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Levy & McRae has made new appointments to its property team.  Paul Kenneth, who has worked in major UK and international firms joins as a partner. He has particular expertise in commercial work, real estate, finance and renewables. He will be working across both Levy & McRae&r

The Law Society of Scotland and Scottish Legal Complaints Commission have welcomed the agreement among responses within a Scottish government report on improving regulatory processes. The Scottish government has today published its analysis of responses to its recent consultation on reforming t

Balfour and Manson has promoted three lawyers to senior associate. James Hyams, Carolyn Jackson, and Peter Littlefair took up their new positions – in the private client, clinical negligence, and personal injury teams respectively – on 1 July.Mr Hyams started his traineeship with the fir

A Scottish man who had a metal-on-metal prosthetic hip fitted in 2009 that he claimed was defective has lost a final appeal against the refusal of his case in the UK Supreme Court. John Hastings had sought damages from the manufacturers of the hip, Finsbury Orthopaedics Ltd and Stryker, under sectio

Twenty-eight new members have been admitted to the Faculty of Advocates during calling ceremonies held this week. The ceremonies were split over two days to accommodate the number of intrants – the second largest group to date.

Terra Firma Chambers has announced that Kenneth Young has joined the stable, having called to the bar today. Mr Young has experience of a broad range of civil litigation, with a particular interest in real estate disputes and all types of public law.

Burness Paull has been named Scotland’s market leader in intellectual property at the Managing IP “IP Stars” Awards 2022, which took place in London this week.

Cyclists from Lindsays clocked up almost 1,000 miles as they hit the road to help disadvantaged children.

A new initiative has been launched to promote pro bono opportunities for business operations professionals in the legal sector, connecting highly skilled people with high-calibre volunteering opportunities. There are currently believed to be some 30,000 professionals working in areas such as IT, BD

Addleshaw Goddard has doubled turnover in Scotland in the five years since the merger which established its presence in the country. The firm is on course to record a fifth consecutive year of double-digit percentage income growth in Scotland since it merged with HBJ on 1 June 2017. Compared with 20

February 2022 marked the start of the independent public inquiry to investigate the long running Post Office Scandal which has been described as "the most widespread miscarriage of justice in UK history”. Frances Sim and Alison Webb take a look at the litigation and relevant law.  Th

Volkswagen has agreed to settle for £193 million with more than 90,000 UK car owners after the manufacturer installed “defeat devices” to beat anti-pollution tests. Slater and Gordon announced yesterday that the Volkswagen Group and the claimants had reached an out of court settlem

Members of the Faculty of Advocates and a number of devils played a key role in helping law students from the University of Edinburgh prepare for a recent major international mooting competition. The Willem C Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, now in its 29th year, featured over 300 team

Leona Duff outlines the new limitation rules being introduced under the Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018 from 1 June 2022. The law of time-bar has been confusing and unsatisfactory for a number of years in Scotland, particularly in construction cases involving latent defects. There have been a numbe

Pinsent Masons has promoted six Scotland-based lawyers to partner in a 23-strong promotion round, while three senior associates in Scotland have been promoted to legal director. Glasgow-based Geraldine Kelm, head of account management for Vario Flexible Services in UK and Asia Pacific, has bolstered