The Scottish Arbitration Centre is relocating to CA House, Haymarket, Edinburgh, home of ICAS (the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland). The centre will offer facilities for arbitration hearings, mediations, conferences and other events from its new base.
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DWF's Iain McLean has been awarded the Platinum Champions Award by the Royal Voluntary Service in recognition of the fundraising work he has done to help promote awareness and research into glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) brain tumours following the death of his son, Duncan, in 2016. Duncan lost his l
Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace LLP has welcomed Carolyn Richards as a partner. Ms Richards has almost 30 years’ experience of the new homes sector. An Aberdonian educated at St. Margaret’s School for Girls and the University of Aberdeen, she has practised exclusively in the housebu
Teachers, like councillors, exercise what little power they have to what little ends they can. While few school pupils nowadays will actively be stopped from using the bathroom when nature calls, many of us have felt the disfavour of a teacher when attempting to do so. Perhaps the law should assist
Burness Paull has been named the top-performing legal dealmaker in Scotland for the sixth time, topping the Business Insider deals table for 2021. In the tables published this week the firm led the market, having advised on 358 deals.
Westcor has welcomed Laura Lapsley and Caroline Tait to its office in Glasgow. Ms Lapsley joins as a commercial underwriter having worked previously at another major title insurer for the last seven years.
Tributes have been paid to Ian Balfour, a scion of the Edinburgh law firm Balfour and Manson, who has died aged 89. Mr Balfour, whose grandfather co-founded the firm in 1887, remained active after retiring as senior partner with Balfour and Manson in 1998 and, until late last year, was working as jo
MacRoberts has embraced a hybrid working model rather than a mandated full return to the office. This decision follows feedback received from the firm’s people during the pandemic, which indicated that a hybrid of office and home working is strongly preferred, as well as the noted benefits to
A new initiative has been launched to promote pro bono opportunities for business operations professionals in the legal sector, connecting highly skilled people with high-calibre volunteering opportunities. There are currently believed to be some 30,000 professionals working in areas such as IT, BD
Macnabs has made a trio of new appointments as it continues to strengthen its family law department. Duncan Mackinnon, Lynne Kelly and Christie Rattray have all joined the family law team from Lindsays in Dundee.
Lindsays has advised another firm on its transition to employee ownership as the Scottish bingo business, Carlton Bingo, made history by becoming the country’s largest and latest employee-owned firm. Douglas Roberts, partner in the corporate and commercial team, alongside Nimarta Cheema of Lin
Electric scooters, segways, hover boards, u-wheels, go-peds and powered unicycles. You would be forgiven for thinking you had just woken up in some future world, but these machines are very much part of today’s modern world. Together, they form part of a group of vehicles which the Government
TLT is getting ready to move into its new Glasgow office, which has been built specifically with the wellbeing of its employees in mind. The firm's new office is the first net-zero building in the city and includes features such as cycle-in ramps, a cool-down zone, germ eating paint on the walls to
Dame Elish Angiolini QC has been appointed to the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, along with Sir George Reid, by Her Majesty The Queen. The Order of the Thistle is the greatest order of chivalry in Scotland, recognising 16 knights with the highest honour in the country and recognis
Brodies LLP has added to its family practice with the appointment of Jacqueline Stroud, who joins the firm as a partner. Ms Stroud, who has more than 30 years' experience in family law, will be based in Brodies' Edinburgh office. Whilst specialising in financial provision work, and in mediation &nda
