Alan Stewart is joining Inksters as a consultant solicitor from today. Mr Stewart was a co-founder, in 1997, of McCartney Stewart in Renfrew. For the past three years, after Hugh McCartney retired, he has run that firm as a sole practitioner.
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Ledingham Chalmers LLP has announced the acquisition of Inverness-based legal practice Anderson Shaw & Gilbert (ASG). The deal, part of the Aberdeen-headquartered firm’s nationwide growth plans, creates a business with around a £14 million annual turnover and headcount of 196 includi
David J Black makes a likely connection. Fans of the brilliant, yet chilling, HBO series Succession seem to assume that the part of merciless Logan Roy, played to terrifying perfection by Brian Cox, is a thinly disguised portrayal of the media mogul Rupert Murdoch. If so, they really don’t kno
Mitchells Roberton has merged with conveyancing practice Wisharts Law. Owned by husband-and-wife team, Frances and Robbie Wishart, the firm, which operates from offices in Nelson Mandela Place, was founded in 2014.
Work is to begin next year on the transformation of Arbroath’s historic courthouse into a community hub, The Courier reports. Plans have been laid for essential repairs to the roof of the High Street building, eight years after the last sheriff court case was heard there.
CMS is bolstering its competition and trade practice with the appointment of Wendy Nicolson as a partner based in its Edinburgh office. Ms Nicolson joins the firm from Pinsent Masons and has extensive experience advising clients across the UK on public procurement and related competition issues, inc
Simon Allison, in infancy fearful of homicidal maniac and doyen of the Dark Side, Darth Vader, now truly appreciates how the Sith lord – a force of personality – led from the front. As a five-year old boy, an older child doing the mouth-breathing noises of Darth Vader in the playground w
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has welcomed the appointment of Lord Brailsford as chair of the Scottish Covid-19 inquiry. It also said it was pleased the terms of reference for the inquiry will be changed to ensure it takes a human rights based approach, as announced by Deputy First Minister J
Aberdeen house prices have risen 3.4 per cent in the last quarter, according to the latest report from Aberdeen Solicitors’ Property Centre Limited (ASPC) and the University of Aberdeen, Business School, Centre for Real Estate Research. With published statistics for the third quarter of 2022,
The Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland is urging MSPs to amend the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill in order to address a transparency and accountability deficit. The bill only makes the umbrella body, the Care Board, subject to the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FoISA
Aberdein Considine has boosted its senior management team. Julie Thomson has been appointed as the firm’s new chief financial officer and Mike Fergusson has been hired as Aberdein Considine’s first chief operating officer.
Professor Lorne Crerar CBE, executive chair and co-founder of Harper Macleod, has been selected to chair the strategic board of the new national public energy agency Heat & Energy Efficiency Scotland. The new agency has been launched by the Scottish government to scale up the delivery of climate
Lord Brailsford will be the new chair of the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry, Deputy First Minister John Swinney has confirmed in a statement to the Scottish Parliament. Lord Brailsford replaces Lady Poole today.
The Scottish Child Law Centre (SCLC) has launched a Glasgow-based clinic providing free legal advice on all aspects of child and family law. The clinic, initially running for six weeks, will see a team of solicitors from the centre based at Samaritan House in Govanhill. They will provide in person l
TLT partner Stephen McGowan has been re-accredited as a specialist in liquor licensing by the Law Society of Scotland. Mr McGowan, who heads up the licensing team in Scotland, is an expert in licensing law in relation to alcohol but also specialises in advising businesses on civic licensing and gamb
