Holmes Mackillop's commercial property director, Amir M Ismail, has been accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in commercial leasing. Mr Ismail, who joined Holmes Mackillop in February 2015 and was promoted to director in April 2021, is based in the firm's Glasgow office.
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TSPC is to host a free event in Dundee highlighting the benefits and process of buying a new build home. The event will be held on Thursday from 5:30-6.30pm, with local mortgage advisers, solicitors, and housebuilders sharing guidance on all aspects of buying a new property.
Shepherd and Wedderburn has announced the appointment of Tricia Walker and Andrew Knight as partners in the employment team. Ms Walker brings a wealth of experience to the firm. With a particular focus on the energy sector.
Jennifer Wallace has joined Thompsons Solicitors Scotland as a salaried partner. Ms Wallace graduated from the University of Dundee and qualified as a solicitor in 2005. Having worked in both civil and commercial litigation, she has extensive experience in appearing at court for clients and has beco
Benjamin Bestgen looks at the law and cultural perceptions surrounding suicide. The recent case of Irish citizen Tori Towey’s arrest for being drunk and having attempted suicide in the United Arab Emirates made international headlines. Media reports suggest that she was suffering domestic viol
A second-year trainee of Levy and McRae Solicitors has been appointed as a new committee member to the Trainee and Newly Qualified Society (TANQ), which is run by the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow. Cameron Irons, who works across Levy and McRae’s criminal and commercial litigation te
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) should be replaced with a new body to tackle economic crime, focusing more on prevention, according the Institute of Economic Affairs. The think tank's paper says the SFO has been plagued by a series of high-profile failures, including ethical misconduct and incom
Thu 19 September 202417:30 - 20:00 Join Edinburgh Law School staff, current students, and alumni to hear from distinguished University of Edinburgh alumna Dame Eleanor Laing (LLB, 1982).
Usman Aslam explains the decision in an important case on the law governing family reunion. In the newly reported Upper Tribunal decision in Al Hassan & Ors, my client, a Syrian national, arrived in the UK through a resettlement scheme.
Pictured (L-R): Ellen Eunson, Sheila Tulloch, Alice Tait Anderson Strathern has established a permanent presence in Kirkwall, within the Orkney town’s historic ‘Old Library’.
Burges Salmon has advised Clean Energy Cap Ltd (CEC), a private-wire renewable energy company, on an investment from True Green Capital Management LLC (TGC), a renewable energy-focused private equity firm. An Edinburgh-based Burges Salmon corporate energy M&A team advised on the transaction, led
Aberdein Considine has been recognised with a Princess Royal Training Award for its mortgages induction programme. The firm was commended for its commitment to training and the positive impact this has on both its people and the organisation. The programme is a tailored onboarding, training and deve
An independent human rights expert has called on the UK government to review the sentences of imprisonment for public protection (IPP) prisoners, stressing the need for the remaining IPP prisoners to be resentenced without delay, and for the indeterminate sentence system to be brought to an end. &ld
A judge has quashed more than 74,000 convictions which followed unlawful prosecutions for rail fare evasion in England and Wales. Four train operating companies wrongly used the 'single justice procedure' (SJP) to prosecute offences contrary to section 5(1) or 5(3) of the Regulation of the Railways
Addleshaw Goddard, which has offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, has announced revenue of £496 million for the past financial year, representing growth of 12 per cent. The firm's performance was driven by material investments in tech, core practices and priority sectors alongside offic
