Sinead Machin has been promoted to senior associate in the firm, while Siobhan Brown, Scott Stevenson and Linzi McQuade have all been promoted to senior solicitor.

Ms Machin, a law graduate of Stirling University with an MSC in public policy, joined the firm as a legal assistant.

Mr Stevenson, a former professional footballer with St Johnstone FC, joined the firm as a part-time legal assistant while completing his legal studies at the University of Strathclyde.

Ms Brown first graduated with a BA degree in journalism from Edinburgh Napier University before turning to the law and completing her studies at the University of Strathclyde.

Ms McQuade hold an MSc in pharmaceutical science from the University of Copenhagen, after which she began her legal studies, graduating from the University of Glasgow.

Emma King, director of Complete Clarity Solicitors and Simplicity Legal, said: “Recent significant growth in the firm’s business has prompted these key appointments and we are delighted to congratulate Sinead, Siobhan, Scott and Linzi on taking important steps forward in their legal careers.

“Our firm has been performing well in excess of expectation, driven by the culture which we have consciously developed in recent years and also by structural changes to our commercial activities.

“It has always been our ambition to encourage our staff to be the very best version of themselves, allowing us to design an approach to legal services which is simple and straightforward, but of great value valuable to our clients – a fresh, but always professional method of solving legal problems.”