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A new guide details the best practice on gender-neutral drafting for the legal profession. The publication has been prepared by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel and the Government Legal Department.
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The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has reported its best ever year of performance in dealing with complaints about lawyers and law firms in Scotland. The SLCC annual report covers the SLCC’s performance in its 2018-19 operating year.
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Burness Paull has been named Best Early Careers Employer and commended for Best Diversity & Inclusive Initiative at the s1 Jobs Recruitment Awards 2022. Celebrating the best recruiters in Scotland from across all sectors, the expert judges’ decisions were announced at the Glasgow Doubletre
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Anderson Strathern has reported its most successful year ever for investment deals. The corporate investment team, led by Euan Tripp, advises some of Scotland’s most active investors – spanning private equity funds, institutional investors, angel syndicates, family offices and high net w
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Hamaira Aslam, senior solicitor in Burness Paull's English real estate team, has won the award for Best in Law at the Scottish Asian and Business Awards. The awards celebrate the achievements of Scottish-Asian businesses and professionals, showcase the strength of the Asian community, and demonstrat
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Burges Salmon, which has an office in Edinburgh, has been named the RollOnFriday ‘Best Law Firm to Work at 2023’, an accolade that the firm has achieved for the second year in a row. Burges Salmon’s managing partner, Roger Bull, said: “To be named the inaugural RollOnFriday &
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Scotland’s best high school debaters have been crowned, with two pupils from Broxburn Academy winning the 2023 final of the Donald Dewar Memorial Debate Tournament. The team of Emma Bell and Ruby Ferguson from Broxburn triumphed against three other finalist teams from Albyn School, Balfron Hig
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Andy MacDonald examines recent case law on issues relating to witness evidence. In the recent cases of Henderson vs. Benarty Medical Practice and Brown vs. Sestras, the issue of witness evidence has benefitted from further debate.
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A team of 18 from Dentons' Glasgow office have raised just over £6,000 for Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity after taking part in the annual Kiltwalk. Staff from the firm tackled two challenging routes on Sunday, 27 April: the 22.6-mile Mighty Stride and the 14-mile Big Stroll.
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Digby Brown has been recognised as one of the UK’s ‘Best Places to Work’ in The Sunday Times ‘Best Places to Work 2025’ list. The firm is one of 115 organisations across the UK to be included in the ‘Big’ category (for businesses with between 250 -1,999 empl
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Solicitors and estate agents McEwan Fraser Legal has been named “Scotland Agency of the Year” at The Negotiator magazine awards where judges praised the firm as “outstanding”.
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Camilla Horneman (right) receives the award
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