Six bands from the Scottish legal profession are to battle it out to be crowned Lex Factor Champion 2023 later this year.
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The sheriff who held shares in Rangers FC and who granted numerous warrants as part of the botched police investigation into the club is to retire, The Times reports. David Grier, 61, a consultant with the financial firm Duff & Phelps, had lodged a formal complaint against Sheriff Lindsay Wood w
A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Iranian lawyer charged after reporting client was tortured | RFE/RL
Mary Lawlor, the UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders, reviews another difficult year for human rights. I look back on 2022 with a mixture of admiration for those brave human rights defenders who have refused to be silenced, and dismay at the weasel words of politicians and corporate lead
A 64-year-old-man and a 57-year-old woman have been fined a total of £10,000 for health and safety failings which led to a 23-year-old man's death by drowning. Clifford Davies and Janet Lightbown, who are the joint owners of Loch Awe Boats, were each ordered to pay £5,000 after they pled
Marc Penman comments on two cases that could have serious implications for sport worldwide. Ordinarily, when we discuss competition in the sporting world we are usually focused on individuals and/or teams going toe to toe and battling it out for glory and bragging rights over one another. Recently h
Commercial property expert Stephanie Nichol has been made a partner at Balfour and Manson. She has specialised in commercial property for more than 20 years and has high-level experience across the sector, working with a very wide range of clients.
A new report on the US legal market shows that as demand falters and other key metrics remain mixed, uncertainty in 2023 may cloud law firm leaders’ thinking. In the latter part of 2022 and continuing into the new year, multiple challenges have emerged to threaten law firm profitability, inclu
Inksters Solicitors has started the year with two major announcements. The firm has appointed Adam Johnson as its chief operating officer (COO) in Glasgow; in Dunkeld, Katherine Paulin joins the firm as a consultant solicitor.
Pinsent Masons' Scottish corporate team looks back on 2022, having advised on deals worth billions of pounds in various sectors, and discusses its outlook for the year ahead. The stand-out deal in the last 12 months was Ithaca Energy’s £2.5 billion listing on the main London Stock Exchan
Harper Macleod has advised Connelly Group Holdings on its acquisition of Renfrewshire safety and security business Brookfield Alarms. Connelly Group Holdings – recognised by its Connelly Security Systems brand – was established in Bishopbriggs in 1986 by brothers Jim, Pat and Paul Connel
Andrew Stevenson relates a tale of paperclips and confusion. My first fumbling attempt to raise an action in the Court of Session taught me a little about the law but a great deal more about the importance of paperclips and heraldry. The contents of the document posed no problem at all, despite the
A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Iranian lawyer arrested during protest in October sentenced to three years in prison | RFE/RL
MBM Commercial has announced that Iain McDougall and Caroline Urban have been appointed as partners of the firm.
Lindsays has reported a year-on-year increase in the average price of properties it has sold, with the average price in Edinburgh reaching £325,000. Despite ongoing economic uncertainty and political turmoil, the firm believes market appetite remains steady and notes that predictions of price
