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Garden Stirling Burnet opens Leith office

Published 2 months ago

Garden Stirling Burnet has opened an office in Leith.

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Morton Fraser MacRoberts recognised for diversity and inclusion efforts

Published 2 months ago

Morton Fraser MacRoberts has been awarded bronze in the TIDE Awards, which evaluates an organisation’s performance in diversity and inclusion.

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Solicitor who was jailed for embezzling from Grangemouth firm struck off

Published 3 months ago

A solicitor who embezzled from a Grangemouth law firm has been struck from the roll.

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Aberdein Considine receives royal award for mortgage training programme

Published 3 months ago

Aberdein Considine has been recognised with a Princess Royal Training Award for its mortgages induction programme.

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BBC investigates allegations men were trafficked to work for Scottish fishing firm

Published 3 months ago

A joint investigation by BBC Scotland’s Disclosure and Radio 4’s File on 4 programmes will reveal allegations that workers from around the world may have been trafficked to work for a trawler fishing business based on Scotland’s south coast.

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Addleshaw Goddard reports 17 per cent revenue growth in Scotland

Published 3 months ago

Addleshaw Goddard, which has offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, has announced revenue of £496 million for the past financial year, representing growth of 12 per cent.

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Appointments at Gibson Kerr as turnover reaches £3m

Published 3 months ago

Gibson Kerr has made four new appointments and three promotions after it recorded a 25 per cent increase in turnover to £3 million.

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Macdonald Henderson advises on investment in Turnkey IPS

Published 3 months ago

Macdonald Henderson has advised Turnkey IPS, a provider of software solutions to the insolvency industry, on an investment by Bowmark Capital, a private equity firm.

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Stronachs’ Jaclyn Russell gains rare dual accreditation

Published 3 months ago

Stronachs has announced that partner and head of private client, Jaclyn Russell, has been awarded a dual accreditation from the Law Society of Scotland.

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Firm-wide bonus at Gillespie Macandrew as profits rise to £5.25m

Published 3 months ago

Turnover at Gillespie Macandrew has increased 5.5 per cent to £17.7 million as profits reached £5.25m, its latest financial results show.

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Watermans acquires Cooper Johnson Law

Published 3 months ago

Watermans has completed the acquisition of Edinburgh law firm Cooper Johnson Law.

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Glasgow landlords refused eviction based on their financial hardship lose appeal to Upper Tribunal

Published 3 months ago

The Upper Tribunal for Scotland has refused an appeal by two landlords against the First-tier Tribunal’s decision not to grant them an eviction order to remove the long-term tenant of their property on the basis of financial hardship.

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UK drops objections to ICC warrants as top lawyer urges end to Israeli weapons exports

Published 3 months ago

The UK government has abandoned objections to proposed international arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials — and is now being urged to take a tough position against UK arms exports to Israel.

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Law Society risk management competition focuses on AI and technology

Published 3 months ago

The Law Society of Scotland’s annual risk management competition is turning its focus to solutions based on technology and artificial intelligence (AI).

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Turnover up at Garden Stirling Burnet

Published 3 months ago

Garden Stirling Burnet has more than doubled its headcount and trebled its tally of fee-earners within the first two years of its new ownership. Turnover has also increased by a third in the past 12 months.

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