Search: Scots syndicate 1901 bought land in Glasgow for £5000

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) procurement team has been highly commended in the ‘Procurement Team of the Year’ category award at this year’s GO Awards Scotland.

Terra Firma Chambers’ licensing expert Scott Blair stars in the latest instalment of Lockdown Licensing: The Interview Series, a programme of webinars hosted by Scottish Licensing Law and Practice (SLLP) focusing on the challenges faced by the licensing trade during lockdown.

Research has found no evidence that the crest of Sir Walter Scott indicates ties to the slave trade. After he was granted a baronetcy in 1822, the great writer and advocate created a coat of arms featuring an African man in a loincloth. It had attracted attention as some of his contemporaries used a

Perth-based McCash & Hunter LLP has announced the promotion of Susan Scott from senior associate to partner with effect from 1 January 2022. Ms Scott, who deals with private client work, began her career with McCash & Hunter in 2005 and rejoined the firm in 2018 after a period in Inverness.

The Law Society of Scotland has congratulated John Scott QC as he today takes the precedent-setting step from solicitor advocate to senator of the College of Justice. Lord Scott is one of five new senators taking up their roles today in the College of Justice – the appointments were publicly a

Tim Lennox details a fortnight in Copenhagen as part of Kennedys' exchange programme. The Kennedys Exchange programme allows our global network of colleagues to work from another Kennedys office for a period of time, with the option of participating in an 'exchange' with another person. Recently, I

Balfour and Manson has appointed Scott Foster as its new chief operating officer. Mr Foster, who spent 35 years at Royal Bank of Scotland, mainly as a relationship manager to professional service firms, joins on April 3rd. He has worked as a relationship banker with Balfour and Manson for 18 years.

Commercial law firm MacRoberts has strengthened its corporate finance and employment practices with the promotion of two new partners. Bonar Mercer specialises in corporate law, focusing on transactional work including mergers, acquisitions and investments. He advises on transactions across numerous

The Courts and Tribunal Service (SCTS) must “honour” its “obligations” and stop placing staff on zero hour contracts, Katy Clark MSP has said. In a letter to SCTS chief executive Eric McQueen, the Scottish Labour MSP cited press reports suggesting that 16 staff members are cu

On behalf of the SCTS board, the lord president has announced that Malcolm Graham will be appointed as SCTS chief executive from July 2024, enabling a handover ahead of current chief executive, Eric McQueen’s retirement. The selection panel for the chief executive comprised the Lord President,

Blackadders LLP is celebrating after paralegal Nikki Scott was named Paralegal of the Year at the Scottish Legal Awards last week. Ms Scott was raised in a small town in Wisconsin and is the mother of eight and grandmother of 10. She started her legal career at the age of 50 and has been with Blacka

Outdated IT systems are hampering justice, a new report has revealed. Crown Office and Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service staff told a survey that they are “drowning in emails” as they attempt to deal with technology that in some cases is more than two decades old.

Burness Paull has appointed Nicola Scott as a partner in its energy team. Ms Scott advises clients in the renewables sector on real estate matters having spent her career working in both private practice and in house with a ‘big six’ energy company. Her experience includes acting for cli

Officials at the Home Office have accepted that a woman who has a Scottish mother; has lived in Scotland for nearly 30 years and who is married to a Scot is British. Crystal MacIver, 44, was threatened with deportation because of an administrative bungle made 28 years ago.

A study of Sir Walter Scott’s The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border has been written by Alistair Johnson of the Advocates’ Library and published on the website of the Faculty of Advocates. The work explains how the Minstrelsy, three volumes of collected folk ballads first published in 1802 and 1