Lindsays

Scottish businesses employing foreign workers are being urged to ensure they do not risk their sponsor licences by overlooking new legal obligations. As part of UK government measures introduced last month (March 2026), employers must make sure that sponsored staff understand their full employment r

Lindsays has made three appointments to its rural team. Linda Tinson, Lorna McKay and Sarah Taylor join the firm as a consultant, partner and director respectively.

A new partner heads a field of 15 promotions at Lindsays. Lewis Crofts has stepped up from his previous role as director in the rural - land and business team, based in Edinburgh.

Debbie McIlwraith Cameron joined Lindsays this week, strengthening the specialist support provided to charities and voluntary organisations of all kinds and sizes across Scotland. Based in Lindsays’ Edinburgh offices, she was previously senior associate with Turcan Connell, where she had been

Lindsays has started the New Year by recruiting two new partners. Commercial property lawyer Stephanie Nichol and private client lawyer Rob McNab both began work this week - taking the number of partners in the firm to 56.

Lindsays has relocated to a new office in Perth.  Its 30-strong Perth-based team this week completed a move into a modern space on Whitefriars Street.

Pictured: Ian Beattie and Eilish McColgan Lawyers at Lindsays are lining up behind Eilish McColgan’s bid to reach her fifth Olympic Games.

Lindsays has welcomed a new cohort of trainee solicitors. The seven-strong intake started work with the firm this week. They have taken up posts across a number of departments in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee. Their arrival takes the number of trainees currently with the firm to 15.

Lindsays is extending its support for grassroots athletics across Scotland. The firm’s partnership with scottishathletics is already one of the longest-running sponsorship agreements in Scottish sport.

Andrew Diamond has become managing partner at Lindsays, having been a partner and its head of residential property since 2012. He succeeds Alasdair Cummings, who has stepped aside after 14 years in the role, during which time Lindsays has completed six mergers and seen annual turnover more than trip

In almost 15 years at the helm of Lindsays, Alasdair Cummings has overseen impressive growth. Six mergers have made it a firm of four cities, with turnover tripling to almost £30m. The statistics are strong. Amongst them, though, is one of which he is particularly proud. “On October 1, w

Commercial Property lawyer Keith Rawlinson has joined Lindsays. Mr Rawlinson, who lives in Crieff, where Lindsays also has an office, brings with him more than 20 years’ experience of advising in areas including landlord and tenant issues, asset management, and property investment and developm

A group of tartan-clad legal professionals hit the streets to support a children’s charity.

Lindsays has renewed its support for DARE Academy, the UK's flagship video game development competition at Abertay University. For an eighth consecutive year, lawyers from the firm will assist innovative games creators by sharing advice regarding the legalities of the games industry and offering tip

A new law which makes it easier for Scottish businesses to borrow against their moveable assets could help unlock more cross-border investment, a banking expert believes. The Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act came into force on April 1, bringing Scotland’s lending legislation into alignment