The Aberdeen Law Project has appointed two new deputy student directors, Soma Mehmood and Hope Laing. Anna Robertson, chair of the ALP board said: “We are thrilled to have appointed Soma and Hope to step up into their new roles. The beauty of ALP is that each year we get to have members step u
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When Daria Shapovalova arrived in Aberdeen to study for a PhD in international law she never imagined that a decade later she would still be there, lecturing at the University of Aberdeen and leading the institution’s Centre for Energy Law. Her initial encounter with the city had been inauspic
Ledingham Chalmers managing partner Jennifer Young has been elected for a second two-year term as secretary of Lawyers Associated Worldwide (LAW) at its recent AGM in Sydney, Australia. Commenting on the officer elections, chair Leon Loganathan, said: “It is a pleasure to chair this organisati
Peter Nicholson, editor of the Law Society of Scotland’s Journal magazine, has been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 Herald Law Awards. The tribute comes just a matter of months after he was conferred honorary membership of the Law Society of Scotland.
Professor Daniel Katz, a leading US technologist and lecturer at Illinois Tech - Chicago Kent College of Law, will address a CMS event next week focused on developments in AI and its impact on commercial contract lawyers. Commercial Contracts and AI: Grasping the Opportunities is an online event tak
Aberdein Considine has strengthened its wealth management operation with the appointment of Sally Collie as a new senior director. Ms Collie has joined Aberdein Considine’s wealth management business AC Wealth as compliance director following a near 20-year career in financial services.
Eversheds Sutherland has appointed James Gibson as partner to its planning and infrastructure team. Mr Gibson, who has experience advising clients in Scotland and England & Wales, joins from Pinsent Masons, where he acted on significant projects across carbon capture, hydrogen, offshore and onsh
Miller Samuel Hill Brown has announced the promotion of David Phinn to the position of senior solicitor in the litigation and dispute resolution department. Mr Phinn joined the firm in August 2019 as a trainee solicitor and qualified into the litigation and dispute resolution department.
CMS has introduced a new offering to the Scottish legal market with the launch of its Strategic Secondment Unit (SSU). The new unit provides a dedicated and experienced team of lawyers to directly support their clients within their business premises. The SSU offers Scottish clients a full-time, perm
Pictured (L-R): David Beveridge, Chris Wheeler, Emily Glen-Hencher, Sarah Sheldon, Darya Burton, Katherine Phillips, Ryan Macready, Laura McKnight and Cameron Broome Macdonald Henderson has announced a raft of appointments and promotions.
Inverness-headquartered Innes & Mackay has appointed solicitor Meegan Anderson to its family law department Ms Anderson said: “Having lived in the Highlands all my life, I look forward to working closely with the local community, using my legal expertise to assist them wherever I can.
The Motor Insurers‘ Bureau is failing claimants, writes Thomas Mitchell. If you are unfortunate enough to be involved in a road traffic collision and the person who has collided with you is either uninsured, or worse, flees the accident scene and is thereafter untraced, then your only recourse
The Scottish Liberal Democrats have written to Justice Secretary Angela Constance seeking an update on when jury trials will return to various rural and island courts, including Kirkwall Sheriff Court. It follows an order in July that prohibited new jury trials in island courts as a result of failur
A new plea surgery at Glasgow Sheriff Court has led to the early resolution of nearly 130 cases. The surgery was introduced by Sheriff Principal Aisha Anwar, with the support of the procurator fiscal, the Glasgow Bar Association and the Royal Faculty of Procurators, in a further initiative aimed at
Jamie McRorie has joined Shepherd and Wedderburn as a partner in its regulation and markets practice. He brings over 20 years’ experience in both private practice and industry. He joins the firm from Ofgem, where he was deputy director – legal, working at the forefront of energy reg
