Appointments

Seonaid Stevenson-McCabe has been appointed a lecturer in law at Glasgow Caledonian University. She will work within the School for Business & Society, teaching across the undergraduate programme and supporting the work of the university's law clinic.

Rachel Dunn has been appointed chair of Women in Property's Central Scotland branch for 2020/21. Ms Dunn, an associate at Dentons in Glasgow, takes on this regional role for the national property and construction industry lobbying and networking organisation for one year from 1st March 202

Laura McBrien has been appointed director of the diploma in professional legal practice at Edinburgh Law School. Prior to joining the law school, she worked in a number of different roles in professional legal education at BPP University in London, most recently as programme leader for the graduate

Pictured (L-R): Thorntons' chairman Colin Graham, Catriona Miller and Murray Etherington Thorntons has appointed Catriona Miller as a partner in its Edinburgh private client team based at Citypoint, Haymarket.

Fraser Irvine Sheriff Officers LLP has announced the appointment of Joy McLaughlin as a consultant to the firm. Ms McLaughlin was formerly a partner in Scott & Co (Scotland) LLP.

Just Employment Law has welcomed Fiona Gorry to its Glasgow team. Ms Gorry is an experienced employment solicitor having spent her entire career to date in the employment law and joins the firm as a senior solicitor.

A new judge has honoured his late mother by taking her maiden name for his title, Lord Harrower. Sean Smith QC was sworn in as a Senator of the College of Justice at a ceremony led by Lord Carloway, the Lord President in Parliament House.

John Campbell QC has been appointed as Scotland’s only representative panel arbitrator at the newly formed Court of Arbitration for Art (CafA), in The Hague, Netherlands. The court has grown out of a series of conferences and discussions within the Authentication in Art Mediation Board and the

Professor Lorne Crerar, chairman of Harper Macleod, has been presented with his Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) honour in an Investiture ceremony held at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. Recognised as one of the leading figures in the Scottish legal profession, Professor Crerar, wh

Lord Bonomy has been appointed as the UK's judge on the United Nation's roster of judges of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. Lord Bonomy graduated from Glasgow University and practised as a solicitor from 1970 until 1983. In 1984, he was admitted to the Scottish bar and,

Holmes Mackillop has announced the promotion of Sarah Sheldon and Philip Symon to associate. Ms Sheldon continues to work in the property department in Johnstone and Mr Symon in the litigation department in Glasgow.

Harriet Donald has joined the Scottish Land Commission on secondment from Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority. Ms Donald will work on proposals for Regional Land Use Partnerships across Scotland.

Ampersand Advocates' Lauren Sutherland QC has been appointed to a leading position within the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL). Ms Sutherland, who specialises in medical law, is the new head of PEOPIL’s medical negligence section.

Scullion Law has announced a number of promotions as well as a new appointment.

Murray Beith Murray has announced a number of internal promotions across its asset protection and property groups. Fraser Scott, who has been with Murray Beith Murray since 2015, has been promoted from senior solicitor to associate. He works in the firm’s asset protection group and specialises