Last night saw Samantha (Sammi) Mackie, a senior associate in the employment team at Shoosmiths in Scotland, named Rising Star of the Year at the Scottish Legal Awards in Glasgow.
The King’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer (KLTR), the Crown’s representative responsible for ownerless property in Scotland, has welcomed today’s publication of the findings of the Treasure Trove Review launched last year.
The Cyber and Fraud Hub, launched earlier this year by the Cyber and Fraud Centre Scotland to support members of the public affected by cyber and fraud crime, has received a substantial donation to support its first two years from Arnold Clark.
Concerns have been raised regarding the inquiry into a £1 billion banking fraud case at HBOS, after it was revealed that evidence is still being received in its eighth year.
Short-term let operators in Edinburgh will now be able to apply for planning permission before their licences are determined following a successful legal challenge.
Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD), which has an office in Edinburgh, has announced a combination with Lewis Roca in the US, creating a firm of more than 1,200 lawyers in 37 offices in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Businesses in Scotland are experiencing “significant challenges” in exporting goods to the EU as a result of considerable non-tariff barriers which have arisen due to the post-Brexit UK-EU trading relationship, according to a new report by Holyrood’s Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture committee.
The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with CIOT and Terra Firma Chambers, will present a seminar entitled ‘Gross Division & Net Proportionality in Estates – re Ratcliffe & re Benham revisited’ at the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh on Thursday 26 September 2024.