The Scottish Law Commission’s Annual Report 2022 has been published today. The report outlines progress on the commission’s law reform work during 2022. It explains the progress made on implementation of the commission’s recommendations, outlines the commission’s work to prom
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Daniel Gorry has been appointed as a director at Lindsays. Mr Gorry, who has 16 years of legal experience and has worked in all aspects of employment law, will be based at Lindsays’ Glasgow offices.
Gareth Tenner and Melanie Martin from Denton's Edinburgh and Glasgow offices are among 13 new partners in the firm's largest ever round of promotions in the UK, Ireland and Middle East region. In the past 12 months, the firm has welcomed 14 partner hires, to reach a total of 27 new partners for the
The Faculty of Advocates Criminal Bar Association’s (FACBA) annual charity donations will support research into blood cancer and child refugees from Ukraine this year. FACBA Vice-chair Jennifer Bain KC said: “We are keen to help charities wherever we can as they face the unrelenting pres
Macdonald Henderson has advised Opulus in its acquisition of George + Co, a firm of chartered tax advisers and accountants located in Edinburgh’s West End. The acquisition is part of Opulus's strategic plan to extend its geographic footprint throughout Scotland, and it marks the company's entr
Burges Salmon has advised Rivington Solar Limited and European Energy UK Limited on the sale of two ‘shovel-ready’ co-located solar and battery storage projects based in Scotland – one at Strathruddie Farm and one at Montreathmont Moor. Renewable Connections, part of the Armstrong
BTO Solicitors LLP is marking the start of its new financial year with three internal senior promotions, including a new partner and senior associate within its personal injury defender team. New partner Mark Hastings, who has been with BTO for almost eight years, is now a member of a 13-partner-str
CMS has announced that three of its Scottish-based colleagues have been promoted to partner level. Fiona Henderson, a finance lawyer from the firm’s Aberdeen banking team, joins Glasgow-based David Dennis and Davinia Cowden on this year’s list of global partner promotions.
The Labour Party has pledged to ban zero-hours contracts which it says are on the rise in Scotland. Angela Rayner, Labour's deputy leader and shadow secretary of state for the future of work, will today address the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) in Dundee, where she will say a Labour governme
Ann Leslie, the chief executive of LAR Housing Trust and a former partner at MacRoberts, has been appointed to the board of Historic Environment Scotland. Historic Environment Scotland is the lead body for the historic environment in Scotland and is an executive non-departmental public body (NDPB) d
The RSE, Scotland's national academy, has appointed solicitor Margaret Morton as director of development to support its strategic priorities and expansion of its work nationally and globally. Previously a senior corporate lawyer and now an experienced fundraising leader, Ms Morton joins the RSE from
Burges Salmon has announced the appointment of 11 new directors, including one in Scotland. Edinburgh-based Gregor Hayworth is a dual-qualified dispute resolution solicitor. He advises on major domestic and international energy, infrastructure and construction projects, both onshore and offshor
RJ McLeod (Contractors) Limited has been fined £800,000 for health and safety failings which led to the death of a 10-year-old boy. The construction company pled guilty to a health and safety at work breach committed in July 2020.
Compass Chambers' Peter Gray KC will be running the London Marathon on 23rd April to raise funds for Young Epilepsy. A number of years ago Mr Gray's eldest daughter Ishbel sent him a text from the London Marathon where she was spectating, suggesting that it would be a wonderful idea if they both ran
The Scottish government recently published guidance on the ‘Repairing Standard’. This is often talked about in the context of the private residential letting sector but, in fact, it has a much wider application. Moreover, from 2027 it will be further extended and this will have a signifi
