Appointments

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain QC has appointed Ashley Edwards QC as principal crown counsel, in which capacity she will lead the advocate depute team in the prosecution of serious crime. Ms Edwards, who succeeds the late Stephen O'Rourke QC, will report directly to Ms Bain and Solicitor General for Sco

Associate solicitor Claire Clubb has joined Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace's residential property team at its Banchory branch. Ms Clubb joins the firm as it continues to see an increase in work volumes at their various branches around the north east. She grew up in the Mintlaw area and studied

Professor Alan Miller, of Strathclyde Law School, is to chair a "national collaborative" established to inform Scotland’s National Mission on Drug Deaths. Professor Miller, an expert in human rights law, will head the collaborative, which has been formed to ensure that the experience and right

Paman Singh, of WorkNest, has been recognised as an accredited specialist in employment law by the Law Society of Scotland. Mr Singh has obtained the accreditation in the shortest time on record – it is usually reserved for solicitors who have at least five years’ standing. However, due

TLT has appointed Karen Hunt as a legal director. She joins from Pinsent Masons and is based in Glasgow.  Ms Hunt has over 25 years’ experience in commercial property. She has worked on many high profile investment and development deals. She also has extensive experience in managing large

Aberdein Considine has appointed Darren Polson as head of mortgage operations. Mr Polson brings almost 20 years’ experience in financial services and has joined the firm from Mortgage Advice Bureau where he was head of training and performance in Scotland. He will work alongside Greig Brown wh

Macnabs has announced the promotion of Jane McNicol to senior associate and Clair Cranston to associate. Ms McNicol has nearly 20 years’ experience litigating in the Court of Session, Sheriff Court and tribunals throughout Scotland acting for multi-national companies, insurers, claims companie

Lindsays has welcomed Aziz Yasin to its commercial property team in Edinburgh as a banking and finance solicitor. Mr Yasin advises banks, borrowers and peer-to-peer lenders in relation to general property finance matters, real estate acquisitions and development finance. He is involved in the prepar

Weightmans has made three appointments in its Glasgow office. Joanne Farrell joins the firm as a principal associate. She is a specialist defence personal injury solicitor and has joined the firm’s insurance litigation team. Previously at BTO Solicitors LLP for almost 20 years, she brings with

Solicitor advocate Neil Hay and his team have joined Levy & McRae. Mr Hay brings with him his core legal team of associate solicitor Andrew Seggie and legal team PA Michelle McKinnon from MTM Defence Lawyers.

Two members of Dundee Law School have been appointed by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) to a review body.  Dr Thomas Giddens and Professor Colin Reid are the only members from Scotland among the 22 members of the advisory group which will be reviewing the Benchmark State

Harper Macleod has been appointed as a supplier on Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) Debt Resolution Services framework. CCS is an executive agency of the UK government, and is the UK’s largest public procurement organisation. It supports the public sector to achieve maximum commercial va

Kennedys has signalled its continued commitment to growth in Scotland with two new partner hires. The appointments of Gavin Henderson and Daniela Fusi, both formerly Clyde & Co (Scotland) partners, takes the total number of fee earners to 23 across its offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Two new members have joined the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service Board. Ruth Innes QC joins as advocate member and Lynsey Walker as solicitor member. Their four-year terms began this week. They replace Dr Kirsty J Hood QC and Simon J D Catto.

A public law and net zero policy development expert has joined Burness Paull. Richard Lockhart was previously general counsel of national infrastructure centre of expertise, Scottish Futures Trust.