Scottish Legal News
1 day ago · Pinsent Masons has appointed Edinburgh-based partner Walter Clark to join its UK financial services corporate team. Mr Clark is an M&A lawyer with a primary focus on deals in the financial services sector across the UK, particularly for clients with a strong presence in Scotland.
Outer House judge rejects argument that documents lodged by …
Sep 23, 2024 · A lord ordinary has repelled submissions by a Scottish NHS Board that it had not waived privilege in respect of documents it lodged with the court in a legal dispute with a service provider over the abandonment of a public procurement process for laboratory services. Roche Diagnostics Ltd sought dec
Sheriff Appeal Court rejects sequestrated person’s appeal against ...
Jan 24, 2024 · A sequestrated person has lost an appeal against a sheriff’s grant of summary decree to recover possession of his property in Edinburgh in the Sheriff Appeal Court after an action was raised against him by the trustee in sequestration. Thomas MacLennan, the trustee in sequestration of appellan
Justin Reid: Sheriff allows attorney to act as executor-dative in late ...
Sep 20, 2023 · Sheriff Philip Mann sitting in Aberdeen Sheriff Court has just handed down a landmark decision (Mrs Susan Gordon, Petitioner, [2023] SC ABE 26) which, if followed by other courts, will open a new door in commissary practice across Scotland, writes Justin Reid. The deceased, Mr Thomas Nicol Rae,
Former Livingston FC director has claim against him for ...
Oct 16, 2023 · A commercial judge has dismissed an action against a former director of a Scottish football club suffering from financial difficulties after it raised an action seeking £148,000 from him on the ground of breach of fiduciary duty. Livingston FC Ltd claimed that Neil Hogarth had misappropriated
New devils start at Faculty - Scottish Legal News
Oct 6, 2023 · Eighteen new devils at the Faculty of Advocates settled into their foundation course training at the Mackenzie Building in Edinburgh this week.
Swifter justice and improved experiences for victims and witnesses ...
Sep 20, 2024 · A case management initiative introduced at several courts has the potential to transform summary justice across Scotland, bringing early resolution for victims and witnesses, a reduction in police officers attending court, and a substantial decrease in case backlogs, a report has found. The Summary
Steven Thomson wins Innovation Cup with his Notice to Quit …
Jul 16, 2019 · Now in its second year, the Innovation Cup is a competition run jointly by the Law Society of Scotland; master policy insurers, RSA and brokers, Lockton, and invites legal professionals and law students to share their bright ideas for risk management processes and strategies.. Steven Thomson, a senior associate at Morton Fraser who specialises in commercial real estate and also heads up the ...
High Court judge refuses application by alleged sex offender …
Sep 18, 2024 · Applicant MJ appeared on an indictment of 15 charges of alleged sexual offending to which section 288C of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 applied. The application related to the alleged conduct in charge 11, which the complainer had indicated may have been based on conduct occurring prior to their marriage.
DLA Piper appoints Allan Leal as partner in Scotland
Oct 5, 2021 · Mr Leal has joined the firm’s finance practice from Burness Paull, where he has been a partner since 2018. He is a Scots and English law qualified lawyer with a track record in advising both borrower and lender clients on a wide range of finance matters.
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