMillan since June 2021. Managing partner, David McElroy, said: “We are delighted to welcome Richard to the Partnership. Under his leadership
Four men who led police on a high-speed car and helicopter chase after carrying out a £10,000 jewellery raid on a house in Lanarkshire have been sentenced to a total of six years and eight months in prison. Lawrence Connor, 26, and James Loveridge, 37, James Loveridge junior, 18, and a 17-year
Judge Síofra O'Leary, president of the European Court of Human Rights, will tonight deliver a lecture on Ireland's European connections at a government event marking St Brigid's Day. Her talk, which will focus on Ireland, the Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights, is t
Terra Firma Chambers’ Licensing Seminar was held at The Mackenzie Building in Edinburgh on Monday. The event was chaired by Douglas Armstrong KC and featured talks by fellow TFC members Denis Edwards and Scott Blair. Denis presented a paper which examined the significance of location in licens
Ken Carruthers considers the proposed changes to the termination of commercial leases in Scotland. The Scottish Law Commission (SLC), the body in Scotland charged with proposing legal reform, has recently published a report making a number of important recommendations concerning the termination of l
Since I previously wrote about the damaging delay to Scottish gender recognition reform caused by Westminster vetoing Holyrood’s Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, there have been two further disquieting developments that I feel compelled to respond to, as a lawyer working to uphold th
A woman allegedly used her position as a school official to steal more than $1.5 million worth of chicken wings. Over 11,000 cases of chicken wings were ordered using the school's funds between July 2020 and February 2022, according to prosecutors in the US city of Chicago.
Blackadders LLP has grown its private client team with a number of new appointments across the firm's Glasgow and Edinburgh offices. Five new lawyers have joined the team in the past two months. Karen Phillips joined the firm as a partner in the Edinburgh office in December with a task to build the
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Controversial legislation requiring trade unions in certain public services to ensure a minimum level of service during strike action has moved closer to becoming law. The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, which will affect the likes of rail, ambulance and fire service workers, was approved in
A McDonald's restaurant beset with anti-social behaviour has turned to classical music in a novel bid to calm youngsters. A decision to play classical music in the evenings was taken after an incident where dozens of youths allegedly brawled, set off a fire extinguisher and threw signs and coins at
The number of drug treatment and testing orders commenced in 2021-22 was lower than in any of the previous eight years, new figures from Scotland's chief statistician show. There were 360 drug treatment and testing orders made in 2021-22. The average figure for the preceding eight years wa
The Scottish government's recent changes to the emergency rent freeze legislation have improved the position of private landlords but have also caused an imbalance in the rental market and raised questions about the government's long-term vision for the sector, writes Marcus Di Rollo. Private landlo
Richard McMeeken considers the scope of director's discretion and how this has been dealt with by the courts. The duties incumbent on company directors are much talked about at the moment following the Supreme Court's judgment in BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA and others [2022] UKSC 25 clarifying the exi
