Richard Rennie, partner at Burness Paull Burness Paull has acted for developer client Dandara in a major deal with La Salle Investment Management, for the development of a 292 unit private rented sector (PRS) scheme in Aberdeen.
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The next generation of workers will work very differently, writes Simon Allison. Millennial: born between 1982 and 1995, millennial is the term used to describe the next generation of workers.
A former government employee has been jailed and placed on the sex offenders register after taking surreptitious videos and photographs up women's skirts. Thomas Neil Trotter, 54, a former senior press officer in the Scottish Government, pled guilty at Edinburgh Sheriff Court to filming the genitals
Anderson Strathern’s education group was out in force at the inaugural Herald Higher Education Awards in Glasgow last night. The firm was one of the main sponsors of the event and it sponsored the "Institution of the Year" award, which was presented to the winners Glasgow University by Fiona Kille
Pictured: Bill Drummond, Managing Partner of Brodies LLP, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, the Rt Hon Donald Wilson, and Roy Sneddon visit Parliament Hall Cancer charity Maggie's is bringing its successful fundraising event, the Maggie's Culture Crawl, to Edinburgh for the first time with the support of B
A first sortie into Scotland by a charity which helps teenagers explore unexpected career paths has been voted a success, with special praise for the Faculty of Advocates. Through the Looking Glass was founded in London in 2012 by a City lawyer, Lesley Wan, and provides gifted young students from le
Prisoners who study hard while in jail could be allowed to leave early the Justice Secretary, Michael Gove has suggested. He has asked his department to look into an “earned release” system which would probably apply to the majority of the 86,000 prisoners serving fixed-term sentences and who ar
The owner of a Staffordshire cross Labrador who was found guilty under dangerous dogs legislation after her pet attacked her next door neighbour has failed in an appeal against conviction. Pauline Reid claimed that there was “insufficient corroborated evidence” that there were grounds for “a r
In its decision in the case of Nicklinson and Lamb v the United Kingdom (application nos. 2478/15 and 1787/15) the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has unanimously declared the applications inadmissible. The decision is final. The case concerned the ban under UK law on assisted suicide and vol
Scottish Secretary David Mundell The Scotland Bill introduced to take forward the recommendations of the Smith Commission will be amended substantially by the UK government in the Autumn.
A couple are to bring a test case against a company which charges homeowners for maintenance of property it acquires in The Lands Tribunal for Scotland next month. Mike and Jean Marriott will use their title deeds to test the legality of the business model used by Greenbelt Group, a Glasgow-based la
Partners at some small UK law firms are seeing no increase in pay despite an uptick in the country's economy. They are making less than salaried partners as well as fee-earners according to new research by accountants Booth Ainsworth.
Peter Alderdice An ineffective system of governance for the financial sector is to be overhauled next year, writes Peter Alderdice.
Lord Neuberger (pictured), President of the Supreme Court, has today welcomed the recommendations of a review of the process for supporting the work of the independent selection commissions established to recommend appointments to the court. One of the chief recommendations is to consult on a new po
A conference examining the impact of new reforms on Scotland's courts, tribunals and procedures is taking place in Glasgow on 24 August 2015. The Conference on the Civil Court Reforms in Scotland is being hosted by the University of Strathclyde and welcomes distinguished speakers from England as wel