TLT has launched a new qualification pathway in Scotland, boosting social mobility and improving access to the legal sector. The ‘Pre-PEAT’ traineeship is an internal three-year work-based route to qualification for paralegals that offers an alternative to university. It will allow candi
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Macdonald Henderson is the top legal adviser in Scotland, having advised on 29 deals last year, the latest Experian M&A report shows.
AI’s rapid advance could transform – or even eclipse – core aspects of legal and dispute resolution work, warns John Sturrock KC. The founder of a site where AI models communicate with one another compared them to a “new species that is on planet Earth that is now smarter tha
A significant image from Scotland’s history has gone on display in Parliament House, Edinburgh. The print, that dates from the early 1700s, shows the then Scottish Parliament as it appeared when it was in session around 1680.
The UK will no longer grant refugee status on a permanent basis, instead reviewing cases every 30 months to identify refugees who can be sent back home. The sweeping changes announced yesterday by the UK's home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, follow her recent visit to Denmark, which she says has reduce
McKee Campbell Morrison (MCM) has announced the appointment of Ewan Forsyth as associate director in its growing private client team. Mr Forsyth brings significant experience across a wide spectrum of private client work, including complex estates, trusts, succession planning and advising high‑net
Brodies LLP has added to its corporate crime practice with the appointment of new partner Neil Hay. Mr Hay is recognised for his expertise in criminal law and financial crime where he provides strategic legal advice and specialist court representation for individuals, companies and organisations und
Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has expanded with a new office in Aberdeen. The firm – which has offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Dunblane and Galashiels – has opened its north east base on Marischal Square in the heart of the city centre.
Watermans has announced the opening of a new office in Dunfermline.
BTO has welcomed Donna Strong as a new partner in the firm’s real estate team, based in its Glasgow office. This senior hire follows the appointment of partner John Dunlop in the firm’s Edinburgh office last year, further strengthening BTO’s growing real estate capability.
The Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law (AUCEL) held a seminar on contemporary developments in International Energy Law last month.
Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has been charged with drugs offences after telling a podcast he once took ecstasy decades ago. The controversial left-wing politician and leader of the MeRA25 party said he had tried ecstasy in Australia in 1989 but was discouraged from doing so again a
When people and clients talk of the importance of lawyers who bring shop floor experience to their work, they do not come much truer than those of Qasim Ali. Growing up working in his parents’ convenience store in central Scotland means he understands the dedication that it takes to run a succ
DWF has advised Glennon Brothers, a third-generation timber processing business, on its acquisition of Pontrilas Group Limited, a sawmill and packaging businesses. The transaction represents a significant strategic expansion for Glennon Brothers and brings together two family-founded and family-owne
