Lindsays is supporting a university competition credited with propelling up-and-coming video game designers along the path to success. Lawyers will provide mentorship to those taking part in Abertay University’s Dare Academy, sharing expert advice on how to navigate legal issues that prof
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Lindsays has welcomed two new team members to its residential conveyancing teams in Edinburgh and Dundee. Alex McNeil has joined as a solicitor in Edinburgh and Natasha Vials has become the newest paralegal in Dundee.
Lindsays has welcomed Mike Piggot to its team in Dundee as a solicitor offering dispute resolution and litigation services to businesses and individuals. Mr Piggot studied and trained in the city before entering the profession. He also worked for several years with the Dundee Citizens Advice Bu
Lindsays has expanded its private client team with the appointment of Leann Brown. Ms Brown, who will be based in Dundee, brings with her 12 years of experience of working across the full spectrum of private client work, wills and powers of attorney, setting up trusts, elder client law, th
Lindsays has promoted Louise Norris and Rachel Holt to the respective roles of partner and associate. Ms Norris works in the commercial property department, where she was previously a director. Her promotion is the sixth in seven years at Lindsays, which she joined as a solicitor in June 2014.
The post-lockdown house-move boom has seen Lindsays defy disruption to record a rise in the number of homes sold in the past 12 months. Sales by its residential property division rose by 4.3 per cent in the last financial year, with homes valued at a total of £177.3 million changing hands
Edinburgh property lawyer Andrew Diamond has been appointed as the new chairman of ESPC. Mr Diamond, a partner and head of residential property at Lindsays, has worked in the residential property sector for nearly three decades and has been a non-executive director of ESPC for more than five years.
Lindsays has expanded its operations with the launch of a human resources consultancy. Prism HR has come into being as companies face a range of employment issues as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the effects it has had on business.
Ian Beattie, Lindsays' chief operating officer and chairman of scottishathletics, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Mr Beattie's award has been given for services to athletics after a long competitive and voluntary career in the sport. As well as being scottishathle
Caroline Fraser has joined Lindsays' private client team in its Dundee Office. Ms Fraser is well known for her work across the full spectrum of private client matters, from wills and power of attorney to issues surrounding care and inheritance tax.
Top row (L-R): Curtis Preston, Deborah-Anne O’Donnell, Molly Duncan, Ronan Duff. Bottom row (L-R): Sophie Gardiner, Sophie Richardson, Stephanie Goudie, Stewart Forrest. Lindsays has welcomed eight new trainees to its teams in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee.
Lindsays has recorded its busiest ever month in the property market with sales topping £31 million in August. The firm reported that home sales in August were up by 80 per cent compared with the same month last year.
Employers should prepare for a wave of personal injury claims from people working from home, The Times reports. Ben Doherty, head of employment law at Lindsays, said that companies risk lawsuits if they fail to support staff wellbeing.
Investors remain interested in the Scottish commercial property market despite the coronavirus crisis, a lawyer has said. Derek Nash, partner at Lindsays, said that demand was “robust” throughout the crisis and that the trend towards working from home did not mean the end of the office.