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Dallas McMillan has won the Gold Awards for Glasgow at the British Property Awards 2023. The firm’s conveyancing and estate agency team is headed by Richard Andrew, a partner in the firm, and he is supported by Louise Hardie, Abbey Freer and Taylor Cameron.

11 October – Reading Room, Parliament House Research into the use and popularity of litigation crowdfunding in Scotland will be outlined by a senior law lecturer at an upcoming event in Edinburgh next month.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld an appeal by the Greater Glasgow Health Board against a decision that it had unfairly dismissed a hospital supervisor after finding that the Employment Tribunal had reached an erroneous conclusion on the facts. Stephen Mullen was awarded over £9,000 by

Spencer West has expanded its Scottish team and taken offices in Glasgow.

Dallas McMillan Solicitors held its annual Charity Race Night at Hughenden Rugby Club to raise money for the firm’s two charity partners – SAMH and The Good Morning Service. In total, £10,000 was raised on the evening. Among the prizes won at auction were signed Scotland Men&r

The High Court of Justiciary has tripled a fine imposed on a care home that pled guilty to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 following the death of a resident after the Crown challenged the original level of fine as being unduly lenient. Tigh-Na-Muirn Ltd pled guilty to the

True crime fans in for a treat as the detective who brought Peter Tobin to justice hosts a stage show in Dundee next month.

A landlord who was ordered to pay £4,000 to two former tenants after being found in breach of tenancy deposit regulations has had the sum reduced by £1,500 on appeal to the Upper Tribunal for Scotland. Gordon Bavaird, a landlord since 2017, had originally taken a deposit from tenants Lis

Pictured (L-R): Louisa Clark, Lauren Irwin, Alanis Hunt, Sorcha Hill, Emma Kelly, Shona Christie, Martin Clement, Daniel Leyden Dallas McMillan Solicitors has taken on four new first year trainees, taking the total number of trainee solicitors employed by the firm to eight. They will work in the pro

The family of a man who died of cardiac arrest who alleged that the NHS Scotland health board responsible for his treatment was vicariously liable for his death has lost an appeal to the Supreme Court challenging a decree of absolvitor granted to the board. Jennifer McCulloch, wife of the late Neil

TLT has been successful in a petition for judicial review in relation to the controversial Scottish Deposit Return Scheme, acting for client Abdul Majid & Son Ltd. Double silk Aidan O’Neill KC and advocate David Welsh were instructed in the case, which was heard at the Court of Session on

Darren Murdoch has been elected as the new president of the Scottish Law Agents Society. The society elected Mr Murdoch, of Waddell and Mackintosh, Troon, to the office at its annual general meeting and thanked outgoing president, John Stirling, for his years of service during times made especially

A care home that was fined £100,000 after being found criminally responsible for the death of a resident from hypothermia after she became locked out of the building has lost an appeal against its sentence. St David’s Care Forfar Ltd pled guilty to a contravention of sections 3(1) and 33

Scotland's unique Children’s Hearings system, currently run by volunteers, could be replaced with paid professionals. Proposals to professionalise the system have been made before, but the new suggestions are part of 97 recommendations for the Scottish government to review.

A care home has been fined £20,000 for health and safety failings which led to the death of a vulnerable 90-year-old man. Tigh-Na-Muirn Limited, which runs Tigh Na Muirn Residential Home in Dundee, pled guilty to a health and safety at work breach committed between 20 March and 1 June 2020.