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The Society of Advocates in Aberdeen hosted a book launch and CPD event for Professor Roddy Paisley’s recently published Rights Ancillary to Servitudes. Introductory remarks were provided by the president of the society, Martin Sinclair, and Professor Andrew Steven of the University of Edinbur

Lindsays has welcomed Lauren McGhie, a new solicitor, who has joined the firm's private client team in Glasgow. She has experience assisting clients with a variety of private client matters including powers of attorney and wills. She also has experience in dealing with executry administration for bo

The cost-of-doing-business crisis remains the overriding concern for Scottish firms according to the latest Addleshaw Goddard Scottish Business Monitor report, which showed a glimmer of hope with overall business sentiment returning to positive territory after slipping into the red last year. Produc

Plexus Law has announced the appointment of Bobby Murray to the casualty & personal injury team. Mr Murray, who brings 10 years’ experience in Scottish casualty litigation, will join as an associate partner in the Edinburgh office.

Private client lawyer Lisa Law has joined Ledingham Chalmers as partner in Inverness. She is one of only 10 solicitors accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in incapacity and mental disability law — and the only one based in the Highlands.

Three solicitors at McCash & Hunter have been promoted to partner. Fiona McNaughton, Samantha Lamond and Kenneth McKay have all begun 2023 in their new roles.

Pinsent Masons has appointed Edinburgh-based solicitor advocate Jim Cormack KC as head of its risk advisory services (RAS) group. Mr Cormack succeeds Glasgow-based Laura Cameron, who on taking on the role seven years ago was Pinsent Masons’ first female group head and first female board member

Aberdein Considine has strengthened its lender services practice group (LSPG) with the appointment of a new partner. Zarvin Vandrewala has been appointed a partner in the firm’s banking litigation team and he will be working with clients across the UK.

Deputy First Minister John Swinney has set out the Scottish government’s opposition to the UK government’s Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill. In a letter to UK Enterprise, Markets and Small Business Minister Kevin Hollinrake MP, Mr Swinney says the bill will further undermine and wea

New legislation to prevent the chasing and killing of wild mammals for sport has been passed by the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish government’s Hunting with Dogs Bill will close loopholes in existing laws that have allowed the practice of illegal hunting to continue. A new two dog limit for

Professional Footballer Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir (SBG) has recently won a case she raised in the FIFA Football Tribunal against her ex-club, Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon), for maternity pay, writes Emma Nicol. SBG was employed by the club Lyon as a footballer in 2021 when she informed them of her p

Blackadders has appointed Annie Fleming to the newly created role of chief financial officer. Ms Fleming will have responsibility for all the financial actions of the firm including ensuring compliance with the Law Society of Scotland Account rules, billing and credit control, cashflow manageme

A new Scottish government register of who has a control over land has been criticised by Church leaders for the way it has been organised. The Register of Controlled Interest in Land has been set up in such a way as to create "unmanageable administrative burdens for local congregations".

The University of Strathclyde Mediation Clinic is to host a major conference in March. The third UK Mediation Clinic Conference will be held in the university's new state-of-the-art Teaching and Learning Hub.

Chala McKenna, an environmental lawyer at Davidson Chalmers Stewart, has been awarded chartered status with the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM). She joins her colleague Laura Tainsh, a partner at the commercial law firm, to become only the second Scottish solicitor to achieve this