Appointments

Catherine Smith KC was sworn in as advocate general for Scotland at a ceremony at the Court of Session.

To assist with jury trials in the High Court, the following sheriffs have been appointed by the Scottish ministers to act as temporary judges: These appointments are effective from 1 October 2024.

Eoin Quinn has been made a partner at Keoghs Scotland LLP. Mr Quinn has extensive experience in acting for sector one domestic and foreign insurance clients, large corporations in the supply and retail sectors, local authorities and offshore oil and gas companies.

Lindsays has appointed Lisa Mannion as a senior associate in its residential property team in Dundee. A graduate of the University of Dundee, she has spent the past 11 years working in the city, previously with Thorntons.

Clyde & Co has announced a raft of promotions across its Edinburgh and Glasgow offices. A total of 13 promotions have been made, strengthening the firm’s expertise within its healthcare, disease, SHE & regulatory and catastrophic injury teams.

Three of Lindsays' teams have recently welcomed new solicitors. In Edinburgh, Shiona Wylie has joined the private client team in her first role as a qualified solicitor. head of private client, partner Grant Johnson said: “We are pleased to welcome Shiona to our team and look forward to seeing

Gillespie Macandrew has appointed five newly qualified solicitors, each of whom has completed their two-year legal traineeship programme. The newly qualified solicitors are Jenny Purdie specialising in private client, Jenna Wayth in construction dispute resolution, Thomas Anderson in land & rura

Stronachs LLP has welcomed its latest intake of trainees and announced the recruitment of three solicitors who will qualify in September.

Advocate General for Scotland Catherine Smith KC has welcomed a new panel of standing junior counsel to deal with UK government work arising in the Scottish courts. The appointments, which have been approved by her, are as follows:

Hamiltons Law Accountants has appointed two new trainees. Director David Hamilton said: “Following our recent recruitment campaign, it’s a real pleasure to welcome Ciara McKinley and Craig McLennan to Hamiltons Law Accountants.

Jones Whyte has welcomed 12 new first-year trainee solicitors to its 2024 intake. The new cohort completed their first week with the firm with an induction program.

Blackadders LLP has recruited seven new trainees to the firm’s training programme.

Emma Thomson has been appointed as a director at Gildeas Solicitors. Earlier in her career she spent three years at Kerr Brown and then Irwin Mitchell as a solicitor. Ms Thomson received her diploma in legal practice in 2011 and is a graduate of the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde.

A law professor at the University of Strathclyde has been appointed as an Honorary King’s Counsel (KC), in recognition of an outstanding career spanning more than 40 years. Emeritus Professor Alan Paterson OBE is one of five new Honorary KCs appointed by His Majesty The King on the recommendat

Following a competitive recruitment exercise earlier this year, the Scottish Council of Law Reporting has announced the appointment of the following advocates to the law reporting panel for Session Cases: The Session Cases law report series contains all the key appellate decisions, civil and crimina