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Pictured (L-R): Ross Linn, Jaclyn Russell, David Rennie, Emma Stephen and Bob McDiarmid.

Philip Sim Harper Macleod has advised The Edinburgh Collection, a member of Palm Holdings, on its acquisition of The Tune Hotel in Edinburgh.

Alan Cowan The Faculty of Advocates has welcomed two new members from the solicitors’ branch of the profession – David Swanney and Alan Cowan.

Mark Lazarowicz

Richard Foley Pinsent Masons has announced its acquisition of Brook Graham, a Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) consulting company for an undisclosed fee.

Hamish Trench The newly formed Scottish Land Commission has announced the appointment of Hamish Trench as their permanent chief executive.

Joe Barr

Legislation to make civil justice more affordable and accessible for all has today been published at Holyrood. The Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Bill, if passed by Parliament, will:

Sean Saluja A Burness Paull partner has won a top award recognising the best of the North East of Scotland’s human resources professionals.

David Swanney Compass Chambers has welcomed David Swanney as its newest member after he called to the bar today.

The European Court of Human Rights has announced the start of a new procedure allowing for more detailed reasoning to be given when a judge declares an application inadmissible. Since Protocol No 14 came into force in 2010, a single judge has been able to declare an application inadmissible.

Kelsey Gibson MacRoberts LLP has acted for jeweller and diamond specialist Chisholm Hunter, in acquiring a prime site in Princes Street, Edinburgh.

Jack Robertson and Kathleen McClulloch

Laura Meldrum, an employment solicitor at Anderson Strathern LLP, has been re-elected president of the Scottish Young Lawyers' Association as the committee for 2017-18 was selected last night. The executive committee now comprises Laura Meldrum as president, Lucy Thornton (Anderson Strathern LLP) as

David Rose Maclay Murray & Spens LLP (MMS) has announced the promotion of 20 lawyers, including two new partners, as it recognises and rewards the exceptional performance of lawyers across all four of the firm's offices in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and London.