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Addleshaw Goddard has completed its move to a landmark building in the heart of Glasgow city centre as it targets continued growth in Scotland.

Westwater Advocates has welcomed Linzi McQuade to the stable. Ms McQuade called to the bar in 2024 and, having established a busy practice in both criminal and civil work with Optimum Advocates, is now looking to concentrate on civil work.

Sam Jones has joined Shepherd and Wedderburn and will be based in the firm’s Aberdeen office.

Thorntons has appointed two new construction law partners in Aberdeen. Jennifer Young and Sarah Stuart join from Ledingham Chalmers, where Ms Young has been both chair and managing partner and Ms Stuart has been a partner for almost 20 years.

Alan Roughead has joined Kerr Stirling as a partner. Mr Roughead joins the firm from Thorntons, where he was a partner in the firm's private client team.

MFMac is strengthening its licensing team with the arrival of director Lynn Simpson. Ms Simpson joins from TLT LLP and brings specialism across the full range of licensable activities, such as alcohol, short-term letting, and gambling licence applications. With 17 years’ experience advising re

Patrick Munro and Jacqueline Cook take a look at changes to the planning and compulsory purchase regimes in Scotland that are on the horizon in 2026, highlighting the key issues for developers, funders, decision-makers and interested parties below as Scottish planning reforms continue apace. There a

Freeths has provided legal advice to Wattstor on a new debt financing of up to £50 million from Aldermore Bank to support the growth of its Price Protect project portfolio. Wattstor is an energy company that provides commercial and industrial customers with low-cost renewable electricity. The

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has strengthened its Inverness office with two experienced solicitors returning after two years. The firm welcomes back senior associate Alison Reid and legal director Yasmin Myles as they return to WJM.

Fair work policies are to be extended at colleges and universities in Scotland as part of a larger change to the funding arrangements for these institutions. It will mean that higher and further education bodies will be expected to meet additional criteria in areas such as addressing workplace inequ

The world of product liability is changing fast, thanks to new technologies, online shopping, and increasingly complex supply chains, write Paola Sproul and Mark Gibson. The new Product Liability Directive 2024/2853 (new PLD) is now in force with 9th December 2026 as the deadline for EU member state

The Aberdeen Law Project has announced the appointment of three new members to its board.  Professor Justin Borg-Barthet, the new head of the School of Law at the University of Aberdeen, and Scott Johnston, a partner at Pinsent Masons, accepted invitations to join the project’s board in O

Inksters Solicitors is now in St Andrews with Kevin Davidson joining the firm as a consultant solicitor. Mr Davidson has over 30 years’ experience as a solicitor. He was a partner in A C Morrison & Richards and then principal of his own firm K.W.A.D Solicitors, both in Aberdeen. Latterly h

Claudio Visco has been appointed as president of the International Bar Association (IBA). Mr Visco, a senior partner at Italian law firm Lipani Legal&Tax, has succeeded Jaime Carey, senior partner at Chilean law firm Carey.

Lord Sales has been sworn in as the new deputy president of the Supreme Court. Lord Doherty has been sworn in as a new justice of the Supreme Court. Lord Sales was appointed to the role of Deputy President following the announcement of Lord Hodge’s retirement.