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Peter Coghlan has joined Gilson Gray as finance director. Mr Coghlan has more than 16 years’ experience in the Scottish legal sector and will work closely with senior management to mould the firm’s future finances.

Lindsays has announced the promotion of Peter Murrin (pictured) to partner in its private client team in Glasgow.Mr Murrin joined the firm in May 2016 as an associate and has significant experience in providing advice to individuals, families and businesses on private client matters. His expertise

A judge who sued the senior judiciary over alleged race discrimination has settled a claim with the Ministry of Justice. Peter Herbert, 64, who sat as a part-time judge in the Crown Court, sued for discrimination, victimisation and harassment after he was disciplined over a speech he delivered at a

An intriguing character from Scotland’s legal past will be brought to life for visitors to the Faculty of Advocates this weekend on Doors Open Day. A small exhibition about Peter Williamson, also known as "Indian Peter", is to be a feature of a tour of the Advocates Library as it welcomes the

Peter Smith has joined Shepherd and Wedderburn as a commercial property partner, heading the firm’s real estate team in the Aberdeen office and bringing 19 years’ expertise advising clients in the real estate sector. Mr Smith, who will lead the development of the firm’s real estate

A local Saltcoats solicitor has been appointed to the Law Society of Scotland’s governing Council. Following a nomination period, Peter Walsh, of Jas Campbell & Co Ltd, in Saltcoats, was the sole nominee, thereby securing his seat unopposed.

TLT has appointed Peter McGladrigan as a legal director in Edinburgh. Mr McGladrigan, a solicitor advocate, is a leading financial services, commercial litigation and insolvency lawyer.

In the latest in our occasional legal heritage series, Graham Ogilvy reflects on the remarkable story of ‘Indian’ Peter Williamson. A document presently on display in the library of the Faculty of Advocates records one of the most shocking episodes of human trafficking in Scottish histor

No recommendations have been made at the conclusion of the fatal accident inquiry into the death of 76-year-old Peter Tobin. An inmate within HMP Edinburgh, he was admitted to hospital after a fall in his cell on 8 September. He died on 8 October 2022 at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.

Long-standing editor of The Journal, Peter Nicholson, has been conferred honorary membership of the Law Society of Scotland. He becomes the 21st person to be given the award of lifetime membership of the society since the organisation was founded in 1949.

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Retired professor and judge Peter Robson discusses Vincenzo Tomeo's classic book The Judge on the Screen, which he has translated into English for the first time. Vincenzo Tomeo’s pioneering research drew attention to the importance of popular culture in our understanding of the operation of t

He has moved on 100 years, but murder and an insight by Donald Findlay QC, into one of Scotland’s most notorious cases will again raise funds for charity. Last year, Mr Findlay asked, “Madeleine Smith – did she or did she not?” and his one-man show about the 1857 trial made &

A television producer has been awarded “substantial damages” after a cable TV channel was held to be in “breach of contract” following a dispute involving singer and reality show star Peter Andre. A judge at the High Court in London ruled that ITV2 “wrongfully terminated” a production ag

Joyce Horsman is to take up the role of principal solicitor at Dundee North Law Centre at the end of this month as Peter Kinghorn retires. Ms Horsman will be joining from Fife Law Centre. She qualified as a solicitor in 2003 and has worked at the Scottish government, Shelter Scotland the Scottish Co