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Daniel Gorry has been appointed as a director at Lindsays. Mr Gorry, who has 16 years of legal experience and has worked in all aspects of employment law, will be based at Lindsays’ Glasgow offices. 

The closing date for those wanting to apply for scholarships for devilling offered through the Faculty of Advocates is Friday 28 April. The scholarships are aimed at easing financial tensions during the training period for the bar for those with the skills and motivation to practice as advocates. In

The King’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer (KLTR), the Crown’s representative responsible for ownerless property, including portable antiquities, has announced the launch of a review into how archaeological finds are processed in Scotland. It comes in the context of sustained gro

Shoosmiths has today moved into a new landmark development in the heart of Edinburgh. The firm, which celebrated 10 years in Scotland last year following its merger with Edinburgh-based Archibald Campbell and Harley in 2012, has been based at Saltire Court, Castle Terrace in Edinburgh since then and

Legislation abolishing the 'not proven' verdict, reducing the size of juries and introducing a pilot for juryless trials has been introduced at the Parliament. The Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill will require justice agencies to "make efforts to reduce re-traumatisation of vict

Here is your starter for 10. What do the following have in common: “Moorov, concert, fraud.” Cases involving these elements may cause more difficulty for jurors than say, a straight-forward assault. Whatever the complexity, we do allow the most difficult cases to be dealt with by a jury,

Investment experts from Harper Macleod believe there will be opportunities for strong businesses seeking investment in the new financial year, provided they are well-prepared and braced for the potential of a more challenging period. In the last financial year (2022/23) Harper Macleod advised on 30

Burness Paull has bolstered its rural business offering with the addition of a six-person team led by agriculture and estates specialist Linda Tinson. Ms Tinson has been appointed as a partner in Burness Paull’s real estate division and head of the firm’s expanded rural business practice

A student who laundered thousands of pounds for a major gangland criminal has been jailed for 18 months. Sums totalling £160,000 were washed through four bank accounts belonging to Xiaotong Huang.

The Law Society of Scotland has approved a 10 per cent uplift in recommended pay for trainee solicitors to help with ongoing cost-of-living pressures. From 1 June 2023 the recommended minimum pay for trainee solicitors in Scotland will be:

Craig Whyte, the former owner of Rangers, has dropped his £500,000 malicious prosecution claim against the Crown Office. In 2015, he was arrested and charged with taking over the Glasgow football club by fraud. However, he was acquitted two years later following a seven-week trial. Mr Whyte so

A solicitor in Ayr has admitted to defrauding a deceased man's estate of hundreds of thousands of pounds through the use of forged documents, the Ayr Advertiser reports. Lynsay Kelly confessed to embezzling £280,822 from the estate of William Walker Loudoun over a 15-month period between

A commercial judge has dismissed a £400 million action by an offshore energy company that alleged it had suffered loss by means of an unlawful means conspiracy perpetrated by another company and its partners in a bidding process for offshore wind farm sites. Moray Offshore Renewable Power Ltd,

The bland reference in many books to ‘lawyers’ may understate seriously the exact nature of the work done in practice. Individual histories of firms and individuals provide an insight as to the formation of firms, their longevity and the work of the solicitors and their staff. Several di

A couple who moved into a property in order to redecorate it for its owners and subsequently refused to move out have lost an appeal against a sheriff’s decision that they occupied the property under a licence agreement rather than a private residential tenancy. Original defenders Jamie and Lo