Appointments

Claire Loftus, Sir John Manzoni and Sir Ernest Ryder have been appointed as independent advisers to the Scottish Ministerial Code. Current advisers Lady Eilish Angiolini and James Hamilton have stepped down, having served for more than a decade in the role.

Stephen Chan, a partner in Harper Macleod's corporate, commercial and regulatory team in Edinburgh, has been appointed as a reporter to the Commercial Court of the Court of Session.  His role will be to assist the court by reporting on company petitions. Such petitions primarily cover complex s

Katie McKenna has joined The Carvalho Consultancy, an agency dedicated to providing training, therapy and coaching to lawyers and legal professionals. Ms McKenna is a trauma-informed psychotherapist with deep roots in the Scottish legal profession. She had a varied career with Harper Macleod, Digby

ESPC has announced the appointment of two new directors to the company’s board: Jill Andrew, partner at Connell and Connell, and Caitlin Keegan, residential property legal director at Gillespie Macandrew. Ms Andrew, who joined Connell & Connell in November 2024, brings 25 years of experien

BTO has announced the promotion of Paul Greenhill to partner within its real estate team. A dual-qualified lawyer in Scots and English law, he has built a reputation for delivering tailored, strategic advice across a range of real estate matters.

Burness Paull has strengthened its offering for clients in the energy and infrastructure sectors with the appointment of Scott Duncan as a partner in the firm’s construction and projects team. Mr Duncan is an experienced lawyer with a strong track record of acting for energy and infrastructure

Russell Bradley has joined Westwater Advocates. Mr Bradley returns to full-time practice having been a fee paid employment judge in Scotland for the past four years.

Aberdein Considine has bolstered its energy practice with a newly formed team of legal experts.

Jones Whyte has announced the opening of a new office in Edinburgh.

Dallas McMillan Solicitors has announced three promotions. Craig Muirhead (litigation) and Rachel Hendry (commercial property) have been promoted to the partnership while Abbey Freer (conveyancing) has been promoted to associate.

Sara Snell has been appointed as the new HM chief inspector of prisons for Scotland. She has extensive experience in the UK justice system having worked in HM Prison Service in England and Wales for 25 years.

Black Chambers has announced Angela Gray KC as its newest member. Ms Gray has been an advocate depute for over a decade (24 years as a prosecutor in total), during which time she represented the Crown in a wide range of High Court trials, and also appeared for the lord advocate at the Supreme Court

MML Law, the prominent Dundee solicitors’ firm, has announced a raft of new appointments and promotions. Jay Lawson, a solicitor in MML’s busy employment law practice, has been promoted to partner and Natalie Menzies, a lawyer in the firm’s expanding private client department, has

A new head of skills academy has been appointed at Cyber and Fraud Centre - Scotland. Katie O’Neill brings extensive experience in cybercrime training, having worked with Police Scotland in her previous role as cyber and digital forensics training lead, where she delivered advanced training pr

Jones Whyte has announced a series of promotions.